Lovato: Eagles ran fake walk-through ahead of SB in case Pats were spying
The New England Patriots have a history of spying on their opponents, and their Super Bowl LII adversaries were apparently not willing to take any chances right before the big game.
Philadelphia Eagles long snapper Rick Lovato said Thursday on 620 WDAE that he believes the walk-through his team did before the Super Bowl was fake, and intentionally didn't include plays like the now-famous "Philly Special" trick play due to concerns that the Patriots may be watching.
"We had run that play during a walk-through like two weeks ago," Lovato said, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
"I believe our whole walk-through was just a complete fake walk-through. We did it at the stadium. There were certain people walking around. ... I believe I overheard someone say a lot of the plays we were running weren't even in the playbook for the Super Bowl."
No one has claimed any foul play before Super Bowl LII, but with New England's history, the Eagles clearly wanted to be safe rather than sorry.