Daily News | Eagles fans troll visiting 49ers supporters at Rocky statue in Philly ahead of Sunday’s game
A group of 49ers fans brought a “Brocky” championship belt and posed for pictures with the Rocky statue, now draped in green.“Brock’s going to be running for his life tomorrow,” said Michael Campbell, manning the bullhorn for the group of Eagles fan photobombers.“They’re out of line,” said Diana Mata. Both were in Philly from San Jose.
That prompted a flurry of tweets suggesting that Eagles fans greet them in true Philadelphia fashion, withTo be fair, others suggested Philly fans just leave them alone and let them be tourists, like everyone else at the Rocky statue. He and other Rocky statue regulars said the 49ers-draped photo of the statue was actually from two years ago.
Steve Singh, a 49ers fan, took a group photo in front of the Eagles-draped statue, which he said would actually serve to be a good luck charm for San Francisco, noting the Viking fans’ misstep.
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