Few Philadelphia Eagles players were more popular at the Super Bowl’s opening night festivities this week than Tanner McKee. The towering, 6-foot-6 third-string quarterback graciously spoke with a steady flow of reporters for more than an hour — and in more than one language.

NEW ORLEANS — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is playing in his second Super Bowl in three years. This time, he knows what to expect. “There’s a lot of wind around you, there’s a lot of external things that really don’t matter in the sense of what we come here to accomplish,” he said this week. “Just keep the main thing the main thing. …

For his greatest trick this season, Saquon Barkley will try to do something nobody has done against the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense in six years.