Sao Paulo intensifies protection for NFL video game between Eagles, Packers #.\n\nSao Paulo has actually secured security in advance of the initial NFL video game in South America after players voiced concerns about taking a trip to Latin United States's largest nation, the Brazilian condition said Wednesday.Brazil will host the video game between the Philadelphia Eagles as well as the Eco-friendly Bay Packers on Friday at Field Corinthians in Sao Paulo, the first NFL video game on the continent and the very first Week 1 activity hung on a Friday evening because 1970. Eagles players have examined protection in the city, the most extensive in the Southern Hemisphere.\" We possessed an appointment with an entire ton of 'do not perform's.' Thus, I am actually simply making an effort to decrease certainly there, win a soccer game and also return home,\" wide receiver A.J. Brown said to press reporters last week.He said players were encouraged not to walk on the streets holding cellphones.Editor's Picks2 Connected\" Week 1, I am actually expecting it, I can not wait,\" Darius Kill Jr. stated lately on his \"Huge Play Kill\" podcast. \"However man, I do certainly not wish to most likely to South america, you would like to know why? I'm listed here to tell you why. They currently told us not to leave behind the hotels and resort. They told us our experts can not perform way too much going on because the criminal offense fee is crazy.\" ... I resemble, NFL why y' all wan na send us someplace where the crime cost is this higher as well as we out the nation? You recognize, the initial thing individuals are thinking is like some horror can possibly happen. I told my family members carry out certainly not come down there given that I'm certainly not visiting be actually no place to be found. I am actually mosting likely to be in the lodging cooling, minding my business, playing my activity after a lengthy 9 1\/2- hour trip.\" On Tuesday night, Kill apologized \"to any individual I offended\" in a blog post on X.I want to say sorry to anyone I annoyed, that wasn't my purpose. I' mLooking forward to playing in your gorgeous nation and also i have actually heard yall are actually extremely zealous similar to our remarkable Eagles fan. Merely a couple of additional times, can not stand by!!!!

FlyEaglesFly-- Darius Slaughter (@bigplay24slay) September 4, 2024 The Sao Paulo state authorities said it would pass on concentrated public and also army police multitudes to reinforce security throughout the activity and also area law enforcement officer on streets and learns, and also at metro stations, hotels and resorts and also vacationer destinations." To ensure the safety and security of the gamers, the military cops will definitely improve the variety of staffs upon delivery of the missions at the Guarulhos Airport terminal as well as companion the staffs to their hotels and resorts, instruction websites and also the arena," it claimed in a declaration. Authorities will also accomplish a sweep at the arena just before the games.Brazil in 2023 rated as the 17th-most dangerous nation around the world through massacre cost, depending on to Statista information, under Latin American peers such as Ecuador and also Mexico-- where the NFL has actually kept video games since 2005 with protection worries also voiced.Sao Paulo state mentions the local area homicide fee is 4 opportunities lower than the national average and compares to that of California, while standing up under Washington, D.C., for example.Both the Eagles as well as Packers are leaving for South america on Wednesday.Reuters contributed to this record.