When the final whistle sounded for the Super Bowl Lix Sunday evening in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Eagles of Philadelphia were out of the Chiefs of Kansas City, 40-22.
Eagles safety Sydney Brown was only on the field for a few shots in the game, but it was doing, it became on the 17thth Canadian to win a Super Bowl ring.
London, have. Native also became the first Canadian to be part of a reigning winning team in three years, after the traces of a pair of Rams by St. Louis – Michael Hoecht and Alaric Jackson.
It was a long trip to Brown to the NFL, which was drafted by the Eagles at the start of the third round of the NFL 2023 draft.
His identical twin brother, Chase, was drafted by the Bengals of Cincinnati a few laps later, which makes them the first twins to be drafted the same year in more than 20 years. They also became the seventh set of twins to accomplish the feat.
The two have shared an improbable path to become NFL stars, growing up in more difficult circumstances than many may have known.
According to Sydney’s organic on the Eagles website, the Brown Brothers lived in more than 20 houses growing up and were even homeless at points.
“Imagine this kid from London, Ontario, at one point, it was homeless, to hold a super bowl trophy maybe on Sunday,” his former Dave Martin coach on Friday at AM980.
Martin trained the brothers while they grew up in London. He said that it was not obvious at the beginning that they would be pros, but, as they get older, it became more apparent.
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“When they were young, you never think so,” said the coach of them who progressed at a higher level. “When Sydney and Chase arrived at high school, you think in a way:” What do you know? ” There is a chance, these children could do something special. »»
His father, Darren Isaacs, made an appearance at Taz and Jim Show, and paid tribute to the Londoners for helping his sons on the NFL.
“The quantity of support that these guys have had since all this trip started is crazy,” he said. “And the community supported it all along.”
The Browns played on the football field at the London South Collegiate Institute and had the opportunity to spend their last two years in a high school in Florida, where they led the episcopal school of Saint Stephen to a pair of championships of championships State.
These two years of school in Florida won Sydney a scholarship at the University of Illinois, where he would play for several years before landing with the Eagles. His brother would spend a year in western Michigan before joining him with Illini fights.
During his first year with the Eagles, Sydney won a starting place and chose a pass for a touch a week before tearing his ACL, ending his campaign early.
This injury kept her away this season until his return for a week 7 game against the New York Giants.
A week later, the Browns would meet against each other in Cincinnati. Martin said he could be in the stands of this inclination between the Brown brothers.
“I was lucky to be in this first game on the back when the boys played against each other in Cincinnati there,” said the coach.
“And it was quite special to see them on the same field, but even more special now that, you know, he returned almost the whole way and plays in the Super Bowl.”
Brown has mainly played special Eagles teams this season, accompanying 11 times while carrying out seven plated and also recording an interception and a forced escape.
But he is always part of a winning team from the Super Bowl, and in football, each game – and player – counts.
Isaacs said the family and friends called him once the eruption was secure in the second half.
“We are always like pinching,” said the proud father, noting that he expected the two reigning champion leaders to fight more.
“I wonder, like what happened last night?” Because we thought it was going to be a better match and they simply destroyed the Chiefs of Kansas City. »»
He said that the severity of the situation may not have flowed with his son yet.
“I do not think that even Sid knows how great he is,” said Isaacs. “Sid hopes he should be at home at the end of this week, then we can really celebrate.”
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