Riki Ellison: Kiwi former Super Bowl player on what to expect in the competition this year

The Super Bowl is underway today and set to be a 'competitive' game, coming down to the fourth quarter, Kiwi and three time Super Bowl winner Riki Ellison said. 

The Kansas City Chiefs are going for their third back to back win. 

"In the era of free agency where you can move players every year to sustain something like this, this will be historic if they if they win this one," Ellison said. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
As we mentioned a number of times already Super Bowl
Sunday in America, the Chiefs v the Eagles and New Aleans.
This year, Former forty nine er and three times Super
Bowl winning Ricky Ellison's well this Rocky, very good morning
to you, good barning, very good season followed it closely.
Will this be a good game or will it be
one of those Super Bowls where the season was better
than the super Bowl itself.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
I think it's gonna be very competitive, and I think
it's going to come down to the fourth quarter with
this team. I think Philly is going to get ahead
of it and Casey will come back as they always do.
And I think it's a team that wants it the
most at the end to win it. I just looking
forward to making sure the refs don't play anything but
let the kids play and let the rules be the rules,

(00:43):
and stay out of the game and let this game play.
That's what I'm excited for.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
If the Chiefs win and it's three times, where does
that put them in the annals of NFL history?

Speaker 2 (00:55):
But it's a different it's a different type of game
as it was, you know, fifty years ago, but it
is for this era of football to have a dynasty
when you have free agency. Put in place back in
the old dynasty is Green Bay and Dallas and US.
There was no free agency, so you keep the players together,

(01:17):
so you had dynasty. So this is a remarkable achievement
in the era of free agency where you can move
players every year to sustain something like this. This will
be historic if they win this one.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
If the Eagles win, in your view, what is a surprise,
a shock, a boil over, or they deserve to win.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, I think Eagles are playing a different game than
KC plays. They're back to traditional running the ball. They
have a running back right now that nobody in the
league's had something like that, probably since Bo Jackson. He's
legitimately able to go to the house to score anytime
he touches the ball. They're going to go old school

(01:57):
and try to keep the ball away from KC, control
the ground, and control the possession. To do it, this
would be a surge on it. And I think you
know Casey's also worry now this is they've taken a toll.
They're not the best KSE team over the last couple
of years. They're still great, but they're not at the
peak of what they can do. The quarterback obviously can

(02:20):
make things happen. And again, I think the refs have
got to stay out of this and let these guys play.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
We'll be looking forward to it. Ricky, good to talk to.
You appreciate it pretty much. Ricky Ellison three times Super
Bowl when it for the forty nineers out of San Francisco.
The reference he might to a player who can touch
the ball and go to the house is, of course,
Psykwon Bockley, who has reignited the role of the position
of running back in the last couple of seasons. For
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