Due to Covid the Chiefs cannot arrive in Tampa until 2 days before the game

[DTVietnam]

In a season unlike any other, Super Bowl week also will not be like any other.

Super Bowl teams always arrive in the city of the game one week in advance, but this season's participants are not allowed to arrive in Tampa, Florida, any earlier than the Friday before Super Bowl LV, league sources told ESPN.

The AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs do not plan to arrive in Tampa until Feb. 6, the day before the game, according to sources.

Nothing will change for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They booked a spot in the game by beating the Packers on Sunday, and will spend the lead up to the Super Bowl practicing opposite Raymond James Stadium, in clear sight of the Super Bowl LV banners now hanging on the stadium.

All of these changes and adaptations are being done to keep teams in the COVID-19 prevention routines they have adhered to all season. Teams now will be approaching the Super Bowl like it's any other road trip during the season, rather than a trip to the biggest game of the season.

This also means that Super Bowl media day, the Monday night event that has become a Super Bowl staple, will be done virtually. News conferences that have been held with players and coaches also will be done virtually.

Many of the other events associated with Super Bowl week also will go virtual or be canceled, according to a source. Even the post-Super Bowl parties for the winning and losing teams are not certain. Teams have the option of flying home immediately after the game.

Had the Los Angeles Rams beaten the Packers last weekend in the divisional round and advanced to play the higher-seeded Bucs on the road, the NFL would have encountered a situation it never has in its history: Sunday's conference championship game would have been the first to be played on the same Super Bowl grass field that already had been installed in advance of the big game.

Fortunately for the NFL, the Packers beat the Rams, averting the potential issue that arises when a team from the Super Bowl host city also hosts the conference championship game.

The NFL installs the Super Bowl field weeks before the actual game itself, and did so in Tampa. The grass for the Super Bowl field is grown months in advance and is planned to be unveiled during the big game.

That was not the only change in and around Raymond James Stadium. The league also began transforming the Buccaneers' parking lot and converting it into fenced-off areas. Many of the Buccaneers' banners that surround Raymond James Stadium also have come down in favor of more neutral NFL banners.

[Why Not?]

Good. Sleep in your own bed and workout at your facility. Blow off all the bullshit and just focus on game planning. Treat it like a regular road travel schedule.

[Sackattack]

The Super Bowl will not be like any of the past games. Due to the health crisis, all the entertainment, the stories, the crowds, and the hoopla leading up to the game will not be there this year. Chiefs can rest at home, in their own surrounds and play it cool. Approach the game as a basic must win road game.

[Spott]

Would have liked to drive over from Orlando this weekend to see all the NFL experience activities like they had last year in Miami, but I’m guessing that’s not happening this year.

[BigRedChief]

The Covid is thick here. Dont want them picking it up getting here a week early for the game.

[Red Dawg]

Good. Brady can't video tape our practices.

[cmh6476]

just like any other game

[BigRedChief]

Would have liked to drive over from Orlando this weekend to see all the NFL experience activities like they had last year in Miami, but I’m guessing that’s not happening this year.We are having a huge tailgate with KC BBQ in St. Pete at the soccer stadium. Outdoor, have to follow all Covid regulations.
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[TomBarndtsTwin]

Yup. Like others have said.

Just treat it like a normal regular season road game.

Not the usual pomp and circumstance associated with the Super Bowl.

Can show up and just 'kick ass' while staying in the normal routine.

Don't care that it's a home game for Tom. We seem to play better and more focused on the road anyway.

Will make it that much sweeter when we knock off Tom and Tampa in their home stadium (like we've already done once this year)

BACK TO BACK!

[joethomas]

Good. Stay at home, train at home, treat it like any other road game... ie., the last time we went down there and beat them.

[FloridaMan88]

This is going to feel like a typical road game and the Chiefs were undefeated and arguably a better road team this year.

I'll take it.

[bowener]

I think this is a move for the better and will serve to help the Chiefs more than hurt them.

[MahiMike]

The Super Bowl will not be like any of the past games. Due to the health crisis, all the entertainment, the stories, the crowds, and the hoopla leading up to the game will not be there this year. Chiefs can rest at home, in their own surrounds and play it cool. Approach the game as a basic must win road game.

This sucks. I'm sitting here trying to figure out where the party will be. Last year in Miami Beach was beyond awesome.

[Kman34]

This is a business trip.. Don’t need to be there early to kick ass.

[wazu]

This is gonna make it tough for Tom to film Chiefs practices.

[CaliforniaChief]

It's too bad for the players who didn't get to experience it last year, but ultimately better for us for all the reasons listed above.

Whatever we did the last time we went down to Tampa is probably what we'll do again.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Definitely a positive.

They aren’t going until the Saturday before.

[Rain Man]

I was realizing that karma dictates a Chiefs win here. It's sad that we didn't get to have a Week 1 last year where a full Arrowhead roared at the introduction of the World Champion Kansas City Chiefs. I'm hoping we can do it next year with the introduction of the Back To Back World Champion Kansas City Chiefs.

[Marcellus]

I love this.