Steven Nelson’s current team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and his former team, the Kansas City Chiefs, may both be AFC squads, but the cornerback wasn’t rooting for his conference in Super Bowl LIII. Not at all.
Nelson made an appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “Fair Game” and discussed his feelings toward the New England Patriots as they headed into the Super Bowl. New England knocked out Kansas City in overtime during the AFC championship — Tom Brady and Phillip Dorsett even connected with Nelson in coverage. That’s probably why Nelson, who joined Pittsburgh this offseason, was not rooting for New England, one of the Steelers’ and Chiefs’ conference rivals.
“Screw the Patriots,” he said on FS1.
OK then.
New England had beaten the Steelers during the regular season, which helped the Patriots get a first-round playoff bye and played a part in Pittsburgh missing the playoffs. Surely, that didn’t help the Steelers-Patriots relations.
