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NFL legends Rob Gronkowski and Drew Brees revealed their Super Bowl LIX predictions while speaking exclusively to iHeartMedia this week on behalf of Bounty Paper Towels' Wingman campaign.
"The Detroit Lions will be facing my hometown team, the Buffalo Bills and I think it's the year of Detroit," said Gronkowski, a native of Amherst, a suburb of Buffalo. "They have faced so much diversity and they have overcame it every single week, week in and week out so I'm going to go with the Detroit Lions this year."
Brees agreed on the potential Detroit-Buffalo matchup, however, acknowledged that he was going "back and forth" between the Bills and the back-to-back defending champion Kansas City Chiefs for his AFC pick.
"For K.C. to go and potentially have a chance to win three in a row, it's unprecedented but you feel like it's Buffalo's year," Brees said. "Buffalo beat them there, Buffalo's going to have to go through Arrowhead [Stadium] if they do it again so it's going to be everything NFL fans want to see that's for sure."
The Lions secured the No. 1 seed and NFC North Division title with a 31-9 victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football in Week 18. The Bills are the No. 2 seed, trailing only the defending champion Chiefs in the AFC.
Brees and Gronkowski appeared on behalf of the Bounty Paper Towels' Wingman campaign promoting their paper towels as the essential 'wingman' for football fans, anticipating record-breaking chicken wing consumption during Super Bowl LIX.