Eagles fan’s phone blows up after ‘Monday Night Football’ appearance

, ESPN gave Alan Leimberg a 15-second spotlight to tout his lifelong love of the Birds.

“Yo. When people hear Philly, they think liberty,” Leimberg said as cars on Broad Street whizzed by. “But when we think Philly, we think life. As in living for our team, passing on the gene in every house — parent and child screaming at the top of their lungs, ‘We are lifers for the Eagles!’”Following the segment, ESPN announcer Troy Aikman joked that “you can bet all his buddies are calling him right now. His phone’s blowing up.

“My dad barely answered my text messages [Monday] night because he was getting bombarded by old friends from the neighborhood…old colleagues,” Audra, a Burlington County native, said in a promo piece for ESPN. “He didn’t have time for me!” Leimberg, who has worked as a production assistant at ESPN since 2012, said they shot footage of her father in two Philly locations — the center of Broad Street with a nice shot of of City Hall in the background, and Shunk Streets in South Philly, which wasn’t shown on the“My dad grew up on that crossroad — walking distance to the stadium, on top of his father’s corner grocery store,” Audra said, “He’s watched them for 71 years and he’d watch them for another 71 years if he could.

It’s not too surprising so many of Leimberg’s friends happened to see him on TV. The Eagles’ win averaged 12.9 million viewers on ABC, according to ESPN. The second game of the night, which featured the Buffalo Bills blowing out the Tennessee Titans, averaged 7.9 million viewers on ESPN and ESPN2.tattooed super fan Rob Dunphy“Twenty-five seasons, baby, representing the greatest city and the greatest fanbase in the country, Philadelphia, baby!” Young shouted.

So Philly. 💙

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