Nick Sirianni's Philadelphia Eagles gear up to derail Kansas City Chiefs 'three-peat'

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni had no problem taking on the underdog role against his Kansas City counterpart Andy Reid on Monday, heaping praise on the Chiefs play caller ahead of their Super Bowl rematch.

Reid beat Sirianni's Eagles two years ago in the NFL title game, outfoxing his opposite number to overcome a 10-point half-time deficit to win 38-35 in what pundits declared a triumph of experience over youth.

Their rematch this year at the New Orleans Superdome invites an obvious revival of that youth-versus-experience narrative, but Sirianni said he would take it in his stride.

"He's got a lot of experience, that's for sure, won a lot of football games. I can't tell you how much respect I have for him and the job that he's done," Sirianni told reporters.

"The tape just oozes off of how good a coach he is. You can watch a tape and really see a team and be like, man, this staff is a special staff, and that's how I feel when I watch him."

Coaching in his sixth Super Bowl, Reid and his Chiefs will hunt for an unprecedented 'three-peat' on Sunday that would put the ebullient, moustachioed fan favourite two wins shy of Bill Belichick's all-time postseason record of 31 victories.

Sirianni's resume is thin by comparison, coaching only his second Super Bowl, but he told reporters his team were ready to meet the occasion.

"In my shoes, you just try to get better and you can’t tell me that a game in November or October where we’ve put everything on the line for the entire week to go out and play is just not as big, because we treat every game that way," he said.

"So there’s big game experience - we treat every game that way. We empty the tank every week."

Reid, who managed the throngs of reporters at the famously rowdy