Sao Paulo beefs up security for NFL game between Eagles, Packers

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Sao Paulo has tightened security ahead of the first NFL game in South America after players voiced concerns about traveling to Latin America's largest country, the Brazilian state said Wednesday.

Brazil will host the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers on Friday at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, the first NFL game on the continent and the first Week 1 game held on a Friday evening since 1970.

Eagles players have questioned security in the city, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

"We had a meeting with a whole bunch of 'Don't Do's.' So, I'm just trying to go down there, win a football game and come back home," wide receiver A.J.…