The Philadelphia Eagles are on the cusp of their first Super Bowl appearance since 2005, and the city’s cops aren’t taking any chances. Like a Philly version of Minority Report, police have seen into the future and know how fans will react should Nick Foles and company overcome the visiting Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.

Good morning from Philly where crews from the city are greasing the light poles with Crisco to prevent #Eagles fans from climbing after the #NFCChampionshipGame tonight. #Vikings pregame coverage starts at 3 on FOX9. They call themselves the #CriscoCops pic.twitter.com/w1ZkYWZhYG — FOX 9 Sports (@Fox9Sports) January 21, 2018

By slathering on the Crisco, the city hopes to deter jubilant fans from scaling the poles and putting themselves and others in danger. If the Eagles lose, well, then they greased those poles in vain.

This is like buying a lotto ticket and then preemptively blocking everyone in your phone so they won’t be able to beg you for money if you win.

On Broad Street crews are already greasing down the poles in preparation for a wild night! 😂 Hopefully it’s in celebration! @NBCPhiladelphia @Eagles #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/27xgjB3BY0 — Aundrea Cline-Thomas (@AClineThomas) January 21, 2018

This isn’t the first time Philadelphia has broken out the Crisco ahead of a big game. Similar preparations were made in 2008, when city workers greased light poles at Frankford and Cottman Avenues the night before the Phillies clinched the World Series . “Instead [of street poles],” the New York Times reported, “fans climbed onto the roofs of cars or onto the shoulders of their parents.”

Crisco-covered street poles are but one precaution the city is taking. Philly-based reporter Ryan Briggs tweeted a letter from the Philadelphia Police Department warning business owners that they should “have grates locked and secured in order to protect [their] property” in the aftermath of the game.

Northeast Philly: Police telling business owners they can’t really guarantee their safety if the Eagles win the NFC Championship pic.twitter.com/Q51vUZKEGw — Ryan W Briggs (@rw_briggs) January 17, 2018

Win or lose, the sheer presence of the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game turns Philadelphia into a frontier town on the verge of a climatic showdown. Good luck, Nick Foles. They’re battening down the hatches for you.

For his sake, let’s hope Philadelphia looks like this tonight: