Metro

De Blasio drops NYC’s ‘Punxsutawney Phil’

The first fumble of Super Bowl Sunday belonged to Mayor Bill de Blasio — who dropped the Staten Island Zoo’s groundhog early Sunday morning.

De Blasio was trying to handle Staten Island Chuck when the anxious animal squirmed right out of the mayor’s hands and fell on his noggin.

“Next year they’ll need a net,” said Ann Jackman, who was at the park with her 14-year-old daughter.

“Look how tall he is. Can you imagine falling from that height?”

Eventually, Chuck witnessed his shadow and ran back inside, predicting 6 more weeks of winter.

“Chuck likes the polar vortex,” de Blasio said to a parade of boos.

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The mayor later compared the groundhog’s fancy footwork to Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.

“Staten Island Chuck was very rowdy this morning,” de Blasio said. “Chuck was doing his Marshawn Lynch impression. It was very impressive.”

Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm, who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony after last week’s State of the Union, did not attend the local event but blamed Chuck’s cold weather forecast on de Blasio’s clumsy hands.

“Our own Staten Island Chuck called for 6 more weeks of winter,” Grimm wrote on Facebook. “Maybe that was to get back at the Mayor for almost dropping him!”

But at least the mayor got away unscathed. Unlike Mayor Bloomberg’s Groundhog Day mishap in 2009, Chuck did not try to chomp on his hand.

“In Brooklyn, we bite back so Chuck has been forewarned,” de Blasio said.