Now retired, will Jason Kelce root for his brother Travis in Super Bowl LIX or the team he made his name for, the Eagles?
Many Houston Texans fans and players pointed to the purportedly poor officiating as a leading cause of Houston's 23-14 defeat in the divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday.
Are Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce and ESPN host Jason Kelce related? Here's what to know about their relationship:
Prior to the Kansas City Chiefs' divisional round game against the Houston Texans on Saturday, Jason Kelce revealed a hilarious story from the brothers' childhood in Ohio. Kelce shared that Travis pretended his name was "Charles" because his favorite NBA player was Charles Barkley.
Before the Kansas City Chiefs' divisional matchup against the Houston Texans, Jason Kelce addressed growing speculation about his younger brother Travis Kelce’s potential retirement. The Chiefs star tight end,
The brotherly connection between Jason and Travis Kelce is strong. Now that Jason has retired from the NFL after a long and successful career with the Philadelphia Eagles, he no longer gets to share a field as a player with his little brother. But in his role as a pregame commentator with ESPN, he does get to share a field with him as an analyst.
Jason Kelce was the latest to weigh in on the matter, and he bluntly criticized one egregious call from the game on a recent episode of New Heights. His brother, Travis, pled the fifth when it came to discussing the roughing the passer calls, but Jason didn’t hold back:
It’s been quite a ride for Travis Kelce and the Chiefs — facing off Saturday against the Texans, with a berth to their seventh consecutive AFC Conference Championship game on the line. As the tight end and his team warmed up on the field at Arrowhead Stadium ahead of kickoff,
Travis Kelce had a different name as a kid — and his brother Jason Kelce recently explained the hilarious reason why. While appearing on ESPN shortly before the Saturday, Jan. 18 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, Jason, 37, shared the funny tidbit about his brother’s alter ego, which was in honor of an NBA legend.
Jason Kelce revealed the hilarious name that his brother, Chiefs star Travis Kelce, was given when he was a child.
I’m sure you saw some of this, but they were complaining about the refs again, Trav,” Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, said on their “New Heights” podcast.
Before the Kansas City Chiefs' divisional matchup against the Houston Texans, Jason Kelce addressed growing speculation about his younger brother Travis Kelce’s potential retirement.