Chiefs and Eagles Frustrations, Philip Rivers Returns and Kelce Hygiene | EP 169

Summary

Podcast Summary: New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Episode 169: Chiefs and Eagles Frustrations, Philip Rivers Returns and Kelce Hygiene
Date: December 10, 2025
Hosts: Jason Kelce (Philadelphia Eagles) & Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, brothers Jason and Travis Kelce dive into the recent frustrations for the Chiefs and Eagles, discuss their Spotify Wrapped and the show’s fanbase, address NFL news (including the surprise return of Philip Rivers), and tackle questions about personal hygiene and parenting mischief. The episode is a balance of humor, candid self-reflection, and classic sibling banter, offering behind-the-scenes football insights and plenty of laughs.

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Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Spotify Wrapped and Fan Shoutouts ([00:31]–[06:52])

• Spotify Wrapped: Jason and Travis discuss their top genres (Jason’s is “doo wop,” Travis’s is “Tay Tay”—Taylor Swift) and poke fun at the "average age" stats for their music tastes.
  • Jason: “My top genre is doo wop. … It says my average age is 83.” ([00:48], [07:32])
  • Travis: “I was 68. I'm right underneath that.” ([07:39])
• Fan Shoutouts: They thank listeners for making the podcast #1 in sports on Spotify and highlight fan engagement, specifically calling out Rachel, a top 0.1% listener.

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2. Travis Nominated for Walter Payton Man of the Year ([02:41]–[04:59])

• Travis is recognized for his charitable work, especially with Operation Breakthrough.
  • Travis: “You don’t do the work ... to get an award. ... I love seeing these kids have something that they wouldn’t have otherwise.” ([03:37])
  • Jason: “Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. Well done.” ([05:17])

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3. Chiefs vs. Texans Recap & Chiefs’ Struggles ([09:10]–[14:30])

• Travis opens up about the Chiefs’ recent loss and broader season struggles: lack of discipline, missed opportunities, and a “shitty feeling.”
  • Travis: “I feel like I’ve always had the answers in years past, and this year, I just can’t find them.” ([09:10])
  • He reflects on personal accountability for a late-game drop and expresses determination: “If there’s a game to be played, I’m gonna make it the most important game of the world.” ([09:39])
• Jason offers encouragement but highlights the “weird year” for the Chiefs and notes the rare absence from the top of the AFC West ([10:40]).
• Discussion shifts to what needs fixing: end-of-game situations, dropped passes, missed blocks, and needing touchdowns, not just field goals ([12:37]).
• Praise for Chiefs’ defense, especially Chris Jones, and shoutout to Escapole’s performance.

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4. Eagles vs. Chargers Recap & Locker Room Vibes ([14:30]–[22:38])

• Jason vents about the Eagles’ overtime loss: turnovers, penalties, and missed chances.
  • Jason: “It was just a gut wrenching way to end that one.” ([16:37])
  • Eight combined turnovers, including Jalen Hurts’ bizarre play: “He became the first player since 1978 with two turnovers on the same play.” ([17:23])
• Jason emphasizes the offense’s search for identity: “What are we going to be about?” ([19:09])
• Both highlight positives (run game, defense) but agree on the need for consistency and reduced mistakes ([20:31]).
• Positivity Rabbit: Debate about a locker room “good vibes” bunny after a rough stretch.
  • Jason: “I don’t really like the rabbit. ... You don’t do antics like this when you’ve [expletive] the bed for the last couple weeks.” ([21:51]–[22:59])

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5. NFL News: Philip Rivers' Comeback ([30:53]–[35:18])

• Colts sign 44-year-old Philip Rivers to practice squad, possibly to play due to QB injuries.
  • Jason: “A five-year removed guy at 44 who is a grandfather coming out of retirement to join an NFL team. Sounds absolutely bonkers. But I want to see it.” ([32:11])
  • Discussion about Rivers’ Hall of Fame candidacy, the uniqueness of his situation, and comparisons to other “old guys” comebacks.
  • Travis: “It’s like Burt Reynolds coming out in the Longest Yard.” ([33:31])

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6. Other NFL Headlines ([36:08]–[36:55])

• Jameis Winston makes his TV analyst debut and is, unsurprisingly, a natural entertainer.
  • Travis: “Everything he does with the camera on him is, is fucking pure comedy.” ([36:38])

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7. Stamps of the Week ([37:02]–[38:45])

• Youth Football Clip: A 6-year-old with 10 stiff arms gets the nod as “stamp of the week.”
• Wyoming Beer Snake: Students honor Josh Allen’s jersey retirement with a massive beer snake.
  • Jason: “That’s the stamp of the week – not for stacking the cups, it’s for drinking the beer necessary to be able to stack the cups.” ([38:31])

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8. Listener Voicemails: Forged Parent Signatures, Drink Personalities, and Hygiene ([41:52]–[48:22])

• Forging Signatures: Travis admits he forged signatures “countless” times, including sneaking into a pro baseball tryout at age 13 ([42:35]–[44:02]).
  • Travis: “I went out there and got on the mound ... they’re like, how old are you? I’m like, 13. ... don’t do that ever again.” ([43:18])
  • Jason recalls trying to fake a parent’s voice for school and getting caught ([44:50]–[45:43]).
• Describing Each Other as Drinks:
  • Travis = Four Loko (“just energy”) ([46:22]); Jason = Jaeger Bomb (“you’re like a Jaeger bomb”) ([46:32])
• Towel Hygiene: Debate on how often to wash towels.
  • Travis: “I use a clean towel every time.”
  • Jason: “That’s very wasteful... Don’t you read the disclaimers at the hotels?” ([47:28]–[48:02])
  • They riff on environmental measures, like paper straws (“give me the plastic straw!”).

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Notable Quotes & Highlights

Travis on Chiefs' struggles: “I feel like I’ve always had the answers in years past, and this year, I just can’t find them.” ([09:10])

Jason on Eagles’ frustrations: “It was just a gut wrenching way to end that one. … It did feel like we were starting to click and then every second we got into the red zone, turnover.” ([16:37])

On Philip Rivers’ return:

• Jason: “A five-year removed guy at 44 who is a grandfather coming out of retirement … Sounds absolutely bonkers. But I want to see it.” ([32:11])
• Travis: “It’s like Burt Reynolds coming out in the Longest Yard.” ([33:31])

On the “positivity rabbit”:

• Jason: “You don’t do antics like this when you’ve [expletive] the bed for the last couple weeks.” ([22:59])

On music tastes:

• Jason: “My top genre is doo wop. … My average age is 83.” ([00:48], [07:32])
• Travis: “I was 68. I'm right underneath that.” ([07:39])

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Memorable/Funny Moments

• Jason serenading his daughter with doo wop music so she’ll stop crying ([07:04]).
• Travis forging a signature to attend a pro baseball tryout at 13 ([42:35]–[44:02]).
• The intense dislike for paper straws ([48:05]–[48:22]).
• Jason’s brutal honesty about the “positivity rabbit” in the Eagles locker room ([22:59]).

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Key Timestamps

• [02:41] Travis’ Walter Payton Man of the Year nomination
• [09:10] Chiefs vs. Texans breakdown
• [14:30] Eagles vs. Chargers recap
• [21:50] The “positivity rabbit” locker room debate
• [30:53] Philip Rivers’ surprise NFL return
• [36:08] Jameis Winston’s TV debut
• [41:52] Voicemails: parenting hacks & hygiene

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Tone & Style

The episode is candid, humorous, and irreverent—a classic “Kelce brothers” blend of inside football talk, self-deprecating stories, and goofy brotherly ribbing. Despite recent losses, both Jason and Travis emphasize perspective and acknowledge both the positive and negative elements of their teams’ performances, always ending with optimism and appreciation for their listeners.

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Summary prepared for listeners who want all the substance and laughs—without needing to hear it all play out firsthand.

Transcript

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[Travis Kelce]

Did you look at your Spotify?

[Jason Kelce]

How to do it? Where's it at?

[Travis Kelce]

You go to Spotify and I'm pretty sure it just.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, it's time for your 2025. Wrapped 13 three minutes. 254. Genres.

[Travis Kelce]

That's a lot of genres. That's way more than a lot of people for sure.

[Jason Kelce]

My top genre is doo wop.

[Travis Kelce]

It's gonna tell you your average age.

[Jason Kelce]

Age. Don't take this personally. Oh my God.

[Travis Kelce]

What is it?

[Jason Kelce]

That's embarrassing.

[Travis Kelce]

What is it?

[Jason Kelce]

83. 83. Nice.

[Travis Kelce]

That's pretty good.

Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of wonry show brought to you by yeti and that's not me. We're talking about the yeti coolers, the yeti drinks, the yeti everything, that new height screen.

[Jason Kelce]

Ooh.

[Travis Kelce]

How about it? I love that. We're your hosts. I'm Travis Kelsey is my big brother Jason Kelce out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Shout out to the heights and shout out to the the Cincinnati Bearcats headed to the Liberty bowl versus the Naval Academy.

[Jason Kelce]

Good old fashioned Liberty Bowl, Birmingham, Alabama. Is it still in Birmingham, Alabama?

[Travis Kelce]

I don't think so.

[Jason Kelce]

No. Moved.

[Travis Kelce]

The Liberty bowl for me was in Memphis, Tennessee.

[Jason Kelce]

No, that was the Belk Bowl.

[Travis Kelce]

That was in Charlotte.

[Jason Kelce]

Really?

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

So the Liberty bowl moved to Memphis. Was at UAB stadium in Birmingham, Alabama when I played in it.

[Travis Kelce]

There you go.

[Jason Kelce]

Right? Or am I thinking of a different bowl?

[Travis Kelce]

I think you're thinking of Papa John's bow.

[Jason Kelce]

I am thinking of the Papa Johns.com Bowl. All right, sorry. Liberty Bowl.

[Travis Kelce]

Let's go Cats, baby. Finish this year off right. Subscribe on YouTube oney plus wherever you get your podcast and follow the show on all social media at new heights show with 1s for fun clips throughout the week. Jason, please. This is where you tell everyone what we're going to talk about.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, 92 percenters, we've got a incredibly depressing football portion of this great episode. We're going to recap the Chief Sextons game as well as the loss of the Eagles and overtime to the Chargers. But we will get into a lot more NFL discussions that will hopefully be more joyous. We're going to get into all that in a minute, but first, we're always going to start with a little bit of that new news. New News is brought to you by American Express.

[Travis Kelce]

Ooh.

[Jason Kelce]

Biggest piece of new news is Travis has been the Chief's nominee for Walter Payton man of the Year. This is your third.

Nominated. How many times you've been nominated for three or four.

[Travis Kelce]

Three or four? Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

In particular, you're nominated for your work with Operation Breakthrough. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Walter Pittman of the Year, it's kind of all encompassing. It's turned into one of the greatest honors you can receive in the NFL. A lot of it comes down to charitable work and community work, but it also comes down to how you are as a player and what you. The values and everything that you kind of exude as an NFL player to your teammates and city. And, you know, it's named after the late, great Walter Payton. His family is still involved in giving out this award, so it is a incredible honor to be nominated for it. Trav, what are your thoughts? Obviously, you've been nominated before.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I mean, I was nominated last year. Maybe not the year before that, but a year or two prior to that one. Obviously, we. You don't do the work, and you're not who you are to the community and to the teams for the award. You know, you're not doing this in hopes that you one day could be it. So it's. I just do it because I love seeing these kids have something that they wouldn't have otherwise. I love doing it to support, you know, what Operation Breakthrough means to this community. And I love doing things with my foundational team because my foundation team is amazing, and they find ways to give back to the community, and they find events that bring the community closer together. And it's just an honor, and it's obviously representing a whole lot more people than just myself. I think the Chiefs community outreach is second to absolutely none. And that shows in how many Walter Payton, man of the years we've had in Kansas City and the tradition that Lamar Hunt embedded in this organization back in the 60s and 70s of how, you know, he was going to make sure that the. The fans that are showing up and the. The community that's showing up is going to, you know, see us give back to them for how much they show up for us on Sundays, man. And it's just an absolute honor to. To represent this organization, to represent my foundation and even more so to represent Operation Breakthrough and all the kids and all the amazing things that they're doing over there.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, congratulations, Travis. I mean, listen, I think you do so much for that community in Kansas City and really, I mean, Philadelphia community. You've been involved with the Eagles Autism Challenge. You do so much surrounding the NFL and the landscape and supporting the fans and different communities that the teams are in. So back in Cleveland.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. Well done.

[Travis Kelce]

Thank you, man. And thank you to all the 92 percenters who shared their Spotify wrapped because we were the number one sports podcast on on Spotify of the 2025, you know, year. Obviously a lot of familiar faces podcasts up here. Yep. Abely Busting with the Boys made the list. We got our guy, Pat McAfee.

[Jason Kelce]

McAfee, part of my take a bunch.

[Travis Kelce]

Of friends on there that, that are all, well, deserving of it. But thank you guys for posting all that and tuning in week in, week out. We also heard from a bunch of 92 percenters who got their YouTube recap but wanted to specifically shout out Rachel, who was in our top.

Of viewers.

[Jason Kelce]

That's pretty crazy.

[Travis Kelce]

Rachel said, safe to say I look forward to Wednesdays.

As she posted a picture of her literally being top point 1% of viewers.

[Jason Kelce]

That's awesome. Shout out to Rachel. Well done. It was awesome seeing a bunch of people posting, you know, where they're at in the percentages and how many minutes. I don't know if that was on YouTube or if that was a Spotify thing, but the end of the year recaps.

[Travis Kelce]

Did you look at your Spotify?

[Jason Kelce]

I don't know how to do it. Where is it at?

[Travis Kelce]

You go to Spotify and I'm pretty sure it's just free.

[Jason Kelce]

Free Spotify ad. It's fine with it. I'm cool with it. Is it in? Where is it at?

[Travis Kelce]

It should be in home.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, it's time for your 2025 wrapped. All right, we're ready for G for you. Swipe up. You listened 13,380 minutes. 254 genres.

[Travis Kelce]

That's a lot of genre. That's way more than a lot of people for sure.

[Jason Kelce]

My top genre is doo wop.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, you're see me and you are. What was your. It's going to tell you your average age.

[Jason Kelce]

Ooh. So doo wop is more. Because that's. I sing a lot of doo wop songs to Finney. For some reason, she stops crying when I sing like Fleetwoods and some of the, like, doo wop music from back in the day. Okay, then obviously, I'm always been an outlaw country guy. Synth pop, big synth pop. Children's music. Yep. This is all adding up. Beach music. All right, here we go. Age. Don't take this personally. Oh, my God.

[Travis Kelce]

What is it?

[Jason Kelce]

That's embarrassing.

[Travis Kelce]

What is it?

[Jason Kelce]

83. 83. Nice.

[Travis Kelce]

That's pretty good. That's pretty good.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm older than Dad.

[Travis Kelce]

I was 68. Yeah, I was. I'm right. I'm right underneath that.

[Jason Kelce]

That's hilarious.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice. Well, it's always fun to see what your average age is compared to your Spotify and the songs you're listening to.

[Jason Kelce]

That wraps up no news brought to you by American Express.

[Travis Kelce]

Let's get to some fan mentions. We got a fun basket weave mentioned from eaw7354. The official way to hold garage. The old double hand.

[Jason Kelce]

I just want to be good. That's not. That's not a basket weaving style technique. Right. The basket weaving's hand over hand. Or is that basket weaving?

[Travis Kelce]

I didn't write basket weave in here.

[Jason Kelce]

Have you ever held a beer by two hands? I don't think I've ever done that.

[Travis Kelce]

Not crossed like that.

[Jason Kelce]

I kind of want to try it. Ball. Security. Beer. Security.

[Travis Kelce]

Beer. Security. What a man. That sounds like a TV show.

[Jason Kelce]

By the way, I do want to point out, outside of the Doo Wop album, because I play that every night when I'm singing to Finney.

[Travis Kelce]

Second album, Tay Taste.

[Jason Kelce]

You know it.

[Travis Kelce]

That was number one for me.

I don't have any kids.

[Jason Kelce]

You're singing to see. I can't sing Tay songs.

Dad, you're really off pitch here.

[Travis Kelce]

Sing along. They're catchy.

[Jason Kelce]

They are. All righty. Both topics to wrap up week 14. Let's start with Sunday Night Football. Chiefs 10, Texans 20. Trav, I'll let you take it away, brother.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, man, it's. It's been a tough go around for the past two days. Yeah. Yeah. It's just you put in all this work in hopes that it pays off, and right now, it just. For whatever reason, man, it's little things. It's. I don't know, discipline. I feel like I've always had the answers in years past, and this year, it's just. I just can't find them. And I keep thinking if I show up to work and I put in the work and I fix the issues.

Through my practice habits and through. Through perfecting the game plan and my fundamentals and what I'm being Taught and go out there and try and play my ass off for my guys next to me. It's. It's all gonna come together like it has in years past. And this year is just not, man, not to say that I won't keep doing that. It's all that I can do. It's all that I. I'm gonna always show up to work and give it my all. And if there's a game to be played, I'm gonna make it the most important game of the world. Yeah, but obviously, looking at the.

The playoffs, this is a tough reality to be in.

Especially with, I don't know, just how. How we've always found a way in years past. So it's. It's a shitty feeling, especially dropping the ball late in the game like that when we were on our last chance to make something shake. It's a shitty feeling, man.

[Jason Kelce]

I hear you.

[Travis Kelce]

You put in all this work to, you know, be there for your guys, and I just. I just wasn't that. I wasn't that.

[Jason Kelce]

I do got to point out, I think that that catch would have been pretty damn impressive catch. That was a tough one to. I mean, you're running all the way over here and you're trying to reach back. I know you always hold yourself to a high standard, but that would have been a tough catch. I'll say this again, it's another game that was right there, right, like. And we knew going into it, the Texans had a great defense, we knew Chiefs had a great defense. And it was going to come down to the team that made the fewest mistakes. And at the end of the day, with the drop passes and things, at the end of the game, even throughout the game, there are multiple times where you guys had the opportunities. And it's just like. It's just been a very weird year for the Chiefs. And you guys have been in, I mean, what is it, seven straight. This was the first time in what, nine seasons you guys aren't going to win the AFC west or whatever it is since 2015. You know, I think sometimes the ball just doesn't fall your way. And you guys have had the epitome of that this year. Yeah, I don't know. I know it's frustrating. I know that, you know, it's the competitor you are and you know how badly you want it, how badly Pat wants it, the work you guys put in. So I feel for you, for sure. And I know that that game in particular was a frustrating one because of what it meant, but, ah, it's frustrating.

[Travis Kelce]

But we got four games left. And go put my heart on the line for these guys because they deserve that Chief's kingdom. You guys deserve that. And we're gonna keep this thing rolling, man.

[Jason Kelce]

What is the mindset, you guys? Just one game at a time. Just got the Chargers this week.

[Travis Kelce]

Just. Yeah, I mean, obviously we. We don't necessarily control our own destiny at this point. Like I said, we need some things to happen outside of us winning all our games.

So that's all you can do, man. You got the Chargers coming in and you just get after them.

[Jason Kelce]

I just feel like if you guys get the 10 and 7 this year in the AFC, that that'll sneak in at a wild card, but one game at a time.

[Travis Kelce]

Yep.

[Jason Kelce]

Four games left. Yeah. What do the Chiefs have to get fixed the most? What are you guys the most focused on?

[Travis Kelce]

Critical situations towards the end of game. Showing up. I mean, obviously drop passes, drop pass.

[Jason Kelce]

Stood out to me watching it.

[Travis Kelce]

Missed blocks and key situations that could, you know, spark big runs, spark big plays and scoring touchdowns. You got to score touchdowns in this league, man, and field goals aren't going to. Aren't going to cut it. I think it's just details on. On all phases. Even though I thought our. Our defense fucking showed up and played a hell of a game against the Texans this week. Chris Jones, my God, he was showing his heart, man. That's for sure.

[Jason Kelce]

Spags was dialing up all these blitzes. I mean, it was. It was a fun game to watch from the defense, for sure. They were. They were doing everything they could and.

[Travis Kelce]

Shout out to the Texans, man. They made plays when they needed to.

[Jason Kelce]

They got good players over there, man. That defense is freaking. It's the best in the NFL right now. And yeah, d' Ameco Ryan's, it's kind of. Dude. Every single person on that staff I played with in Philly, it's kind of amazing considering how they all have like. And not a lot of them weren't even there together. Like, D Go's the head coach. Matt Burke's the D.C. corey Unlen's in the backfield. Billy Davis, who was the DC when Chip was here as the linebackers coach. I mean, it's. Whenever I'm at a Houston, I'm like, God dang, this like former Philadelphia right here. But yeah, they're rolling on defense, man. Those guys are doing a great job coaching those guys up and they have great players. I do got to shout out Escapole played good, man. The biggest thing I was worried about was the offensive line and he played against who I think is one of the best players in the NFL and has been for a while, the Neil Hunter. And he. He held his own. More than held his own.

[Travis Kelce]

No, really, he came in and yeah, I was extremely proud of him. Happy as hell for him. And when I tell you, man, you want to talk about a guy that was just fucking happy to play ball, man.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

Out there, high energy no matter what the situation was. Seemed like he was ready to fucking get after it.

[Jason Kelce]

That's awesome.

[Travis Kelce]

A guy like that who's just kind of itching at the bit to be able to get out there and show, show the world what he's got, man. The big athletic guy, man, and happy as hell for him. Just wish we could have got the win for him. We got the Chargers this week, obviously coming off win against the Eagles as we're about to get into, man, a team we know, a team that knows us and they're rolling too. Hardball's got them playing their best ball and Herbert's playing lights out and yeah, we're gonna have our hands full, man. Let's go ahead and get to this Eagles Chargers game though, on a little Monday night out there in Los Angeles. Jason, you. You kind of summed up the game by tweeting fml. If you want to tell everybody why you tweeted that.

[Jason Kelce]

It was just, it's frustrating game to watch as an Eagles fan. You know, we just like continually kept kicking ourselves in the foot and I mean it was, you know, turnovers, you know, penalty down low takes us out of off the two yard line. I mean, it was just one thing after the other. Very frustrating game. Felt like there was more to be had. It did feel like we were starting to click and then every second we got into the red zone, turnover. Every single time we got a chance to. To get a touchdown, we get knocked back and kick a field goal. We'd miss a few. We missed a field goal. I mean, it's just like not too much different than the Chiefs game. And it's like, man, we had our opportunities more than our opportunities and we did a lot of good, really good things in the game against a really good team, against really good defense like the Chargers. Defense is one of the better units in the NFL statistically and like personnel wise. One of my favorite defensive players in the league and Derwin James over there, love watching that guy every chance I get to see him play. So yeah, just a really frustrating game and it ended in a very frustrating fashion. Where we're putting together a great drive, playing outstanding ball, and overtime, driving the length of the field, and then the interception to lose just. It was just a gut wrenching way to end that one. And, you know, we needed to get some momentum back. And unfortunately, a very sloppy game.

Again leaves the Eagles in another week of frustration. And listen, if we take care of business and don't have these mistakes, it's. It's going in a different direction and we're. We're rolling. So it was a frustrating, frustrating game.

[Travis Kelce]

You mentioned that last turnover. That. That kind of sealed it, but eight combined turnovers, dude, it was nuts. It was like the ball was in butter alone.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't even know like. Like what?

[Travis Kelce]

It's insane. There's a few.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, on the one play, obviously, the interception from Jalen, they pick it up, we force a fumble, Jayla recovers it, and then while he's still trying to get control of that thing, he fumbles it. It was just a comedy of turnovers all game long.

[Travis Kelce]

There were a lot of what the plays. And Hertz actually became the free first player since 1978 with two turnovers on the same play, which tells you how rare that is when it happens. But six in the second quarter alone is ridiculous.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, it was. It was a horrendous game of ball security, which is not. Listen, Jalen, I know the last couple of weeks have been rough for him. This is one of the things he's done well. His whole career is taking care of the football, and it's unfortunately been too out of, I guess, character or not, common games from. From him and from our team that have really cost us. I mean, we. This offense has been so stagnant in like the three and outs, and it's like, struggled to get anything going the last couple weeks, you know, this team. And the. Is. Well, the defense is great. The defense was phenomenal in this game. Outside of the Bears game and maybe one other one against the Giants, they've been great all season. Offensively, they've. They're looking for what. Who they are. It looks like they're looking for that identity, right? And there's so many good pieces and, you know, they. All these plays are great individual plays for this guy, this guy, this guy, and this guy. And it's just, you know, what. Who are we and what are we going to be about? And throughout Jalen's tenure and I think what lends itself to the best for this team is, man, we gotta. We gotta attack the line of scrimmage. With one of the best running backs in the game and just repeatedly stick to that and then take our shots down the field. It doesn't need to be this, like, kind of crazy, outlandish thing. And I know everybody's talking about the scheme and whatnot. There were plays in this game to be had. There were opportunities. Guys were open.

I thought that, quite frankly, we had a really good game offensively.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I thought you guys did outside of the turnover. Turnovers are crazy. Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

And I think that there's some positive things moving forward. First of all, the defense is still playing out of their mind. But listen, if that run game can keep going like that, you know, you got stretch working. You can do a lot of things off a stretch. You got. You got split zone attacking the line of scrimmage. I know everybody talks about under center versus gun. I really just think about it, like, just build a wall. Get running off the ball and make those guys stop that. In order to stop that, you got to. You got to commit to the line of scrimmage, and then that opens things behind him, and, you know, they're. They're a good team as well. Jesse Minner did some things that threw us off on plays here and there. That's going to happen. Yeah, I thought it was a. Overall, there's a lot of positive takeaway from the game. In a game that looks really negative because of the extremely bad plays that happened, there were some good things, in my opinion, on that tape. I thought the guys ran block better than they have in a lot in a. In a while. I thought the tight ends did a pretty darn good job in this game for the most part. And yeah, I mean, uncharacteristic game for Jalen. He cleans that up. Full confidence. He will. And the defense keeps playing like this. I know that's a lot of ifs and buts and candies and nuts, but, you know.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I hear you. Coach Kells, does getting Lane Johnson back soon help? Yes, of course. That's. Why is that even a question? Hopefully you guys can get him back. Hopefully Land is not too banged up. Then he can. He can keep. Keep things rolling. I know he got a little banged up and came out for a quick second.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, he had a calf injury. I think that's what it was. I said. But he came back in late, I think. Yeah, yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

Maybe just keep it moving to positivity, Rabbit. So is it. This has been a thing with offensive line for a while now?

[Jason Kelce]

No, this is the first time it showed up. I Don't even. I thought it was Landon because it feels like Landon. Sense of humor. Landon said it wasn't him. I have no idea where this rabbit came from.

[Travis Kelce]

There you go. It showed up today. And the offensive lineman stressed to me that they are not sad. They just wanted good vibes. Bunny. This is from Ashley Sullivan would assume a reporter out there in the Philly.

[Jason Kelce]

Area at the end of the week, this positivity rabbit showed up in the locker room and obviously this is kind of like somebody trying to. It's a lot of negativity in Philadelphia for. And before the game for an 8 and 4 team that's first in their division and certainly looking like they're going to be in the playoffs. I think the team was trying to make a statement. Like, hey, we're. We're all in on this together. We feel like we're still the real deal.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm being honest. I don't really like the rabbit. I think it's kind of like, it's a little hokey. But listen, if they like it, who the. I don't really give a that much, but you got to go back it up. You go out there and you turn the ball over a bunch, and largely you're the reason that you lose the game. Rabbit's gotta eat carrots. Get the out of here.

Bad vibe. It didn't work. What did they say about it? So it showed up today in the offensive line. Stressed to me. They are not sad. They just wanted good vibes. Bunny. So you're asking Brandon, should they ditch the rabbit or double down with more rabbits?

[Brandon]

Just put more rabbits in.

[Travis Kelce]

What do you.

[Brandon]

Which way do you go with this? You're saying get rid of it?

[Jason Kelce]

I think they tried it. It didn't work. You got to ditch the rabbit. I mean, the whole thing's got to go.

[Brandon]

It's got to go. Yeah, I kind of agree.

[Jason Kelce]

Or do you double down?

[Brandon]

Do you add. Did you put different holiday mascots in there? Do you get a leprechaun? Do you get.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, the. More rabbits is funny. I don't know how much you want to joke around about just at this point fucking A season. Going the wrong direction right now.

[Travis Kelce]

But yeah, if I'm losing, not winning, we got to get rid of that shit.

[Jason Kelce]

That's my. I honestly, if I'm being very brutally honest, I thought it was a surprise to see the rabbit because I'm like, it's a sign of just, like too much, like, joking around with something that I think is like, actually, like, should Be really pissed off at the way you're playing and it's okay to be positive but like, you know, this is something you do when everything's rolling and you're freaking performing well. You don't do antics like this when you've the bed for the last couple weeks.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I hear you. Well, we got a Monsters Fun day football. Do we have. Is this a Jason Kelce? Monsters Inc.

[Jason Kelce]

It is. This is pretty cool. ESPN does this all cast this at least the second year. Last year they did it as Simpsons characters but they use somehow they do it with like AI or some animation program or whatever. But it mimics the game happening. I think Dan Orlovsky and Mina Kimes and I forget who else is on the call. Maybe Jeremy Fowler, I don't know. But there's a whole nother like broadcast happening and they do it. They did it this year in the Monsters Inc. Style and Swag and I did the pregame show for it.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice.

[Jason Kelce]

And we were monsters for the pregame show of the all cast. And I mean I just love the beard. That's great. And then look at the eyebrows.

[Travis Kelce]

They made sure not the thickest shit you already know. That's not Jason Kelsey unless you throw some thick ass eyebrows on there.

[Jason Kelce]

Dude. This would be fun to just wear this as my outfit though. Just get like a.

[Travis Kelce]

You're insane. That's pretty good though. The Eagles got the Raiders at home next week though.

[Jason Kelce]

They do. I know the Raiders had a rough season this year. Obviously they've already fired Chip Kelly offensive coordinator hasn't gone their way. But it's still the NFL, man. Any. Any team can win any given Sunday and the Eagles need to get some momentum going. They have to go out there and perform.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I really feel strongly they need to figure out what the identity is that they want to do. And I think they were closer to doing that this last week. I think when something's working, I would love to see them just continue to press that. You know what I mean? It feels like a lot of the times they do something that works and then they're on to the next thing that they want to. They went into the game wanted to do. It's like, hold on. Hey, if we're doing this really good, if Saquon's rolling with these types of plays, make them defend that. If they can't show that they can defend that, bro. Keep taking it. Some of the spread things are interesting. I thought they. They adjusted well with empty where you know when they do those like zero they Know you're in five man protection. So they just read the guards, make you hot and then you got to get rid of the ball. If you want to live in empty.

You need to move the back around a lot. Put the back in the backfield, motion them out. Put the back in the backfield, motion them out. Bring him back in. Jet a tight end across the formation, act like the Titans jetting and then he stops. And then you do like a six man protection with the Titan. Like you got to at least mess with the numbers so it's not predictable. Every time you line up an empty, it's going to be five man protection. Otherwise they're just going to sit flat footed, make you hot and rally to the ball. But that's a whole nother fucking thing. Big game this week. Obviously Raiders in the link. They need to go out and put forward a good game. I don't care what the Raiders record is at this point. The Eagles need to show that they can be a consistent, good football team. Limit the penalties, run the ball well, control the line of scrimmage and take your shots when they're there. It, it doesn't need to be this air raid. High scoring attack with the way this defense is playing. Grind it out. Eventually the run game gets going. The more and more that you pound it on these guys. It really sucks with how good the defense played this last week that we weren't able to get a victory for them. And really with how they played the whole season. We can be this type of offense. I really believe that.

[Travis Kelce]

I hear you. They got just got to put it all together, man.

[Jason Kelce]

There we go.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

We also have a Super bowl champions one right here. Boom. With a little thermos top. We have an eagles Rambler, Chiefs 1 and the Forest green one that we just showed you which does match the show colors perfectly.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

Obviously the Eddies are all made from quality materials. They're dishwasher safe, BPA free and they're basically indestructible. I don't know how. I don't think I've ever seen one destroyed, maybe dented a little bit. But even that seems like it's pretty hard to do because they're made of stainless steel with double wall insulation.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

How about that? I like a good beverage bucket.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

Still going? I have started it, I got some of it going.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm right there with you.

[Jason Kelce]

Amazon is definitely one of the go to's especially, I mean, dude, it's just, it's got everything. Yeah, the shipping is taken and it gets to you into account. It's right on the app. There's such a huge selection.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, it's the best.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, no question.

[Travis Kelce]

You can literally get anything and Everything.

[Jason Kelce]

It's to the point where it's inconvenient to order things that aren't on Amazon. Like why aren't you guys on Amazon?

[Travis Kelce]

Dude, it's so good. It's so good.

[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

All right.

[Travis Kelce]

Now let's get to the rest of the league breaking news. Colts have signed a 44 year old Philip Rivers. That's right though. Gunslinger from the past like three decades. Yeah. He's coming back out, baby. He just got assigned to their practice squad. Hasn't played in the NFL since 2020. But is getting reunited with Shane Steichen who was the Charger staff and interim offensive coordinator in 2019 with Phillip and potentially first grandfather to play in the NFL. That's crazy.

[Jason Kelce]

Nuts.

[Travis Kelce]

His oldest kid is older than their. Their star tight end Tyler Warren. Which is pretty. It's pretty staggering.

Fact right there.

[Jason Kelce]

Yep.

[Travis Kelce]

Also older than his head coach, Steichen. That's right. He's. And his offensive coordinator again, Philip is 44. Yeah. And Jim Bob is 41. And Shane is 40. He is also older than 12 current NFL head coaches listen and I bet you he can still go out there and sling it. Got it, man.

[Jason Kelce]

He's a semifinalist for the hall of Fame this year because he's eligible to go in the hall of Fame. That's how long he's been out of the NFL.

[Travis Kelce]

Damn. It is 2020.

[Jason Kelce]

So it's a five year removed guy at 44 who is a grandfather coming out of retirement to join an NFL team. Sounds absolutely bonkers. But I want to see it. I as a fan, I cannot wait to watch a grandpa go out there and sling this thing. I hope he is starting this week. I want to see it so bad.

[Travis Kelce]

What does this do for his hall of Fame? Does it now? It's another five year five. It resets it.

[Jason Kelce]

Yep. Wow. I know from my. From Shane's time in Philadelphia he's a.

[Travis Kelce]

Glove to get in. There's no. I mean there's no question he's in statistic.

[Jason Kelce]

The only thing he doesn't have is a Super Bowl. But statistically and the competitor he was and how he played the game. That's not even a question. 100% Shane Steichen from when he was in Philadelphia, Frank Reich, Nick Sirianni. Knowing all these people that were with Philip at some point in his career. I don't know that I've ever heard of another. Of coaches speak higher of another player. They look up to this guy like he is in a realm of his own. Not just as a player, like mentally, the way he operates, the way he puts the team positions. I've just heard nothing but, like the most incredible things about him as a teammate and player. Yeah, I want to see it happen. I mean, I'm just hoping he. It holds up if he can stay healthy.

[Travis Kelce]

This is like Burt Reynolds coming out in the longest yard.

[Jason Kelce]

How old was Brett Favre when he was still, like, trying to hold on to it?

[Travis Kelce]

Like 40, 40 years. He never stopped, was he?

[Jason Kelce]

That's what's just hard to imagine. And I know he's got enough kids that he's not stopped. Retired like three times.

[Travis Kelce]

He didn't stop for five years.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. There wasn't like a prolonged period where he was out of it for a long time.

[Travis Kelce]

No, 100%. I think maybe a year was like the most he set out.

[Jason Kelce]

It's hard to imagine a guy that hasn't played football in five years, is 44, is still going to be able to physically do it. But I'm not down Philip Rivers. I'm just not going to do it. I know.

[Travis Kelce]

In a run, in the playoffs, if they make.

[Jason Kelce]

Give him a man some Toradol. I know he's still been active. He's got like 20 kids, including grandkids, so he's still running around playing with them suckers. So he's still been doing something.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, yeah. I'm pretty sure his son is actually like one of the biggest quarterback recruits in the country. And to clarify, Brett never went. He never stopped playing. He would retire and then he would play the next year.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

Or say that he's. Yeah, whatever he did.

[Jason Kelce]

What was that movie where the guy retires and becomes a teacher and then he comes back in and throws the baseball? Kevin Costner, Is it the rookie? I think that's what this reminds me of.

[Brandon]

Are you thinking of the Dennis Quaid movie, the Rookie?

[Jason Kelce]

Dennis Quaid? Yeah. Is it Rookie?

[Brandon]

Yes, that is correct.

[Jason Kelce]

That is correct.

[Travis Kelce]

I knew it.

[Jason Kelce]

This has instantly become one of the most exciting things. I can't wait to potentially see this. Got released on air on Monday night.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean, it's just. It's just practice squad right now. We don't know if he's actually.

[Jason Kelce]

You don't add a 44 year old quarterback to the practice squad without the idea that this dude's going to play some football. I am so looking forward to what this looks like. I hope he freaking balls out. I really do.

[Travis Kelce]

So you don't think they go with the. The young kid?

[Jason Kelce]

I think he's hurt too. Their third string guy I think is hurt.

[Travis Kelce]

Why would it be practice squad?

[Jason Kelce]

Just so that I think they're just figure out, they're trying to make sure he like is ready to go. He did the workout, did the physical. Now it's like, hey, we got him on the practice squad. We don't have to cut somebody. Let's see how he looks in practice.

[Travis Kelce]

Who went in the game, then when. Jones.

[Jason Kelce]

Jones. I think it was the other kid, but I think he got hurt too.

[Travis Kelce]

This whole time we just been asking each other questions. We don't know.

[Jason Kelce]

The guy who went in for Dan Jones, Riley Leonard, got injured as well. That's what I thought. Now they potentially could be under their four string guy. And that's when you make a call to grandpa and be, hey, grandpa, can.

[Travis Kelce]

You say the day when you have to rely on the fourth string? You go out and get a 44 year old.

It's a lot of fours up, Put the foes up.

[Jason Kelce]

James Winston made his NFL analyst debut during the buy and it might just be as electric on TV as he is in the huddle. Let's take a look at this video.

[Travis Kelce]

Ever since Liam Cohen has been getting recommendations on how to pronounce Duval the right way he went Duval, how would you.

[Jason Kelce]

How would you pronounce it?

[Commercial Narrator]

What's your Broadway one?

[Travis Kelce]

The New York got to me, but I got the jacks.

[Jason Kelce]

You got the jack.

[Travis Kelce]

Electric. I mean, that dude, one of the most entertaining human beings in the world. It doesn't matter what he's doing. He can literally just be walking down the street and talking to civilians about anything. Yeah, and it's going to be hilarious. Everything he does with the camera on him is, is fucking pure comedy.

[Jason Kelce]

And he's a charismatic motherfucker, no question about it. All right, let's wrap some stamps of the week here. Stamp of the week is brought to you by Amazon.

[Travis Kelce]

Amazon, how about it?

[Jason Kelce]

Let's see this 6 year old that delivers 10 stiff arms clip. Jesus. How big is this kid's head, by the way? His helmet looks bigger than everybody else's. Oh, my God.

[Travis Kelce]

This is why they made weight limits in the leagues.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, this is why you weren't allowed to. They had to get rid of the weight limits because it was. Oh, my Lord.

Like everybody else. Looks like little giants. This is Spike. There's a real life version of Spike. Yeah. This kid gets it the worst. He gets it there and then he's not even up.

[Travis Kelce]

Able to tackle.

The pro. Move right there. Don't even let him get up.

[Jason Kelce]

These aren't even stiff arms. They're just like. Like mushes. He's just like throwing them with one arm. Good Lord.

I'll give the stamp of the week. This is amazing. I'll go with that one right there. Hard to think there's going to be a better clip than that.

[Travis Kelce]

I might just beat it right here. Wyoming students built a. A beer snake to honor Josh Allen at his jersey retirement.

[Jason Kelce]

What is a beer snake?

[Travis Kelce]

You've never seen a beer snake?

[Jason Kelce]

No.

[Travis Kelce]

At a ball game? No, it's. It's when you put all the cups. Yeah. All the beers that have been drink.

[Jason Kelce]

And then you just.

[Travis Kelce]

You see how long. Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

It's pretty dope.

[Travis Kelce]

It's pretty sweet. It was going all the way up to the second level. That's epic.

[Jason Kelce]

It's awesome.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. That's a lot of beers consumed. And I'm proud of you, Wyoming.

[Jason Kelce]

That's really the. That's the what? The stamp of the week is not for stacking the cups. It's for drinking the beer necessary to be able to stack the cups.

[Travis Kelce]

Exactly.

[Jason Kelce]

You guys having good energy in that game. I guarantee it. Stamp of the week. Well done, Trev.

[Travis Kelce]

That does it for stamp of the Week, brought to you by Amazon. Keep those beer snakes rolling, baby. And all you big little kids, you keep stiff arming everyone.

[Jason Kelce]

Alrighty. Thank you to our partner, DraftKings. And I don't know if you guys knew this, but Jake and Brandon attended the DraftKings tailgate at the Chiefs game over the weekend to celebrate them being alive in Missouri. That's right. We were there. Jake. Brandon. How was it? How'd it go, boys?

[Brandon]

It was sick. The tailgate was sick.

[Jason Kelce]

I saw some really good videos of. Of Brandon. He looked like he was definitely having fun.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I had. I had a few. I had a few funds. I had a few funds.

[Travis Kelce]

Okay.

[Brandon]

I saw you insult my dancing, which is great.

[Jason Kelce]

Yep. I. Well, I mean, I wasn't insulting. I was more like coaching. I think it's, you know, it felt.

[Brandon]

It felt like, you know, I did not. Maybe I just need a little bit.

[Jason Kelce]

More tap in the step. It just needed some More energy.

[Brandon]

It was very cold, Jason. I was very cold and very tired.

[Jason Kelce]

Reason to have more energy. Tailgate was also like a family event, so it wasn't necessarily the best place for hip thrusts, which is, I think, what you were getting at.

[Brandon]

I had to keep it pg.

[Jason Kelce]

Know your surroundings.

[Brandon]

Know your surrey's not ready for this. They're ready for draft things. They're not ready for my hip thrust. Everybody at the kctailgate was great. So all the night tubers centers that came up to us. Lovely to meet you. Honestly, the Chiefs fans are the best. They're super nice. They're the nicest people on the planet.

[Travis Kelce]

They really are.

[Brandon]

Like, there's nothing like, they're always so pumped for everything we do out there. So super happy to hang out.

[Jason Kelce]

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[Brandon]

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[Travis Kelce]

All right, do the. Do the forge parent signatures.

[Fan Caller Stephanie]

Hi, Jason and Travis, this is Stephanie from Minnesota.

[Jason Kelce]

Hey.

[Fan Caller Stephanie]

As we're coming into the holiday season, I got a text from my teenage daughter with my forged signature on a permission form the other day. And I'm just calling to ask if either of you ever forged any of your parents signatures on anything school related.

And how that went over with your parents. I definitely forged my mom's signature on my band practice sheets in high school, so let me know if you did any of that. Thanks, Trev.

[Jason Kelce]

I'll let you take this away because I know you at least have done some forgeries.

[Travis Kelce]

I've done this on countless. I literally cannot count how many times I've forged my parents signature. Let's start off what was. Well, the one that stands out to me the most was actually kind of one of the coolest opportunities that I, I ever had in, in middle school in my first couple or I was either in 8th grade or 9th grade and the Atlanta Braves were hosting a showcase in Lakewood, Ohio. And I was over my friend's house and my friend's older brother was going to the showcase because he was out of high school and he just wanted to like give one last chance of like, like getting in front of some scouts. And they were holding an open trial, but you had to be either 18 or older or you had to have your parents signature. Signature is saying that this is my guard. Like I'm the guardian or I'm the parent of guardian. Yeah. And I just said it. I'm just gonna write a Kelsey's name down here. I knew his number, just put the house address down there. And sure enough, I went out there and got on the mound and like was like pumping like mid-80s. And they're like, how old are you? I'm like like 13. 12, 13. And they were like, I'm sorry, what? You're. You kid, you're 6 foot and you're 13 and you're pumping 80.

[Jason Kelce]

That's.

[Travis Kelce]

And one of the scouts there just so happened to be from Cleveland Heights. His name is Reggie Sanders and.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, nice.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. And he, he pulled me over, he's like, is this is your parents here? And I was like, no, they're not here. And it was like kind of. I'm pretty sure it was illegal for like them to like talk to a kid that age or something like that. So. Yeah, yeah, no, but I got. Got Big Ed on the. On the phone call real quick and got told, don't do that ever again.

But countless amount of field trips initiative right there. Yeah. Also in middle school, I used to forge Big Ed signature on. On the report cards. Because the report cards, you had to like. Yeah, they had to be seen by the parents and everything. And I'd be like, I'm not fucking showing dad this.

[Jason Kelce]

You'd be, he's not going to be happy. I'm just.

[Travis Kelce]

He's not going to be happy. Yeah, he'll just figure out when I'm ineligible.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah.

I never forged a signature, I don't think, but I did try to forge his voice.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, well, you know this one real.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, that one's already been told on the podcast. Yeah, that's right. Mrs. Clark, are. Our good friend Harry Clark's mom was in charge of the attendance of Cleveland Heights High School, St. Patrick's Day. I wanted to go to the parade downtown and I called the Cleveland Heights High School. I don't even know if she was.

[Travis Kelce]

In charge of attendance. She was just. She was like. She was. Worked in the office. And when Jason called the office, she was the one that answered.

[Jason Kelce]

She's like, that might have been it. Yeah, Jason, who is this? Travis? No, I said, hey, Mr. Clark, this is Ed. Kelsey. Jason's sick. He's not gonna be able to come into school today. And she said, who is this? This is not Ed Kelsey.

Travis, is this you?

[Travis Kelce]

Oh.

[Jason Kelce]

So, yeah, I got a call from dad pretty quickly after that too.

[Travis Kelce]

Good.

[Jason Kelce]

What's the next one?

[Fan Caller Stephanie]

Hi, it's Eva from Allentown, Pennsylvania. If you could describe each other's personalities as any drink, what would it be?

[Jason Kelce]

I'll go first. I already know it.

[Travis Kelce]

Mine.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah. Don't you already know where I'm going? Count of three.

[Travis Kelce]

No, I don't. I don't know where you're going.

[Jason Kelce]

You know exactly what I'm about to say. Probably good advertisements for them. We both say, drink rods, beer, 1, 2, 3, 4 loco.

Just energy.

[Travis Kelce]

Just bringing that juice. Yeah, no, I get it. Yeah. I mean, I drink accelerators with tequila.

[Jason Kelce]

So it's essentially the same thing.

[Travis Kelce]

What is, Jason? If I'm a four loco. You're like a. You're like a Jaeger bomb. Oh, my God, you're a Jaeger bomb.

[Jason Kelce]

I just had my first Jaeger bomb in a long time.

It wasn't even a Jaeger bomb. It was just a shot of Jaeger in Wisconsin.

For some reason, they drink it at the Freaking the supper clubs up there.

[Travis Kelce]

As good as you remembered?

[Jason Kelce]

It's exactly what I remembered. And it's. It's probably one that I probably hopefully won't have for another.

[Travis Kelce]

We.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm not a big liquor drinker. Everybody else wants to buy shots. I'm like, dude, I. If I drink this beer, I will not get to a point that I am going to be upset about. If I drink these shots. This whole thing could go sideways in a second. If I start just doing shots of people, I'm not. I'm not interested. Give me my garage beer. I'll be happy.

[Travis Kelce]

All right, I'll take some shots.

[Jason Kelce]

How often should you wash the towel after you use a shower? Starts to smell. Really? It starts to get crusty and hard, then it's time to replace it.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean, you're just washing the. You're. You're clean. So it's like. That being said, I use a clean towel every time. But, I mean, I understand if, like.

[Jason Kelce]

You use a clean towel. Like, you only use a towel once.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

Wow. It's very wasteful. Travis uses up a lot of it. Yeah. Using a lot of energy to wash these towels.

[Travis Kelce]

I also have a lot of towels.

I went out and got a.

[Jason Kelce]

Don't you read the disclaimers at the hotels if you. If you reuse the towel, it's better for the environment. I gotta say, some of these environmental things, I am. I'm getting to the point that.

[Travis Kelce]

Give me a hot one. Something. Something ruined you earlier. What is it?

[Jason Kelce]

Paper straws.

[Travis Kelce]

Paper straws are so annoying. Don't. If I get a paper straw, I'll just take the lid and the straw off and I'll just drink the drink. Have you ever adapted to the metal straws?

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, I don't like the way that feels either. Just give me the plastic straw.

All right. That wraps up another episode of New Hides. Make sure you're subscribed to the New Heights channel on YouTube and follow new heights on the Wonder Re app wherever you get your podcasts. We just dropped our out of the house recap from our time in Philadelphia, so check that out. And thank you to all 92 percenters who have come to our tailgates this year. You can listen new episodes of New Heights ad free right now by joining Wondery plus and the One Re app or on Apple podcasts.

[Travis Kelce]

Once again, New Heights of Wonder show brought to you by Yeti and that Ain't Me. We're talking about that Yeti cooler and those Yeti cups and everything else that YETI has to offer. Follow the show on all social media new heights show with 1s for clips throughout the week and thanks to our New Heights production team for always making this job a whole lot of fun and a whole lot easier for us. Thank you to those 92 percenters for tuning in and to those Chiefs and Eagles fans. Man, trying to turn this thing around for you guys. Come on, this thing going.