Chiefs Schedule Reactions, Taking Back Football Sundays & Mascot Fights | Ep 192

Summary

Podcast Summary: New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce

Episode 192: Chiefs Schedule Reactions, Taking Back Football Sundays & Mascot Fights
Date: May 20, 2026
Hosts: Jason Kelce & Travis Kelce
Producer/Contributor: Brandon

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Episode Overview

This week, Jason and Travis Kelce break down the freshly released 2026 NFL schedule, share their thoughts on international games and expanding streaming services, and debate the sanctity of NFL Sundays. The brothers also get into the annual Beer Bowl festivities, answer fan questions about preseason planning and mascot durability, and engage in their signature brotherly banter. Expect breakdowns, laughs, and hot takes from two NFL vets who are as honest as they are entertaining.

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Key Topics, Insights & Discussion Points

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1. Opening Banter and Shoutouts

(01:11–02:39)

• Jason talks about his golf game and an upcoming outing with Jerome Bettis, Travis recounts meeting "The Bus" and showing highlights to Taylor Swift.
• Shoutouts to hometowns, Cincinnati Bearcats baseball, and Cleveland Heights.

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2. NBA Playoffs & Fan Takeovers

(03:02–06:46)

• The brothers discuss the Cavaliers heading to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Knicks, with Dan Gilbert sending 25 buses of Cavs fans to Detroit.
• Jason shares, “It did happen. Philadelphia. The Knicks got us at home... The Knicks right now are very much full of themselves. They are. They’re feeling it. Feeling good. They should! Jalen Brunson is the freaking man.” (04:06)
• Travis reminisces: “I want to get to a game so fucking bad, you know… Always wanted to go to MSG when the Knicks are good and the stadium’s rocking and this is it...” (05:57)

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3. Beer Bowl Updates & Beer Aquarium for Charity

(06:49–16:36)

• Beer Bowl set for June 25 at Sea Isle Yacht Club; unique registration requirements and expanded formats.
• Notable Moment: Garage Beer sponsors a 500-gallon “beer aquarium” (approx. 3,000 beers). If emptied, $100k goes to Eagles Autism. “Drink for a cause and come down to the Ocean Drive,” says Jason. (08:55)
• Brainstorming new events: paddleboard jousting, beer-flip cup, swimming relays.
• Recap of Ross Tucker’s dominance in beer pong.
• Hilarious fan submission video from Lily is highlighted.
• Jason: “We don’t know what your team name is gonna be. I regret to inform you, Travis cannot attend...” (15:54)

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4. NFL Schedule Release Hot Takes

(20:25–34:36)

• Chiefs have six primetime games, including opening Monday Night Football vs. Denver in Week 1.
• Travis: “That man’s working his ass off. I know that.” (on Mahomes’ injury status, 21:17)
• Discussion on schedule quirks: late season start, two January games, Super Bowl on Valentine’s Day.
• Thanksgiving games include Chiefs-Bills and Cowboys-Eagles.
• Jason: “No Christmas Day game this year. You will have Christmas to be able to celebrate with family.” (25:01)

The Net Rest Day Discourse

• Eagles fans upset about the team’s negative net rest day differential.
• Brandon: “Net rest days. That’s the like difference between you and your opponent in terms of average rest day.” (25:31)
• Travis dismisses net rest: “I don’t give a fuck about how much rest anybody gets.” (25:45)

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5. NFL International Growth & The Erosion of Sunday Football

(29:06–34:36)

• Both brothers love international games but acknowledge fan frustration at losing home games and primetime dilution.
• Travis: “I think the NFL is smart by, you know, visiting new countries, new cities.” (30:04)
• Jason worries about losing the sacredness of Sunday football:
  “Sunday is the day of football… With every day that we keep adding in there, we’re getting away from that just a little bit.” (31:34)
• Discussion includes Paris, Munich, Dublin games, and the prospect of NFL games every day of the week.
• Travis: “If there’s a chance to play on a fucking prime time game… I’m getting so excited for those opportunities.” (33:21)

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6. Blind Ranking: Most Exciting Games of 2026

(39:04–48:38)

• Rapid-fire segment where Jason, Travis, and Brandon blindly rank their excitement about select upcoming games.
• Top highlights:
  • Chiefs-Bills on Thanksgiving given top billing by Travis.
    “This is number one for me, baby.” (44:19)
  • Cowboys-Eagles Thanksgiving chosen as #2 by Jason:
    “Unfortunately, a very good team. They’ve made a lot of adjustments.” (44:47)
  • Honest takes on rivalry games and why certain matchups (e.g., Rams-Seahawks) feel more compelling than “big name” contests.
  • Humorous regret about blind rankings once the list is complete.

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7. Fan Q&A – No Dumb Questions

(48:38–54:38)

• Preseason vs. Regular Season Opponent Proximity:
  • Chiefs face Rams & Seahawks both preseason and regular season. Travis: “To have two games like this is blowing my mind right now.” (49:08)
  • Jason: “You just end up… you’re doing a very rundown, vanilla offense.”
• Mascot Fights
  • Who would survive in a real football down?
    Travis: “The one that’s the most reckless… is the Colts.”
    Jason: “Big Blue has shown the most recklessness.” (53:53)
  • Cardinal mascot picked as least likely to survive.

Bonus: Absurd Hypotheticals

• The brothers joke about why 11 isn’t pronounced “onety-one” (56:06)
• Does throwing an anchor from a boat make the lake deeper?
  • Spirited debate about displacement, buoyancy, and realizing their own dumbness.
    Jason: “That’s actually a pretty good one.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On NFL screwing with football traditions:
  Jason: “I worry that… we’re getting away from [football on Sundays] just a little bit.” (31:34)

• On net rest day complaints:
  Travis: “I don’t give a fuck about how much rest anybody gets.” (25:45)

• On blind game ranking:
  Travis: “If there’s a chance to play on a fucking prime time game… I’m getting so excited for those opportunities.” (33:21)

• Fan Video Review:
  Jason: "Outstanding video… We will have a place for you, Lily. Outstanding video.” (15:54)

• Mascot Mayhem:
  Jason: “Big Blue has shown the most recklessness.” (53:53)

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Key Timestamps for Main Segments

• NBA Playoffs, Cavs/Knicks, Dan Gilbert fan buses: 03:02–06:46
• Beer Bowl and Beer Aquarium for Charity: 06:49–16:36
• NFL Schedule Release Reactions: 20:25–34:36
• International & Streaming Discussion: 29:06–34:36
• Blind Game Ranking: 39:04–48:38
• No Dumb Questions (Preseason, Mascots): 48:38–54:38
• Absurd Offbeat Q’s: 56:02–57:24

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Tone and Language

• Unfiltered, candid, irreverent brotherly fun and minor cursing.
• Direct NFL insider perspective, with humorous but pointed takes.
• Lots of friendly ribbing and light-hearted moments, especially during fan video reviews and offbeat hypotheticals.

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Summary

This episode of New Heights leans into what fans love: unvarnished NFL insights, playful debate, and family energy. The Kelce brothers offer lively breakdowns of the 2026 NFL schedule, share behind-the-scenes event planning, and drag the NFL for both its better and worse innovations. Blind rankings and fan-submitted content keep things spontaneous, while even the dumbest questions get thoughtful (or at least hilarious) consideration.

Perfect for:
Anyone craving genuine locker room banter, unfiltered player takes on league trends, or just looking for a reminder that football is family—even when you’re arguing about beer pong or why “onety-one” isn’t a thing.

Transcript

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[Travis Kelce]

They say everything happens for a reason, but I suspect everything happens for a Reese's. Like this commercial break. Did you need 15 seconds away from music or 15 seconds to eat a Reese's?

[Jason Kelce]

Perhaps it's true.

[Travis Kelce]

Everything happens for a Reese's. You played golf today. How'd you play?

[Jason Kelce]

My approach game, though my short game is getting a lot better. And then I go tonight to Jerome Bettis's golf outing, which I think is at Sabonic up in the Hamptons.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, man, the bus.

[Jason Kelce]

My favorite player all time.

[Travis Kelce]

That's so cool, man. And he is just the best dude ever. I. I ran into him. I think he was actually down in Florida doing a foundation event. I got to run into him at dinner and I was like. I was like telling Tay about him. Like, that dude was a beast.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah. Yes.

[Travis Kelce]

It's like he was running dudes over. And then I showed her a drone Bettis highlight tape and she was like, why does he look like an offensive lineman running? Just like. Because he was the bus. Oh, man, this epic. Welcome back to New Heights. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, a wonder show brought to you by Adobe Acrobat. We're your host. I'm Travis Kelsey. This is my big brother, Jason Kelce out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Shout out to the Heights. Shout out to the Bearcats. Shout out to the Cincinnati baseball. Getting in the top 25.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, there we go.

[Travis Kelce]

Let's go, man. Shout out to the boys. Subscribe on YouTube 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. We got a fantastic episode, and Jason's about to tell you just how fantastic it is.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, 92, we got another great episode geared up for you guys right now. We're gonna break down the 2026 NFL Schedule release, answer some of your no dumb questions and talk a little NBA playoffs. And the guest this week is just us.

[Travis Kelce]

The just.

[Jason Kelce]

You're stuck with just the Kelce brothers. A bunch of tomfoolery and shenanigans.

[Travis Kelce]

Let's get it.

[Jason Kelce]

Let's get into it right now. All righty. New news. New news is brought to you by American Express. First of all, fuck you, Jake.

[Travis Kelce]

That's right, baby.

[Jason Kelce]

The Cavs heading back to the Eastern

[Travis Kelce]

Conference finals to face the Knicks.

[Jason Kelce]

The Knicks already knocked off Philadelphia and took over our entire arena, which was unfortunate. The Cavs are heading back to the Eastern Conference finals to face the Knicks. Game seven was a blowout against the Pistons. You see, good old Dan Gilbert sent 25 buses of fans to Detroit for the game.

[Travis Kelce]

I did see that. Yeah. It started off, I think, in. I'm not sure if it started off in the beginning of the series, but I know Game five, we sent a few buses up there, and then I think that damn near doubled or tripled or quadrupled. I'm not sure what it was, but I know, I know 25 buses went up there full of Cavs fans, and that is absolutely electric. Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavs, for those that don't know, and I'm pretty sure he's a Detroit native, so he wanted the Cavs loud and proud in his hometown.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, I mean, listen, I'd like when, like, there's a proactive effort to take over opposing arenas. It did happen. Philadelphia. The Knicks got us at home. I. Obviously, the Sixers, I think, are a little. It's. It's like. It's one of those where I think there's a lot of. Everybody was supporting them, but also there's still some frustration with the organization. And the Knicks right now are very much full of themselves. They are. They're feeling it. They're feeling good, and they should. Jalen Brunson is the freaking man. Philadelphia finest. We will take credit for that, at least A little trivia for you. This will be the Cavaliers first Eastern Conference finals appearance without LeBron James since. Well, I'm guessing it's the last time they went to. When we were in the steakhouse together. What year was that? 20.

[Travis Kelce]

What?

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, the first without LeBron James. Okay, so before LeBron James, dude, that's A long time ago.

[Travis Kelce]

That's not that far ago. It's probably right around when I was born. Around, like, 1989. 90, when Michael Jordan hit the shot.

[Jason Kelce]

That's a long time ago, Travis.

[Travis Kelce]

I actually don't know. I actually don't know if that was the final.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't know if that was the finals. Yeah, I think it might have been. I think it was. Well, let's guess. You're gonna go 80.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm gonna go 89. 89, 90.

[Jason Kelce]

Let's see. Let's see what the reveal is. I have no idea. That's about as good of a guess as I could hear. Travis, our resident. 1992. I think that is the game you're thinking of, though, right?

[Travis Kelce]

No, it's not 1992. The price is Right, baby. God.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, that is. That's still a long time ago. That's over 30 years ago.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I mean, it's.

[Jason Kelce]

It's. It's been a while.

[Travis Kelce]

I forget how old we are. Pretty fucking crazy.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, it's really. I mean, we did have LeBron James for a large portion of the time in between there. So. Are we going to a game in Cleveland or New York? Probably not, to be honest with you. But I am going to watch on tv. I can't wait to watch the series, man.

[Travis Kelce]

I want to get to a game so fucking bad, you know, Gosh, going to Cleveland as you have a. Always wanted to go to MSG when the Knicks are good and the stadium's rocking and this is it, and I. I just don't know if I'm gonna be able to get to a game.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, Square is an awesome place to go watch a basketball game or really do watch anything, to be honest.

[Travis Kelce]

Anything. I want to go there. Watch the Rangers. I just want to go when the teams are good and New York's cooking, and sure enough, this is the perfect time to go, so might have to play hooky.

[Jason Kelce]

Go back to the good old Gund arena, even though they like to call it the Gun, baby.

[Travis Kelce]

That's Rocket Mortgage, but. Or actually, quick.

[Jason Kelce]

Shout out. Shout out to Dan.

[Travis Kelce]

Shout out to Dan. Doing it. Doing it right. He's doing it right, man. It would be electric to see the Cavs, but we need you guys to hold it down, baby. Take care of the Knicks, man. I'm saying. Cavs in seven. Let's go.

[Jason Kelce]

All right,

[Travis Kelce]

we have an official date for the fourth annual Beer Bowl. That's right. The festivities down at the Shore. It will be held on Thursday, June 25, at Sea Al Yacht Club.

[Jason Kelce]

That's right. It's been there for the last two years. Heading on year three at the Yacht Club. Very excited about it. If you want to participate, tag us in a video with hashtag Beer Bowl. Have a team name and theme, demonstrate drinking prowess, as well as why you should be included in this year's Beer Bowl. The format will be slightly different. It says that we're still figuring out. We are. But one thing that we do know, taking notes from, every time we've done this in previous years, we've screwed up by only having one event happen at a time. That leads a lot to like, you have to have really good viewpoint of the game happening and a lot of standing around. We're going to try and have multiple events happening throughout the venue so that no matter where you're at, you got action happening. There's going to be stuff out in the bay on the water. There'll be games happening inside on tables and there'll be a whole round in the first round that is going to have multiple games and point acclimations to see if you get in to the next round. So this is a long story of like, there's been teams before where they've done all this work to get there and they've only participated in one event and then they're eliminated on that first event. And then it's like, hey, I came all this way and got to do one thing. We're going to make it so that every team gets to participate in multiple different things. Then there'll be an elimination round after that of the teams that are good enough to get into the elimination route. Yeah, still, I think a $50,000 grand prize, baby. We also have some other things being announced at the OD event. There will be a beer aquarium. I have just gotten word of this from Garage Beer. Holy. It's. It's a 500 gallon aquarium, Travis. That's apparently 3,000 beers. Somebody did the math on that. And if the aquarium gets drank, we will be donating a hundred thousand dollars to Eagles Autism. So drink for a cause and come down to the Ocean Drive.

[Travis Kelce]

Everyone's gonna be hammered.

[Jason Kelce]

Not necessarily. So of all the people that came last year, the OD event, there were 3,000 people apparently that made their way through the bars during the time.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice. That's epic.

[Jason Kelce]

So as long as, as long as you come down and get a beer from the beer Aquarius, everybody just gets one beer, just one beer to help families, awareness research towards the autism cause and of course to just have Fun with your fellow man and woman and. Yeah, I just. I don't know. It just sounded like a great idea. We're gonna have, like, little fishies swimming in it.

[Travis Kelce]

Fishies.

[Jason Kelce]

Apparently they got, like, a whole keg system underneath the aquarium that. So it, like, funnels down into that so that it gets served cold.

[Travis Kelce]

But, yeah, doesn't surprise me, man. Garage bears on top of it, as they always are.

[Jason Kelce]

So, yeah, we got a lot of. Between the Wednesday event at the OD and the Beer bowl, we're gonna have a lot of fun this year. We're trying to figure out a way to have the Beer bowl broadcast live on new Heights. I feel like I'm probably getting out of my realm of ability. There's a lot of production that's involved. Brandon, come on in here. What are the chances we do a live cast of Beerbolt?

[Brandon]

It.

[Travis Kelce]

Sure.

[Brandon]

Yeah, you can do it. If we. If we say. If we say we can do it, it will just happen. This is a. Yeah. The whole show is about manifesting.

[Jason Kelce]

Just speak it into existence.

[Brandon]

Somebody panicking, right? This is even more preposterous than we

[Travis Kelce]

can pull this off.

[Brandon]

No, somebody other than me is probably panicking right now. But I'm gonna keep very cool about that. Yeah, sure. It seems great.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm chill. Everybody be cool. Everybody be cool.

[Brandon]

Heart rate is not going up at all. It's going to be live broadcast.

[Jason Kelce]

Shake your head.

[Brandon]

That's what Carly does. She just shakes her head and it happens.

[Travis Kelce]

Fine.

[Jason Kelce]

You need.

[Brandon]

Everybody needs a contrarian. You need a contrarian, and that's what we have in Carly.

[Jason Kelce]

We did just meet with Jim down at the Seattle Yacht Club this past weekend in. In Seattle, and we were getting the lay of the land of what's doable. The grease pole will not be back, but we will be making usage of the. The docking system. Brandon, we. We still got to figure out the games. I know you can't. I know you can't attend Travis, but we would like if you could help us figure out some drinking games.

[Travis Kelce]

Okay.

[Jason Kelce]

All right.

[Brandon]

We need, like, a Travis Kelsey event, but I don't know what that is yet.

[Jason Kelce]

We did think of jousting with a paddleboard.

[Travis Kelce]

Joust.

[Jason Kelce]

Paddleboard jousting. Right.

[Travis Kelce]

Okay.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

All right.

[Jason Kelce]

And maybe. But I don't know the drinking aspect of that. Maybe you just have to be drinking the beer in one hand and you're jousting with the other, or you have to chug your beer and you can't start drinking. You can't start jousting. Until your beer's done.

[Brandon]

I like that. You can't start until the beer's empty. I like that.

[Travis Kelce]

I think somebody's going to lose the tooth.

[Jason Kelce]

No, we're not hitting.

[Brandon]

There's a lot of waivers. A lot of waivers being signed. Don't worry about that. We got lawyers.

[Travis Kelce]

Jousting is hilarious.

[Brandon]

I had one that I pitched to Jake that he really liked. There was, you know, it's like reaction machines where you got to like grab the little sticks that are falling.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, beers.

[Brandon]

Do those with beers. Do those with beers.

[Jason Kelce]

Yes, I like that. I like.

[Brandon]

Do those with beers. Okay, there's one.

[Jason Kelce]

But we can also do the regular ones. The beers be the flip cup. We'll have the regular games incorporated as well so that there's still drinking aspects, but there's also no. How bad do you want. How bad do you want the championship?

[Travis Kelce]

Do a little three, three inning baseball game.

[Jason Kelce]

We gotta. It's gonna be faster than that, unfortunately.

[Travis Kelce]

And do one inning. A baseball game.

[Jason Kelce]

One inning.

[Brandon]

One at bat. One any bat. Okay, we do that.

[Jason Kelce]

I just like a swimming relay race for time. Swim, get to the dock, chug the beer. Next week how we weren't going to.

[Brandon]

What you pulled hamstring last year. What do you want to do this year?

[Jason Kelce]

Swimming. Swimming. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Swimming. Okay, we got lifeguards. We'll be fine.

[Brandon]

We did have lifeguards. And then you go down and they all look at me and I was like, do something. And they're like, he's fine.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, I. I made it back to the dock. I wasn't sure you were fine. To be fair.

[Brandon]

You were fine. You just went down and I got very nervous. And then we were like, let's put Cooper De Jean on a grease pole. And it's like, guys, I think he's an important part of the defense here.

[Jason Kelce]

We do have Ross Tucker back for his annual beer bowl as well.

[Travis Kelce]

The legend, Ross Tucker, which, by the

[Jason Kelce]

way, Ross and I just completely dominated beer pong at the Super Bowl.

[Travis Kelce]

Did you?

[Jason Kelce]

We won like 10 games straight. We could not be beating the back of the.

[Travis Kelce]

I didn't. I've never known you to be a good beer beer.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't think I am. I think Ross is. He went Cooper. Him and Cooper won seven. He has like a weird, like, you know how I get for beer ball and certain games where I just get this look in my eye where I can't be defeated. Ross gets that way with beer pong. He's A very good beer pong player. Yeah, he's not even that good of a shot. It's more just like an energy and an ability to get in the opposing person's head. I. It's a good that I respect a lot because I feel like he's only good because he's a like turns into a complete Neanderthal.

[Travis Kelce]

Those seem to be the best any beer game players in my mind. Yeah. I've yet to see one guy be good at a beer game.

[Jason Kelce]

And there's a good energy shout out to Ross Tucker. All right. Oh, do we want to watch the video of the submission, Brandon?

[Brandon]

Yeah, I'll play it.

[Jason Kelce]

All right. He got the not gonna lie suck my ass T shirt on. Love that, Lily.

[Lily]

Welcome to the vlog of my first garage beer before.

[Jason Kelce]

This is our first garage beer.

[Lily]

I don't even know if I like beer.

[Travis Kelce]

Whoa.

[Jason Kelce]

New high turning.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

High garage beer iq. Nice. Nice. Unreasonably confident new heights told me to

[Lily]

get my beer bowl submission in quick. Unfortunately for me, I do not have a team. So list potential teams for their consideration. And I believe for Arkansas option brings really unique strengths to the beer bowl team. Suck my ass brings elite chemistry, advanced tailgate capabilities and absolutely zero tolerance for nonsense.

[Travis Kelce]

Hey.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh.

[Lily]

Team fumble. Rooski specializes in trick plays.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, Travis, you've been called out.

[Lily]

Hall of fame confidence levels.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, nice.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, the shotgun.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, that's actually pretty good. Shotgun.

[Lily]

Dangerous hungry dog energy and almost no volume control. Team Interns Gone Wild. Excels in workplace distraction, corporate synergy and looking productive during complete chaos. Team the rebuild year specializes in. I love the tears, optimism, and continuing to believe.

[Travis Kelce]

This woman's hammered in her backyard. She is hammered. This is great.

[Jason Kelce]

Awesome creativity. Clearly she wants to come and she's willing to put in the energy and effort to making an awesome video. We don't know what your team name is gonna be. I regret to inform you Travis cannot attend. So he will not be there.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm sorry.

[Jason Kelce]

I think unfortunately this year I'm going to be subjected to announcing beer bowl. And Brandon and Jake are going to be instrumental in doing the beer bowl as well. So you still need to find a partner. But I do love where you're started. And we will have a place for you, Lily. Outstanding video. For everyone else, keep submitting those videos. We look forward to seeing your submissions. I think this is going to be the best year. I really do. I think we finally are starting to iron this out. It's going to be a spectacle. You're going to want to be there.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, man.

[Jason Kelce]

All right.

[Travis Kelce]

I can't wait to see how hammered everyone is. All right, last thing, space is filling up if you want to come to the new Heights live in Los Angeles, June 15th. So check the link in the description and if you want to attend, do this asap. We cannot fucking wait. It's going to be fun. All of our live shows have been absolutely electric and I, like I said, I keep saying it week after week, I'm going to shoot Jason in the face with a T shirt cannon.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, I got quick hands. I feel like I can catch it. All right, that's it for new news brought to you by American Express. Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Adobe Acrobat.

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[Travis Kelce]

This is all making me hungry. I'm already thinking about what I could try next.

[Jason Kelce]

You and me both, brother.

[Brandon]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

That's because everything happens for Reese's.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, like, did we start this podcast so we could hang out more? Or did we start this podcast in hopes of scoring a Reese's sponsor and samples?

[Jason Kelce]

I don't think there's much of a debate here, Trev.

[Travis Kelce]

Are you saying Reese's was more of a factor in the podcast than hanging out with me?

[Jason Kelce]

Your words, not mine.

[Travis Kelce]

Kind of. Also, tight end you is actually happening for a Reese's this year. Everyone knows that tight ends are football's ultimate blocking catching combo. Just like Reese's is the ultimate combo of milk chocolate and tasty peanut butter.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, can't wait to see what they have going on at that event. All the more reason to attend free Reese's and raising money for charity.

[Travis Kelce]

The signs are everywhere to enjoy Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

[Jason Kelce]

So take a look around and maybe you'll realize everything happens for Reese's.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice. Now let's keep this thing moving to some bold topics because football is back, ladies and gentlemen.

[Jason Kelce]

Football's back.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, sort of. Bold topics is brought to you by Reese's, our favorite peanut butter chocolate delight. And let's talk some schedules.

[Jason Kelce]

Let's do it. The 2026 NFL schedule was released last week, so we were unable to talk about. We did a little preview. Travis was incorrect in thinking that the Chiefs would have an international game, but the Chiefs do have six primetime games. That's right, prime time, including week one on Monday night.

[Travis Kelce]

Little Monday Night Football baby.

[Jason Kelce]

Trav, do we get to have Patrick Mahomes on the field Monday night? Is he back week one? Because they said it at Disney upfronts and I was like, I don't know if he's back yet, but I think I like that we're advertising it this way. Is he going to be back?

[Travis Kelce]

That man's working his ass off. I know that.

[Jason Kelce]

All right, That's a very corporate answer. And fine, we'll accept it. Monday, September 14th against the Denver Broncos. The Chiefs will be playing on Monday night ESPN and ABC at 7:15pm I believe that's probably central time. They also will be primetime Week two Sunday night on NBC against the Indianapolis Colts. Also had an outstanding season last year. Back to back prime time games. Then you're slotting in for that one o' clock against the Miami Dolphins, little

[Travis Kelce]

Las Vegas Raiders, little Miami in September. Let's go.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, let's talk about this. That's. I think week five is the earliest buy you can get, right?

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, we're always week five or week 11. I think we. Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

So I like, I like the late, I always like the late buys better. But how do you feel about the early buy? It is.

[Travis Kelce]

What can you do, you know? And it's been a little bit different. I actually don't mind the, when I get the buys at this point. Obviously, early on in my career, we didn't play as many primetime games. But this year, if you look at later on in this schedule, like closer to late November, in December, we have some, some big prime time games that we have a little bit of a, of a buy after Thursday, December 3rd. So there's, there's going to be some opportunities to get some time off. The biggest difference of this year's schedule that is kind of blowing my mind is it kind of starts a week late and we played two games in January, which is very different. I, I feel like I've only ever played one game.

[Jason Kelce]

Usually just one game. Yeah, it's kind of the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. That is kind of rare. I agree. Usually it's only one game and then you're into the playoffs.

[Travis Kelce]

The Super bowl is February 14, which is Valentine's Day. Yeah, a little Valentine's Day. I don't think I could ever remember it being, I don't know, late that late in February. I'm just like, in my mind, I'm like, is what's going on? Do I, is it, is it just kind of how the, the month of September starts here? I feel like we're always like in a single digit for the first game of the year in September, and now we're September 14th.

[Jason Kelce]

I feel like I remember Valentine's Day being close to the super bowl again, another year on it. Because I remember it being big news for men to be watching the super bowl on Valentine's Day. I think I remember that.

[Travis Kelce]

I feel like I always remember Valentine's Day being like the NBA All Star weekend.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah. I mean, the schedule's changed now. There's 17 games, there's 18 weeks. Eventually there's going to be 18 games. This whole thing is gearing up for the super bowl to be on that President's Day weekend that they keep talking about, which would be the following week or two weeks after that. And if they add in a buy, I don't know, whatever. As of right now, you guys do get a little help with those Thursday games back to back later in the season. Week 12, week 13 bills. Is that Thanksgiving November 26th.

[Travis Kelce]

Yes. Bills is Thanksgiving night up there in Buffalo in that beautiful new stadium. They got Nice, nice. So that'll be electric. Obviously Pat Mahomes and Josh Allen is always an instant classic band so that'll be a Fun1 on NBC. And then we follow up with a our Thursday night game on Amazon out there in Los Angeles.

[Jason Kelce]

How about that?

[Travis Kelce]

How about that? Play Maddie Stafford in the in the

[Jason Kelce]

Rams go from New York to la.

[Travis Kelce]

Yep.

[Jason Kelce]

And then get a nice little mini buy is what they call that after the Thursday game and take on your long rivals at this point the Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow hopefully will be back in full effect.

[Travis Kelce]

Those four games right there are really 5, 6, 7. Damn. We got a nice little stretch in, in November to, to finish off the season and playing a lot of big time games. Man, I could see all those games being meaningful.

[Jason Kelce]

No Christmas Day game this year. You will have Christmas to be able to celebrate with family.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, after, after we go out and practice. Have a nice little Friday practice.

[Jason Kelce]

It'll be Friday. There'll be fast Friday practice. Alrighty. Well, how do you feel about the six pride time games? A lot of being made of the schedule, the streaming services. A lot of people with the Eagles fan base is upset about the net rest days. Have you heard about this? Net rest days. Am I saying this right Brandon?

[Brandon]

Yeah, net rest days. That's the like difference between you and your opponent in terms of average rest day. So some teams on average will be more rested than who they play. Some teams go ahead. That's it. Thoughts?

[Travis Kelce]

Fuck about how much rest anybody gets.

[Brandon]

Figured that was the answer.

[Jason Kelce]

There we go. Well, I mean apparently it's, it is a big deal though facing teams that have more rest than you do.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean it's been shown that they've

[Jason Kelce]

proven, they've been proving it through numbers and stuff.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice. There you go. Everyone gets a Thursday night game and I believe not everyone gets a Monday or Sunday night but the Thursday games everyone gets one of those. Which means you have a short week and you have a longer week after that. I think that's fair. I don't I don't really buy into, you know, the net rest and all that, man. The schedule's there. Obviously the, the, you know, you have to be fortunate in the NFL to, to stay as healthy as possible. It is what it is. That's half of the battle and the fortune that comes in with the NFL season is being able to stay healthy or if you do get banged up, get healthy by the next week. And I think it's, it's just a part of the NFL, you know, madness dog is. And, and I don't think anybody's at a disadvantage.

[Jason Kelce]

That's what I thought too, until I saw this net risk. What was the net. What was the number one team that was disadvantaged by this? Brandon. It was shocking how many more days their opponents get than they did for rest. So the Chicago Bears, their opponents are, they're going to be facing opponents this year and have an A plus 15 day rest differential, meaning their opponents throughout the season will have 15 more days of rest than they will. I feel like that number feels high. You know what I mean?

[Brandon]

Other way around, they'll have. The Bears will be more arrested.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

Go to the minus is the Chargers.

[Jason Kelce]

That was the one minus. Because I was about to say the Eagles are high in this category as well. They're minus right there. Yeah. That's where I feel like once you start getting like to a certain point, it feels like that's probably a little bit much, but. And then the other thing Eagles fans are upset about is a Christmas Eve game. But like you just said, that's a Thursday game and it's Christmas. Yeah, the Christmas Eve game everybody's upset about in Philly. It's just the way the Thursday game fell this year. Right.

[Travis Kelce]

Why are you upset about a Christmas Eve game?

[Jason Kelce]

Because Christmas Eve you're supposed to be with family. People don't want to like spend time thinking about the football on Christmas Eve. I get it. I do. But at the same time, this is the way, I mean, the first. I don't know, I don't know why

[Travis Kelce]

I'm hard pressed to believe that that's not the majority.

[Jason Kelce]

I, I think Chris, for some reason

[Travis Kelce]

Christmas Eve Birds fans and Phil Philadelphians are going to get excited for a, a game like that. I don't know. I don't know why I'm like, maybe I'm catching that wrong.

[Jason Kelce]

I think Christmas Eve for some reason at night feels like that is like prime time where you're with the family, you're getting everything ready, the presents are getting ready to be put under the tree by Santa. So I. I think it's a big.

[Travis Kelce]

You're at the house watching the game.

[Jason Kelce]

But there's the Thursdays are sold from Amazon, so it's not like they can move. Somebody's gonna be on that Thursday because Amazon's bought the right Thursday. And this is where as players, you get used to playing on holidays, you just realize that that's part of the gig.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. I don't know why I'm like, that's. You're going to be at home getting ready for Christmas the next day, watching the birds play football. I feel like that's like a bonding, family experience.

[Jason Kelce]

I like the holiday games. We've been on record as well.

[Travis Kelce]

I love the holiday games.

[Jason Kelce]

I like watching Christmas with the family. You get to watch some football. Thanksgiving, you get to watch the football. All of this is just. People are getting frustrated with the league in general. There's more streaming platforms that are. That are costing fans money to watch the games. It's harder to watch their every game you want of your team than it's been in a long time or ever. You know, I think there's more international games. We had J.J. watt talking about. He had this tweet. International game slate is nearing the realm of traveling circus as opposed to occasional showcase. I mean, I get what he's saying. It is the one area still trying to grow the game internationally. I like the international games and I've always liked playing in them.

[Travis Kelce]

I love the international games.

[Jason Kelce]

But as a fan, it. It's going to take a home game away from somebody.

[Travis Kelce]

Well, that it's taken now. It's taking away the home game for the eighth.

[Jason Kelce]

Added. The. Added.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, the ninth.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah. Yes. Thank you. Ninth. Thank you.

[Travis Kelce]

Either way, I think the international games are a blast. I think the NFL is smart by, you know, visiting new, new countries, new cities.

[Jason Kelce]

Well, and building countries that are fans of the game. Like, there's at this point, there's a bunch of games in London and they have a. A big hunger to see the game of football played. Right. American football, I guess, as they would call it.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I was over in Dublin last year for the game in Ireland. Awesome experience. Ireland was loving the game and it was at an awesome park. Oh, my gosh. It's like a historic stadium. That's in Dublin. Yeah. I'm not going to do it any justice anyways. And we have a bunch more. We. Obviously the first game in Australia is happening in Melbourne. Another game in Rio de Janeiro. Paris. Kylie and I love Paris. Oh, My gosh. Madrid, Munich. Who doesn't love going to Germany? I've never been. You didn't. That was one you actually said you didn't like as much. Is that fair to say? Should we not say that?

[Travis Kelce]

I didn't say that.

[Jason Kelce]

You said you didn't like. It was too many tubular meats.

[Travis Kelce]

Well, timeout. That's. I just don't like sausages. I never said I didn't like the schnitzels. The schnitzels were delicious.

[Jason Kelce]

Schnitzels are good.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I've had. I've had a bunch of fun out there in Germany.

[Jason Kelce]

Fair enough.

[Travis Kelce]

And I'll. I'll say they have. Their pilsners are very smooth.

[Jason Kelce]

I do think this is the one thing that I feel like the NFL needs to hold on to, that I feel like we're starting to drift away from.

[Travis Kelce]

What's that?

[Jason Kelce]

I don't think we're there yet. Sunday is the day of football. Right. Outside of going to church in the morning. If you're still religious and you do that, Sunday is like, where so many games happen. And that's what you grow up in. You gear your entire week around watching football on Sunday.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

It's an institution at this point, the NFL playing games on Sunday. With every day that we keep adding in there, we're getting away from that just a little bit. And I worry that. I think the game got big. One of the reasons it got so popular and big was because all of the game. It was an event. Sunday is the NFL, and everybody set their week apart to tune into their games that were happening on Sunday. And you're watching kind of all of them now take place across the. I mean, Sunday ticket. Right. I worry that we're getting away from that just a little bit by ex. By building too many of this. But.

[Travis Kelce]

Well, all the. All the international games are on Sunday except for the first one.

[Jason Kelce]

Right? Correct. I'm not.

[Travis Kelce]

This is an international morning.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm more talking about Christmases, the Christmas Eve game now. The. The. The Thanksgiving Eve. There's a Wednesday game now before Thanksgiving. Everybody's sitting around.

[Travis Kelce]

What do.

[Jason Kelce]

I get it? I'm just saying. I'm just saying I don't think that'll.

[Travis Kelce]

That'll ever change. I hear. I hear what you're saying, but I think they're very. They're very few far in between outside of the holidays, that is. There's not just like a random Wednesday game in September. I just looked at our schedule. We got four games that aren't on Sunday. And we probably have the, the higher end of that not playing on Sunday for sure, right?

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, it's, it's not there yet, but it's close and to some people it probably is there.

[Travis Kelce]

I think it's awesome, man. I, I honestly do. As somebody who's played on Christmas, who's played on Christmas Eve, who's. Or played on Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving, who's played, you know, in a lot of like awkward short week moments, I think it's fun, man. And I don't think it's, you know, as taxing as it may seem because it's the NFL, man. You're living out your dream. You're going to get. If there's a chance to play on a fucking prime time game, which all these one off games are that, that aren't on Sunday. I'm getting so excited for those opportunities, man, because that's the, those are the opportunities you really get to show yourself.

[Jason Kelce]

The schedule is appearing to go and that continue to go in that direction. Right. NFL owners are voting Tuesday. That's a day before you guys seeing this on whether to increase the international slate from eight to 10 games per year. Again, I like the international games. It is as someone who likes to travel, it's fun to go see the games in another country. You tie it in as a full trip. I get that everybody can't do that. I get it takes away a home game, but I like it and I liked it as a player, but I get it's not for everybody. The primetime games are continuing to get up. Five teams have zero primetime games. Have you looked at this? Don't look. Don't look. Don't look. Can you guess?

[Travis Kelce]

No.

[Jason Kelce]

All right, I won't look. Can I guess?

[Travis Kelce]

You look.

[Jason Kelce]

Jets. Arizona.

[Travis Kelce]

Jets. Arizona.

[Jason Kelce]

I knew the jets were on it. I mean I would say Cleveland, but I don't think that's right. No, it's not. Oh my gosh. Who else do I not think jets.

[Travis Kelce]

Top takes this year?

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah, Dolphins. That's right. That's pretty much what it comes down. Jets, Dolphins, Raiders, Arizona.

[Travis Kelce]

Yep. And one more.

[Jason Kelce]

One more.

[Travis Kelce]

Yep.

[Jason Kelce]

I can't. Who is it?

[Travis Kelce]

Titans.

[Jason Kelce]

Titans. All righty. Well, the Los Angeles Rams are in the Kansas City Chiefs era with seven prime time games. Got Green Bay, Casey, Buffalo and Seattle all tied with six. Philly is going to come in with five as well as Dallas, Chicago, New England, San Fran. Thank you to our partner. Sleep number.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

Yes, definitely.

[Travis Kelce]

What was the most recent.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, my gosh.

[Travis Kelce]

Mine wasn't recent. But I do absolutely hate escape rooms. The first time I tried it, halfway through, I was like, I do not like this. Give me out.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh. Oh. I have to disagree. I like escape rooms. I feel that way about candy corn. Nice. I had it. I was out on it. That's an old one, though. Yeah, an oldie but a goodie. So whether you're training for a new hobby, recovering from a tough workout, or strength sore from another day of the golf course, Sleep number beds provide relief whenever you need it most.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

92? I don't know. That sounds. That sounds a bit too coincidental.

[Travis Kelce]

Yep, pure coincidence there.

[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]

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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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[Jason Kelce]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Jason Kelce]

Let's blind rank the top 10 games we're looking forward to this year.

[Travis Kelce]

Monday Night Games.

[Brandon]

Nope, just in general. Just these little hodgepodge games. Little hodgepodge of games.

[Travis Kelce]

Okay, looks like we're gonna blind rake just random NFL games on our excitement towards those games. Let's. Let's get it going, Brandon.

[Jason Kelce]

Let's see what we got.

[Brandon]

First game, rank em 1 through 10 as they come up. Falcons at Saints Week 4 Monday Night Football. A lot of people speculating this will be the 20 year dome coming anniversary game. That would be the 20 years when the Saints came back to the Superdome after Katrina.

[Jason Kelce]

I'll let Trav rank this one because I feel like I have too much. I'm a. What, what is it? When you recruit, recuse yourself because you have.

[Travis Kelce]

Come on.

[Brandon]

This is going to be electric.

[Travis Kelce]

Is it?

[Brandon]

This is.

[Jason Kelce]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

Oh no. I think. I think for rivalry purposes this will be an electric game. Yes. I think it'll be an incredible atmosphere. If this is what this is.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm not, I'm not.

[Brandon]

You're gonna put it down for football reasons, which is fine. This is why we play the game.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. I was gonna say in terms of excitement for football, I'm not a big fan of like the Saints ended the year pretty hot.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm like, I think there's some excitement to this game but knowing what's coming later.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't probably going to put this at 10.

[Jason Kelce]

I was about to say nine or 10. Like I was going to go maybe nine just because maybe there's some a game worse.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean you're probably going to have to give me like and I understand it's Monday Night Football.

[Brandon]

I might be electric, but that's all right. That's why I play the game.

[Jason Kelce]

Saints ended the season hot hot last year. I actually am looking forward to seeing how they progress in Kellen Moore, second year Falcons. I mean they still have Bijan, so it'll be. I mean that guy's always fun to watch. Play.

[Travis Kelce]

I just don't. I don't know if I've ever been so distant from a rival rivalry in the NFL. Like, I've never. I can't remember getting excited for a Saints, Falcons game.

[Brandon]

There's real hatred here.

[Travis Kelce]

All right, well, all right.

[Brandon]

Let's go nine. Go nine. Okay, next game, packers at Bears. Christmas.

[Jason Kelce]

Christmas.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean, Jesus, I'm gonna get pretty pumped for this one.

[Jason Kelce]

I just. There's actual hatred. There's, like, Ben Johnson and LA each other. What goes better, like, as a backdrop for the most joyous holiday of all time than with pure hatred? I'm gonna go. I. I mean, listen, it's hard for me to not go with an Eagles game as number one or a Chiefs game is number one. I'm very much looking forward to this game.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm on this. Let's go three. Let's go three.

[Jason Kelce]

Just say three.

[Brandon]

Interesting. Okay. Bears at Lions, Thanksgiving.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, it's another good one. Obviously, you got the Ben Johnson, Dan Campbell. I mean, the NFC north has got some freaking bangers.

[Travis Kelce]

They're going to have a bunch of those. Yeah, I'll say Thanksgiving.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm going to put it below. I'm more excited for the packers game, but I am very excited for this game. I'll go four.

[Travis Kelce]

Give it a six. I'll give it a six.

[Jason Kelce]

Six. Oh, I was looking for more than that.

[Brandon]

All right, Lions at Bills, week two. This will be the Bill's new stadium, opening day. It'll be big popping circumstance, but I

[Jason Kelce]

don't know about the football, so time out. The last one. Do we go six or do we go five or four? What do we do for that one?

[Travis Kelce]

Sounds like you want to go five, so we can.

[Jason Kelce]

No, no, no. I'm genuinely asking what Brandon put. Because if you said to put it down for six, I'll put this one at five.

[Travis Kelce]

You think this one's. This one's more exciting. All right.

[Jason Kelce]

I'm excited about the new stadium and I'm happy that the Bills kept the stadium outdoor. So I actually am very much looking forward to.

[Travis Kelce]

Definitely pumped on the new stadium.

[Brandon]

This is where we're at right now. We have Packers, Bears, Christmas at 3, Bears at Lions, Thanksgiving at 6. Falcon, Saints at 9. Okay, we'll go back.

[Jason Kelce]

You could have just said we put the game at six and we would be free.

[Brandon]

I was finding out myself lines of Bills, week two.

[Jason Kelce]

Five. He just said, right.

[Travis Kelce]

Okay.

[Brandon]

Patriots at Seahawks, Week one.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, I know it's a super match.

[Travis Kelce]

They're doing that Week one They've done

[Jason Kelce]

this before where Week one is a Super bowl rematch. I don't know why I'm not. I. I mean, I'm not as excited about this game. Even though it's a Super bowl rematch.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. I feel like Seahawks lost a lot of key pieces. The Pats, I don't know why they. They're obviously a fucking great team, but it's not, like, exciting.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't feel like the Patriots and Seahawks are, like, a huge rivalry. That's what it comes down to. Like, I don't. And I guess the Lions, Bills isn't either, but the Lions, Bills, at least there's, like, a stadium happening. This is a Super bowl rematch. But, like, I mean, the Seahawks dominated the game. It's not like we're seeing, like, some, like, barn burner, like, redone. This is like Mike Tyson knocking somebody out in the first round, and we're going to see that run back again. I mean, I don't know.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I mean, I can see the Pat's winning, and I'm probably. You want to go 8?

[Jason Kelce]

I feel like it's a super rematch. This feels a little disrespectful to Pets and Seahawks fans. I'm just not that geared up about it. I don't know.

[Travis Kelce]

All right, you want to go eight? Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't want to go ten.

[Travis Kelce]

Eight sounds good.

[Brandon]

Chiefs at Bills.

[Travis Kelce]

Thanksgiving come home, baby. New stadium.

[Jason Kelce]

This is one or two for me right now.

[Brandon]

The nightcap on a what? Tripleheader Thanksgiving.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't know Philly's schedule, but I'm going to say this is probably. This is number one for me, baby,

[Jason Kelce]

because you are still playing in the actual game. Travis, I will defer to you, and we can put this as one.

[Travis Kelce]

All right, Put it as one.

[Brandon]

Ooh, our number one Cowboys at Eagles Thanksgiving.

[Jason Kelce]

Now I feel like. Can we revert? Can I have take backsies? Can I have take.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, listen, I'm really geared up about this. I think the Cowboys are unfortunately, a very good team. They've made a lot of adjustments. Offensively, they're really good. Defensively, they're getting better.

[Brandon]

This is such a funny phrase. You're unfortunately a good team.

[Jason Kelce]

So I'll go. I'll go to. I'll go two.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah. I mean, yeah. One, two.

[Jason Kelce]

One of the biggest rivalries. The biggest rivalries.

[Brandon]

So good.

[Jason Kelce]

I. Yeah.

[Brandon]

NFL did such a great job with Thanksgiving this year. All right.

[Jason Kelce]

Yep.

[Brandon]

Rams at Seahawks, week 16, Christmas.

[Jason Kelce]

See, this is what's weird. I'm more Excited about this game than I am for the Patriots Seahawks game.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I'm with you.

[Jason Kelce]

Like, these games were so close last year. Either of these teams could have won in that NFC Championship. And I think they probably.

[Travis Kelce]

And it's Christmas.

[Jason Kelce]

Don't forget about Christmas. I. I kind of want to go four. Too high too soon.

[Travis Kelce]

I. I mean, it's our only either 7 or 4.

[Jason Kelce]

7. 4. We have 4, 7, and 10. I know 7 would still put it above the. The super bowl rematch. Do you want to go seven?

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I think seven.

[Brandon]

Nice.

[Jason Kelce]

All right, seven.

[Brandon]

Back to Seahawks at Rams. Week 18. A little trick.

[Jason Kelce]

I do like.

[Brandon]

Come on. Come on.

[Jason Kelce]

I do. I do like. I do like that we.

[Brandon]

Last week.

[Jason Kelce]

I do like that we put the Rams at Seahawks at 7 so that we could put the Seahawks at rams at 10 because the better game is definitely in Seattle, so.

[Travis Kelce]

And on Christmas. All right, cool.

[Brandon]

I don't know. But we. But week 18 could be a massive playoff pro. Like, I. I think they did this on purpose. And I think week 18, this could settle one division and maybe like, conference. I gotta.

[Jason Kelce]

I. I agree. I agree. But I'm not putting it at four.

[Travis Kelce]

It's always going to be a divisional game, so they made it. They made it worth our while for sure.

[Brandon]

I love that they did this to him, too.

[Jason Kelce]

You might have just talked me into it. Do we go four stop.

[Brandon]

Ravens at Steelers. Week 15. First meeting since the Ravens missed a field goal to give the Pit the North title.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't know, man. Nfc, AFC Northman. I like this. It's Steelers. Steelers. Ravens are up there with Eagles.

[Jason Kelce]

And first of all, I don't know about that. The Ravens haven't been a team long enough to declare that, but they are a big rivalry. The AFC North. I love AFC north football.

[Brandon]

Week 15, late in the season. Playoff implications will be there.

[Jason Kelce]

I mean, there's only one more spot. They have to be four, right?

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, they're four. And I like this. I like this a lot.

[Jason Kelce]

I wish we went lower.

[Brandon]

Did we get 10? Did I up not put 10 on here?

[Jason Kelce]

No, we got 10.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, it was 100%.

[Brandon]

Okay.

[Travis Kelce]

There we go.

[Brandon]

This is our final rankings. How do we feel looking at it?

[Travis Kelce]

I love it.

[Jason Kelce]

I think. Listen, I think Raven Steelers is too high. I think It's Rams.

[Brandon]

Week 18 at 10 is so bad.

[Jason Kelce]

That's what I'm saying.

[Travis Kelce]

Neither of those teams.

[Jason Kelce]

What? Neither of those teams were that competitive last year. So, like, yeah, I like watching those two teams play. The Ravens and Seahawks were not. The Ravens and Steelers. Like I like them. I love the fan bases. I love all that. But to say that's number four until they prove that they can get like Lamar back they I like Jesse Minner. Like I'm excited to watch the game but to say it's the fourth game I'm excited about, I don't love that. I would have I'm much more truthfully excited about the Seahawks and Rams games.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm proud of Northerner in in me is is saying I'm more excited for that rivalry. I don't know why I I know I get it.

[Jason Kelce]

We grew up AFC North.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah.

[Jason Kelce]

I also think Bears and Lions should be above it.

[Brandon]

This is blind ranking. This is why we blind drank.

[Jason Kelce]

It makes it fun us having the 10th game of Seattle against the Rams. Week 18 in this blind ranking is going to come.

[Brandon]

People are going to give us some about we're going to get some comments.

[Jason Kelce]

We're going to get a week 18 big matchup there and it's going to be like, yeah, turns out this is the game of the year with all the balls.

[Brandon]

People are going to remember this list and come back to it.

[Travis Kelce]

All right, we'll stamp it. Let's stamp it and see how we end up doing it.

[Brandon]

Stamp it. We'll get stamped.

[Travis Kelce]

And that does have a bold topics brought to you by Reese's. You gotta love those peanut butter cups. Chocolate peanut butter cups.

[Jason Kelce]

Alrighty, it's time for no Dumb Questions. No Dumb Questions is brought to you

[Travis Kelce]

by sleep Number See what David Pittner has to say over on X. Despite NFL efforts to avoid it, teams occasionally play a regular season opponent in preseason. This year the Chiefs play the Rams and the Seahawks. Two marquee matchups, preseason and regular season. How does this affect preseason game planning and play? I'll tell you what, I've never had this happen and this kind of ironic that never happened really. Not that I can remember. Maybe once we played like Green Bay, I think in the play in the preseason. But to have two games like this is blowing my mind right now. So. But we play both of them in the preseason and these are like two of the best teams in the league. And I like to think that the Chiefs is one of the best teams in the league. So I think these are like essentially four games where we're going to see these guys. I always thought the preseason games were kind of one off games that you don't really see the other opponent during the season.

[Jason Kelce]

Definitely the way it usually is for sure.

[Travis Kelce]

And I don't know why this year I get two of the best teams in the league in preseason. I would assume that it will kind of change the game planning, but more so the. The guys won't play in every single game.

[Jason Kelce]

I feel like when we did this before, I think we did this with the Steelers one year, maybe the jets another year, because the Steelers and Jets were like just two teams we always played in the preseason. We always played like our last preseason game almost every time against the jets. And then we would always have a Steelers game usually. And a couple of times we did play them in the regular season. And you just end up. I mean, you're not showing anything in these preseason games anyways. Like, you're doing a very rundown, vanilla offense. You're not doing specific plays that you would try to run against these guys in the regular season. You're just kind of doing generic things.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, don't get me wrong, you're still trying to win the game, but more so you're still. You're just trying to get your fundamentals in. You're trying to, you know, get lined up, see what. See how the other team's presenting itself and getting in sync with the guys in a live situation.

[Jason Kelce]

It does seem like teams are doing more in pre, like, defensive coordinators. I see running like, zero blitz in preseason games now, and I see, like, them doing more chaotic stuff, which you used to like towards the end of the game when, like, I remember Marty Morning with wanting to fight a defensive coordinator one time in the preseason because he did a blitz zero. It's like an unspoken rule that you aren't going to do a lot of that stuff.

[Travis Kelce]

Well, I've never heard of that rule.

[Jason Kelce]

I think it's not a rule anymore.

[Travis Kelce]

I feel like I've seen it more so towards the end of games if the game mean. Is it like the game is coming down to the wire with the young guys in there? Because you, you sense I want to see how a quarterback reacts. I want to see how players go up and make plays in that situation to get them ready for a live, you know, in season moment when the bullets are really flying. So in terms of planning and play, I just think it's. It's obviously going to be different just because it's the preseason.

[Jason Kelce]

The other thing is if you have a joint practice, usually you won't do a joint practice with the team that you're playing. Like, I've almost. I don't think I've ever seen that. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Travis Kelce]

I thought that's what you do you go, oh, you're talking about joint practice with somebody you play during the season?

[Jason Kelce]

Correct.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice.

[Jason Kelce]

That's one that I feel like is because you are showing. Usually that's why the coaches like the joint practices is they feel a little bit more willing to do some of the things that they've been working on. And you're going to. You're going to show a little bit more because it's not nationally broadcast in the practice. Although coaches do talk. They do be talking, I do think. I feel like that would be something I would avoid for sure if I was. If I was playing the team in the regular season. All right, do we want to do one more?

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Jason Kelce]

All right, this one is. What are your top three favorite schedule release vids? I'm not gonna lie. I. I do not watch schedule release videos.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't watch them either. Did hear that mom was a part of Kansas City, so. Shout out, Mom.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, shout out, Mom. Mascots, which NFL team's mascot would survive the longest? Wait, if mascots had to play one down of real football, which NFL team's mascot would survive the. What does that mean? And which one would instantly regret its life choices? So which one would dominate the most? Which one would get killed?

[Travis Kelce]

That's what I'm taking away. Shout out to Tyler Garmin for the tweet right off the bat. The. The one that's the most reckless with, like, the. The peewee games is the Colts.

[Jason Kelce]

Oh, dude, I'm all in on Big Blue.

[Travis Kelce]

I think him. Doesn't the Jaguars guy like, zipline in? He does some gnarly shit.

[Jason Kelce]

The Jaguars mascot does do some very cool stuff.

[Travis Kelce]

Casey Wolf is a goofball, and I fucking love him. Yeah, I'll throw him up there.

[Jason Kelce]

I don't know necessarily intimidating, but definitely not. He's not gonna be a little bitch. Same with Swoop. I'll go Swoop on that as well. You know who I think's gonna get just. I don't know. Part of this just is like the animal that it represents. I feel like the cardinal is just going to get absolutely obliterated. I mean, this thing is.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't know, man.

[Jason Kelce]

It's a little baby bird.

[Travis Kelce]

The one that's going to last the longest is Big Blue. He's shown the most recklessness of all the mascots.

[Jason Kelce]

There we go. Oh, yeah. Look at this highlight.

[Travis Kelce]

Just really. That's a hell of a hole.

[Jason Kelce]

Throw the flag. This kid's just.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, nice. Get him. Get him. Team fight. Team fight.

[Jason Kelce]

Look at the Viking coming in.

[Travis Kelce]

I would have had so much fun if this was a real thing.

[Jason Kelce]

And

[Travis Kelce]

he's got to get his jersey back.

[Jason Kelce]

Did he take his jersey off? Where's his jersey?

[Travis Kelce]

I think one of the little kids might have ripped it off. Ripped it off or did he take it off?

[Jason Kelce]

Dog got ripped off.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice. That's a good.

[Jason Kelce]

I like it.

[Travis Kelce]

It's a good move. By two.

[Jason Kelce]

That does it for no Dumb Questions brought to you by Sleep. Number reminder. You can pre order our no Dumb Questions book on Kelsey Clubhouse. Right now.

[Travis Kelce]

Right now.

[Jason Kelce]

And that wraps up another episode. New Heights reminder. There are still tickets available to New Heights live show in LA on June 15. Check out the link in the description and make sure you're subscribed to the New Heights channel on YouTube. YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Travis Kelce]

Once again, New Heights of Wonder show brought to you by Adobe Acrobat. You're going to want to download that app. It's gonna make your life a whole lot easier. Follow the show on all social media at new heights show with 1s for fun clips throughout the week. We're gonna have a few, I'm sure. And thanks to the New Heights production team for always making us look better than who we are. And again, as always, thank you to those 92 percenters. We'll see you guys next week.

[Jason Kelce]

Peace. All righty, let's move on. That's enough schedule talk.

[Brandon]

Well, we've. Okay. Sorry to be a dick here, but we kind of covered a lot of these. Yeah, we already kind of answered all these questions. Well, I mean, it is what it is.

[Jason Kelce]

That's because you're looking at two dumbasses. Brandon. We.

[Travis Kelce]

We think of the dumb questions.

[Brandon]

Well, to be fair, the questions weren't like that. Wild.

[Jason Kelce]

Let's ask AI a dumb question.

[Brandon]

No.

[Jason Kelce]

Why Isn't the number 11 pronounced 1D1?

[Travis Kelce]

What?

[Jason Kelce]

Why is it the number 11 pronounced 1D1 2233.

[Travis Kelce]

Brandon, are you understanding what he's saying?

[Brandon]

Oh, God damn it. I get it now. Yeah, I took that. Did not connect that. Boomerangs around the room for a minute. Jesus. I got it.

[Jason Kelce]

If you're in a boat in the middle of a lake and you throw an anchor overboard, does the lake get deeper?

[Brandon]

Yeah, it's got.

[Jason Kelce]

Right.

[Brandon]

No. Well, I mean, yeah, but like, by fraction. Imperceptible amount. Yeah, it's got to go up. Like you're adding something to the volume of the lake.

[Jason Kelce]

Wait, but no, it doesn't, because the anchor is already factored into the buoyancy in the boat. Right? That weight is already in the boat, so it's already displaced.

[Brandon]

So the boat's already pushing down on the top of the water, moving the water out.

[Jason Kelce]

And the anchor was in the boat.

[Brandon]

And when you move the anchor from the boat in, it just kind of nets out.

[Jason Kelce]

Right. I think that's how that works.

[Brandon]

I wish I wasn't stupid.

[Jason Kelce]

That's actually a pretty good one. That's a pretty good.