Remember when Tom Brady helped his team bounce back from a 3-28 score and won Super Bowl LI? That was the day his name became eternal in the NFL. That’s exactly the kind of hope people had with Patrick Mahomes and Co. He did put up a great fight, but it was all in vain in the end. And Travis Kelce, who’s been phenomenal the entire season, had 0 catches in the first half. Sheesh, I know, right? That was literally the first time in his playoff career that Travis walked away with nada at halftime. The man didn’t even attend the after-game party. So how does a player get back from such a defeat? Just by spending time with family—that’s how simple it is.
Our emotions are like a can of soda—if you shake it too much, it POPS! We mean to say that, yes, the defeat must’ve been heartbreaking and must’ve made Travis angry at himself. But if you just spend time with your family, you’ll start feeling alright. And that’s exactly what Travis did. It hasn’t even been a week, and he was already back with Jason Kelce on their New Heights podcast. Jason was trying to sway Travis’ mind away from the game and focus on the most random things in life. He said, “New Orleans, the perfect vibe, food, mentality, culture. I mean, it was just unreal. The issue was the infrastructure was awful. Going from place to place was a train wreck.”
Maybe it was intentional, maybe it wasn’t, but Jason dropped a double entendre when he said “trainwreck” because he was literally talking about trains. “For some reason, they have this ordinance that whenever the train’s coming through town, it has to blow its horn every time it’s going to a crosswalk. So you’re just hearing a f—— train horn constantly in the middle of the night, which is annoying as f—. But outside of that, it was fantastic. It was really good.” Yeah, Jason had a few cons on his list, but he didn’t hesitate while counting down his favorite parts about New Orleans. Whatever it was, it kept Travis smiling—and that’s all Jason wanted.
Instead of hitting up some fancy restaurant, Jason took a different route—straight to a gas station. And yeah, that might sound sketchy at first, but as Jason puts it, “If a gas station spot has some word-of-mouth going about it, you know that s—’s good.” He orders dark meat, but the guy behind the counter insists, “Nah, you gotta try the white meat.” Jason’s skeptical—white meat is usually too dry. But the guy’s confidence has him second-guessing, so he rolls with it. First bite in, and turns out, it’s actually amazing. “That s— was so f—— good,” Jason tells Travis. The story put a grin on Travis’ face, even if just for a moment, giving him a break from all the post-game stress. But of course, not everything has been that easy for Travis lately.
Travis Kelce had a message for the haters—but what did he say?
For Jason Kelce, this game was anything but normal. A lifelong Eagles fan, he had spent his entire career bleeding green, yet here he was, watching his little brother battle them for another Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs. “I don’t even know how to feel, man,” Jason admitted. “It’s weird. You want your brother to succeed, but at the same time, you’re still an Eagle.” It was a bittersweet mix of pride and loyalty, leaving Jason stuck somewhere between cheering and cringing with every play. He knew what it meant for Travis, but part of him couldn’t ignore how it felt to be on the other side of it all.
If that wasn’t enough, the outside noise made things even trickier. Some fans questioned if he was still “Eagles enough,” while others took shots at him just for supporting his brother. Jason could shake off most things, but the idea that his loyalty was in doubt? That stung. Travis, however, wasn’t having any of it. “F— that, man,” he said. “People know who you are, they know what you did. You’re not less of a brother just because of this game.” It was classic Travis—blunt, unapologetic, and fiercely loyal. He wasn’t just shutting down the haters; he was making sure Jason didn’t carry any guilt for simply being there.
As for the loss, Travis took it in stride. He wasn’t about to dwell on what-ifs or let the defeat define him. “It’s just life, man. This sport can humble you so fast. It can shoot you to the moon, and it can bury you, man,” he admitted. But more than anything, he wanted Jason to know one thing—none of the noise mattered. “You don’t owe any of these d——– the acknowledgment. You really don’t, Jason,” Travis told him. That’s football—the highs, the lows, the heartbreak. But when the final whistle blew, nothing about that night changed what mattered most. Jason was still an Eagle, Travis was still his brother, and no scoreboard could ever shake that.
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