From castrating bulls to Super Bowl - meet the Kelce brothers (and mum)

Jason and Travis Kelce started the play talking astir castrating bulls connected their caller podcast.

In a "mind-boggling" scenario, erstwhile Jason's Philadelphia Eagles look Travis' Kansas City Chiefs it volition beryllium the archetypal clip that brothers play against each different successful the NFL's title game.

"You realise it could happen, I don't deliberation we ever thought it would though," said Jason. "It's got to beryllium a lottery prime benignant of probability."

During Super Bowl week successful Phoenix, their parent Donna has go arguably arsenic celebrated arsenic her sons, speaking to media from astir the satellite astir the 'Kelce Bowl'.

And if the communicative was not already surreal enough, determination could beryllium different summation to the household this weekend.

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Brothers reaching New Heights

Jason (left) and Travis Kelce (right) received cookies from their parent connected Monday, which Travis called 'Super Bowl fuel'

Jason and Travis Kelce person some been successful the NFL for astatine slightest 10 years now, winning 1 Super Bowl each.

They person each had galore Pro Bowl selections, meaning they are the NFL's champion successful their positions - centre and choky end, respectively.

But past summertime they wanted to commencement a caller venture, a podcast named New Heights aft Cleveland Heights, the suburb wherever they grew up successful Cleveland, Ohio.

On the archetypal episode, Jason talks astir getting precise hands connected with immoderate cows helium purchased past summer. That acceptable the tone, and the topics person got much random portion the brothers person got much relaxed.

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New Heights is astir football, household and fun, and it was 1 of the astir fashionable podcasts successful the US adjacent earlier speech of the 'Kelce Bowl'.

On past week's occurrence Jason said helium was "already implicit it" and they tried to play it down. But present they person afloat embraced the media circus.

They are selling 'Kelce Bowl' merchandise and recorded the latest occurrence connected 'radio row', wherever media broadcast astir the timepiece during Super Bowl week.

Body slams and Bambi

At 35, Jason is 2 years older and successful different occurrence Travis remembered how, erstwhile increasing up, his large member erstwhile assemblage slammed him done a woody level successful their surviving room.

To debar getting caught immediately, they covered the spread with their couch. Boys volition beryllium boys.

Travis has been amazed that astir of the questions during the galore media opportunities this week person been astir who won the astir fights increasing up.

"Jason won each combat but 1 - and that was the past one!" helium said. "He stopped warring maine aft that."

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That indispensable person been erstwhile a abrupt maturation spurt meant Travis drawback up with his older brother.

"It deed similar lightning," said Jason. "Overnight, helium went from an uncoordinated Bambi to a afloat blown stallion. I was similar 'where did Seabiscuit travel from?'"

At 6ft 5in, Travis is present 2 inches taller but Jason has a much stocky frame, weighing 134kg portion Travis is 113kg. Jason's main occupation is to artifact the absorption and helium accepts Travis has ever been the much talented athlete.

Sadly, determination volition beryllium nary repetition of their boyhood battles connected Sunday. They some play connected offence truthful volition ne'er beryllium connected the tract astatine the aforesaid time.

A Super Bowl baby?

Donna Kelce has been wearing a half-and-half denim jacket, arsenic good arsenic a half-and-half jersey

The brothers recognition their begetter Ed for giving them a emotion for athletics - and their heavy eyebrows. Ed paid for them to effort respective sports earlier settling connected football, and they played connected the aforesaid assemblage squad astatine the University of Cincinnati.

Since coming into the NFL they person been one-team men, and parent Donna has been their biggest fan.

During past season's play-offs they played connected the aforesaid time but hours isolated truthful Donna watched the Eagles suffer astatine Tampa Bay earlier flying 1,200 miles to Kansas City to spot the Chiefs bushed Pittsburgh.

The NFL tweeted advancement reports connected her travel and during the Chiefs' post-match quality league she asked Travis astir making the lone touchdown walk of his vocation during that game.

But Travis accepts that, close now, Jason is her favourite, and Donna admits it too. That is due to the fact that Jason and his woman Kylie person fixed her 2 grandchildren - and determination is different connected the way.

Kylie is 38 weeks large and volition beryllium accompanied by her caregiver astatine the crippled successful Phoenix. If she goes into labour during the Super Bowl, the NFL's aesculapian unit person said they tin present the babe astatine the State Farm Stadium.

And if so, Kylie has said that she and Jason person considered giving the babe the initials SB.

Thanksgiving bragging rights astatine stake

Donna Kelce has been revealing each astir her footballing sons

Super Bowl week begins with Opening Night, a amusive media lawsuit wherever players are asked each sorts of questions.

Wearing a half-and-half jersey made from Chiefs and Eagles shirts, Donna joined her boys connected signifier and presented each with a container of homemade cookies.

She besides answered questions astir them by lifting paddles with their look on. Apparently younger member Travis is the biggest mummy's boy.

Donna has been a regular successful the media centre each week, wearing a half-and-half denim overgarment and chatting with arsenic galore reporters arsenic she can. She besides took portion successful Roger Goodell's quality conference, asking the NFL commissioner if helium volition spell connected her boys' podcast. He is game.

Some fans person adjacent started a petition for Donna to marque the coin flip connected Sunday, with 185,000 signatures astatine past glance.

And travel full-time, Donna said she volition lone person the enactment of joining the winning lad connected the tract arsenic "the losers are instantly sent to their hotel. It's similar 'go to your room'."

She added: "I cognize some of them privation this triumph desperately for bragging rights implicit the Thanksgiving table."

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'For it each to align similar it has, it's mind-boggling'

Travis Kelce (right) has helped the Chiefs scope 3 of the past 4 Super Bowls

There person been brothers successful the Super Bowl before. John and Jim Harbaugh were rival caput coaches astatine Super Bowl 47, portion twins Devin and Jason McCourty were connected the aforesaid squad arsenic the New England Patriots won Super Bowl 53, but brothers connected rival teams is simply a first.

"Let's conscionable deliberation however incredibly uncommon it is conscionable to marque it to the NFL [from precocious school]," said Jason Kelce.

"What are the chances that 2 guys get to the NFL [are signed], they realise their imagination of playing successful the NFL, past they go starters, All Pros and important pieces of their team, and past they extremity up playing each different successful the Super Bowl?"

Travis, who should person much of an interaction connected the crippled arsenic helium is 1 of the NFL's champion receivers, added: "It's chaotic - and benignant of surreal. For it each to align similar it has, it's mind-boggling.

"It's a peculiar moment. It's thing we'll retrieve for the remainder of our lives. You guys talking a batch astir maine and my member has been fun, we admit it, but astatine the aforesaid clip I'm conscionable trying to get a triumph for the Chiefs."

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