Jason Kelce’s Philadelphia Eagles pulled out a swift win towards brother Travis Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
The groups confronted off on Monday, November 20, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis for the primary time for the reason that Chiefs scored their victory towards the Eagles at Tremendous Bowl LVII in February. After a detailed recreation, Philadelphia finally pulled out the win 21 to 17, marking the primary time Jason, 36, has crushed Travis, 34, since they joined their respective groups.
Going into the sport, each the Chiefs and Eagles had been on the high of their divisions. The Chiefs took an early lead as Justin Watson scored for the staff first. Eagles star D’Andre Swift tied up the sport as he ran for 33 yards, together with a 4-yard landing rush.
Travis — who’s a decent finish for the Chiefs — put his staff again within the lead as he caught a brief cross from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, giving their staff a 10-point lead earlier than halftime. Nonetheless, a revitalized Jalen Hurts returned to the sphere within the third quarter for a dashing landing giving his staff solely a three-point lead.
Within the fourth quarter, Hurts threw the soccer to DeVonta Smith which led the Eagles to attain one other landing to place the Eagles on high. Regardless of the Chiefs’ offense trying to make one other play, the Eagles’ protection stored Mahomes, 28, and his staff from scoring once more along with a number of dropped passes.
Monday’s recreation was a rematch of Tremendous Bowl LVII which was the final time each groups final confronted each other. The Chiefs had been victorious beating the Eagles 38-35 in February.
Forward of the sport, Travis, 34, and Jason, 36 — who’s a middle on the Eagles — mentioned on their “New Heights” podcast that the Eagles have by no means crushed the Chiefs for the reason that brothers — who had been the primary siblings to face off within the Tremendous Bowl — joined their respective groups.
“I really don’t think about it as a Super Bowl rematch,” Travis mentioned of the showdown in November. “I think of this as the Kansas City Chiefs vs the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. Both teams are different than they were last year, no matter how similar they are, it’s never the same. I think about it like — this doesn’t have much bearing from what happened a year ago. Well, not even a year ago I guess at this point.”
Whereas he’s repeatedly misplaced each time they face each other, Jason famous that the duo “genuinely love” enjoying towards each other and having their family members come collectively for the large occasion.
“I think there’s a lot of familiarity within both organizations,” Jason defined. “There’s a lot of friends and family that get excited and get to watch one game that both of us are playing in. So all of that means a lot more to us and we get to enjoy that for the entire week.”