“Football is family.”
It’s been a popular phrase around the league the past several years, and it holds weight, as players spend nearly every waking moment together over the course of the season.
Though while the phrase rings true metaphorically, it takes on a literal meaning this Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Arrowhead Stadium.
The game marks the first time that Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce will play against his brother, Jason, the Eagles’ starting center.
“It’s going to be a little different,” Travis said. “The good thing is I don’t have to go up against him directly.