Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: Travis Kelce On Returning To The Chiefs + The Success Of His Podcast "New Heights"

Episode Date: March 14, 2026

On this episode of Best of the Bus, Travis Kelce joined The Boys on the bus during Tight End University, and it was epic. Then the interview kicked off with Travis sharing hilarious stories about getting into acting alongside Adam Sandler and how the New Heights podcast has exploded with massive guests. The conversation shifts to leadership, the reality of NFL mortality, and what it takes to become a better teammate as your career evolves. The boys joke about Jason Kelce being the favorite kid in the Kelce household and talk about how uncomfortable being in front of the camera can feel when you’re first starting out. From there, they debate whether the Chiefs got a little lucky during their Super Bowl run and what life after football might actually look like. Travis also shares a classic “Welcome to the NFL” moment involving Clay Matthews and drops the bombshell that Catching Kelce might have been the worst thing he’s ever done. The conversation gets real as he opens up about the viral spotlight around his relationship with Taylor Swift and how TEU has grown into a must-attend event for tight ends across the league. If you missed this one, make sure you give it a listen, and if you already listened, it is worth running it back with one of the biggest stars in the NFL.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority black city in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaveers. people listen to rebel spirit season two on the i heart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts guys we have on a 10 time pro bowler four time all pro three time three time super bowl champion i will not say anything disrespectful because i respect the hell out of him a very good friend of the show travis kelsey we won't we won't talk about August 28th coming up we'll get to that later but this is no we want to talk about what coming up what coming up August 28th 8th.

Cincinnati, Nebraska, it kickoff college football. I think that's exactly where we should start. Because we're sitting here, obviously Travis just flew in G6, gets in, he doesn't have a hat on, he gets off the plane and goes, hey, by the way, but he got that hat from it, he puts that one on and shows up. No one goes on the bus first. We gotta go to the shop first. Yeah, yeah, we go to the shop first.

Get that done. So how are you two? I think we're great. No, we're great. Clearly a lot of, you know, a lot of good fun, shit talking banter. on the internet with the new Heights podcast and us with the boys, but there there's no shot you guys

what? Buddy, you guys ended the year last year on a five game losing streak. Yeah, which means we were getting guys ready for this year. Getting guys. Sitting guys. Yeah, not sitting guys,

getting guys in that we needed to get experience. So hold on, let me just break that down for you. And we got a quarterback coming back, Sorsby, it's going to be a fucking stud. Three and nine the year before. Yeah. We just got better.

We just got a new indoor. guys are going to be fucking working their ass off. They ain't getting better like we're getting better. Here's what I'll say to both of them. What is Matt Ruhl got them boys doing? Buddy, we're going to be a pack of wolves and you guys are going to be a bunch of cute little bunnies in a petting zoo and you're not going to know what hit you when we grab every end, every limb of your body.

What did Matt Ruhle got them boys doing up there, huh? It's my Twitter account. We're going to get that. We're going to get Matt Rull showing up. So you guys, your coaching staff, you go to five game losing streak. And your answer to that is the coaches decided, let's not even focus on the game plan. Let's not focus on this team anymore. So we'll get some guys in here that we want to get in here.

No, I'm assuming that's what happened. Okay. And you're going at him for going three and nine and then five and seven, which is, you guys progressed by two games. I'm not even thinking about last year. And Nebraska progressed by just one game. I'm thinking the coach of staff. We had a winning season. What bowl game they played last year?

Because it wasn't a bad boy mowers club. But this is what Nebraska is doing right now. What the fuck is this? We're having some fun. What is this? That means future national champions. What is this? Is that what that means?

Yeah, I thought we were going to speculate. No, I think we put it to bed on the last episode. Okay. That's a Travis Kelsey fit right there on Raola. That is a Travis Kelsey fit. I don't know. That might be with my home's top and bottom set he got there. Does Patrick ever talk about Dylan Raola?

Yeah, Dylan's been to a few games. He's on his head in there. Yeah. No, he's good people. He's good people. But it gets a little, I like Dylan Raola. Yeah. It gets a little worrisome when I'm seeing.

side by sides of pre-games and they're doing the exact same thing they got the same like body type too like they enjoy beers yeah yeah yeah you can tell they enjoy some beers they're b3s dude bad body ballers like they're doing their thing they had that b3 shot 24 7 are you going to be there 100% yeah all right it's right there in the backyard baby it's gonna be fun it's gonna be fun it's are you going to be there oh we're gonna be there buddy our whole taylor this one's structured around Nebraska football. Will, before we even started

the new heights or anything, he goes to me, he's like, hey, I know we got the Boston Bowl this year, but I love to do Cincinnati, Nebraska, and Arrowhead. I think that's a great one for us.

And I think there was one, maybe Iowa too. Like, there was another game. And I'm thinking to myself, Will, we can't go to every Nebraska game. This is getting, this is getting out of hand,

out of pocket. I'm telling you this year feels different. Dude, I'm not alive. This year feels different. It's like, it's the definition of insanity with this guy.

Every year, right around this time right around tight-end you is when will starts being like i'm telling you we might win it all this year then we pull up the schedule i don't see a loss on the schedule that's what he says i can realistically see a loss maybe too yes september 20th is one that's the maybe that's maybe that's the maybe no the i don't want to put it out there listen yeah you don't know i'm not here to play hypotheticals but if i'm going to be a little realistic i got to have a loss or two on the schedule When you and your brother were on your podcast, New Heights, talking about this game coming up. Yes.

Were you guys nervous about putting a bet in? How confident are you about your bear cats? I've lost so many fucking bets that I think I'm due for a win. Okay. I think I'm due for a win. I wore fucking Texas Tech's mascot helmet. I wore BYU's jersey last year. I think my bear cats are going to fucking, they're going to come through.

And you guys are going to have to fucking come on to New Heights. And you're rocking a fucking sensitive. If we lose all rocket Cincinnati, Jersey. You go to get up too. You got over the hat. Pants. I'll wear whatever you want.

Pants helmet. I'll wear, I'll come in day of and if you had something else extra to add, I'll wear it. You know it would be awesome? I'll be yours. You talks me around. Pay me like one of your French girls. Yeah. I think Will Compton, no shirts just speedo.

A bear cat speedo would be a good look for the New Heights podcast. Oh, man. Right? I mean, I don't want to get myself caught up in this shit. in this shit. I ain't trying to win no speedo. Yeah, well, obviously, I think I think Nebraska's going to win that game. I think Bearcats are. You fucking kidding me?

I think the brass is going to win this game by probably multiple touchdown. Multiple touchdown. Do you think the cats are going to go in the arrowhead and lose by multiple touchdown? It's going to be a home thing. Early on last year, we were on fire. So was Nebraska. When Nebraska beat Colorado.

We're on fire. We won our first five games. They got mopped by Colorado. First of all, by Colorado. First of all, it wasn't a great showing. But Colorado. I know, dude, they got, dude,

Travis Hunter, man. The guy's really good. Do you think he's going to be good in the NFL? Hell yes. And it's a hard question to ask because you're still active? 100%. But like, what's the expectation of this kid?

World-class athlete. All pro, both sides? Both sides? See, that's the thing. I don't know how they're going to divvy it out. I don't know if, because teams are going to be going after them. Right.

And like they're going to try and make his day. Yeah, they're going to try and make his day miserable. Right. And he's got to go play to wide receiver and then turn around and basically be like high school where you just stand on the field the whole time. Yeah. And just wait for the game to be over. Dude, if he plays corner, they're going to run deep balls at him all day. They're going to run the wide receivers just take off on him all day just to try and get his like him tired.

Yeah. I'm like, why wouldn't you just attack him that way? But dude, watching him, so we went to Colorado, Nebraska. and you could just see like his aura, his attitude, like pregame everything. He's got the juice. He's got the juice and he plays. Yeah. He loves football.

I saw him play basketball and I was like, oh, yeah, he's an athlete. Do you think he could throw a pitch? Right now, yes. Later, once he hits like 30, 35, he hits over. 30 to 35. But I think a guy like him, like, if he makes, I don't think he has to make a Pro Bowl to not be a bust. I don't think he has to. If he's solid on both sides of the ball

and plays all the snaps I feel like that's something we've never seen before Jacksonville You'd think you guys were on a heater to open up the year last year I was watching this play I thought we were pretty solid Towson. Towson, we had smoked him

Towson, Miami of Ohio Houston smoked them, big rivalry game Houston got them that was about it yeah Houston was solid last year UCF

UCF is always got a good We're going to roll you guys. It's going to be fun, though. That'll be a fun. We got a veteran team this year. We got a bunch of seniors. We got some guys getting some looks. You know who their head coaches?

Who? Scott Satterfield. Brother of? Brother of. I think, I believe brother of. Not good? What? His brother isn't good?

Yes. Oh, all right. He's a brother's in Nebraska. He's solid. He's a solid position coach. What position? It's a interesting time. Tight-ins.

Are you fucking kidding? The brash is my six. and a half on Fandau right now. He can coach you. That's... Yeah, these are the Fandil odds right out of the game. You might want to take some points on that game, no? No, this has got to be Mono E Mano.

No, we're going mono-e-mano. I'm only going wins and losses here. Yeah. Okay. Take some points? Very bold of you. Very bold. Very bold. Moneyline. 188 on Fandle.

You guys are pro. You guys are pros on this shit. I mean, it is... It's what you guys do. Yeah, it's what we do. It is what we do. So you take Insentee? Moneyline?

No, I've already, I'm thinking Nebraska. No matter what? With the points. With the points? I'll bump that after 10 and a half. I can't do anything with this. I have nothing to do with this. This is my boy.

I got a ride with him no matter what. Because I know in three weeks time from that moment, I'll want him to die. I'll, I'll want Nebraska to burn down. Michigan, Nebraska. Michigan takes place. That's the bus. September 20th. So I'm hoping to put in some work of love for Will.

So when I have to break his heart on his birthday weekend, we feel a whole lot better. But hey, remember when I said, Supported you, it's the Kelsey Brothers. And it won't matter to him. Look at that. Look at that. That's what Arrowhead's going to be like. Just a sea of red.

Yeah. A sea of red. They're surrounded by Nebraska fans. That's going to be a home game. Yeah, it is. That's going to be a home game for us. When's the last time we saw Travis? A year ago.

Oh, wait. No, Super Bowl. Some of the Super Bowl. We got in a couple questions at the presser. That's right. Yeah. That's right. I forgot.

Would you hit me with? Yeah. Something good. We'll hit you with the 40. I hit you on. You get you on you getting hawked down by a linebacker, I think. Yeah. Your yak, like talking about your yak, how good you are with yak, but watching yourself

get chased down now, you're getting a little long in the tooth. You did break the record for touchdowns, I believe, for the franchise, maybe all in history. Just a tight-ass. And you kind of whiffed on the dunk. Fuck, God. I'm a little lighter this year, though, man. I'm going to get up there. I'm sure you know reporters.

Prez Holmes is the leader for the chief's all-time touchdowns. I got a chance to maybe catch them, but... How far are you away? Are you away? I don't know. He's supposed to free agent. Last time I looked, I think it was like five to ten somewhere in there. There was single digits.

I got a feed-you this year. Yeah. What's the you're looking like? You got one year left on the deal. I'll tell you what, man. Xavier Worthy taking his game up a notch. Obviously, uh, get Rishie Rice back. I think, um...

He'll be speeding. Just the running game, get our, get our offensive line. together the Josh Simmons kid out of O State. I know you're not a big O State guy, but man, this dude is a fucking mammoth of a human being. He's a stud, man. We will see. He's a stud. He was doing, we were doing a little group install in a minicamp.

Just had a little outside zone block on him. Guy put his fucking hands on me. It's like, oh, shit. He's like that. Yeah. And he's just fucking around. I'm just like, all right now. All right now.

Not right now. Yeah. See what this thing's talking about. What is, um, that game? I lost a lot of money on you guys. No. Yeah. No,

I did. I did. Yeah, but you've lost a lot of money. Yeah. In the past, it still has a lot of, on the cheeks, yeah.

What is, when you're going through that game and it's just going the way, I think the yardage in the first half was tough, didn't get a whole lot better. No. Not trying to be disrespectful.

But at what point were you like, okay, we're not going to be able to pull this one out? You know, I don't know if that ever like came in my mind it was just always just keep fucking fighting and see what happens but at the same time it got it got ugly quick

and it wasn't a guy that shit wasn't yeah that shit wasn't too fun when they uh when they yank their uh their dvs out or they're like big guys on defense i was just like fuck man i know what that sign is yeah and i mean at that point it's like you're still trying to like you're in the mode of like fight fight just give you guys and your coaches everything you got

And it was just, it just wasn't going our way, man. Obviously, you guys were a hell of a team, but the Eagles were just stacked. I mean, I'll give credit, man. Those, from the D-line to the linebackers to the, you know, defensive backs, everywhere on that football field, they had guys flying around. And then they, I don't know if they had a tick on, on what was going on, or if they just kind of had the rules set in place. But it felt like in the run game and past game,

and they just had stuff figured out. Yeah. And even the stuff that they, you know, even when we got the right call, it was like we were just a step off or timing off or, you know, Pat was under duress and we just had to try and figure things out on the run.

It was just, it was an uphill battle all fucking day. Yeah. It seemed like your game against Tampa and a game against the Eagles are really similar. Yeah. Like the D-line 8. It was that a big vocal point

going into that week or those two weeks? Yeah. Off the line needs to, guys, listen, here's the deal. they've got men on the other side of the ball. Yeah. We have to protect. I feel like at that point, because we had kind of went up and down with the whole tackle situation and the offensive line situation throughout the year.

And it felt like at that point when Tune moved from guard to tackle that we had something figured out to where we could at least manage it with like chips and like make sure that we didn't put our guys in bad situations. But, I mean, interior, outside rush, they got after us. And I mean, if you control the line of scrimmage, and the Super Bowl is going to get ugly for you. Yeah. And both sides of the ball, like their trenches go hard.

Yeah. I think the Eagles probably have the best offensive line in the entire NFL. Fucking mammoths. Mammoths. And they, I mean, I thought there was going to be a step down with your brother being missing this year. No. But they just kept the train rolling. No, they got bigger.

They got bigger. But they were just, yeah. They were great. And it sucks. I hate like sitting there and be like, they played a great football game because I'm sitting with you when you played in the football game. Oh, no. Yeah. It sucks.

I've already kind of went down the rabbit hole. I'm just motivated for this year, man. Yeah. We got them, I think, week two, somewhere early. And yeah, we'll get this thing fucking rock and rolling, boys. You definitely feel like there's more of like, you just feel a little more intense about you sitting on this bus compared, comparing it to last year.

Last year, I mean, vibes were high. You're obviously going to have a hell of a career. But like going through that loss, what changes if you made in the off season? I think the biggest thing is you just, you kind of refocus. on where your attention is in the off-season. I think last year, really the past like three years, I've had a lot of attention in getting, taking a step away from football to figure out, you know, what I'm doing afterwards and make sure I set that up and I'm setting myself up for the future. I've kind of always had that mentality in the off-season, but I took on bigger projects.

This year, I kind of put all that to the side, and I'm like, man, I'm going into my last year, my contract, 13th year, I want to make this dream that I've always had the best it's ever been. And I think I failed last year in a lot of different ways from my guys on the field in terms of being a leader and just being, you know, prepared and ready to rock. And I'm motivated to fucking be accountable for the guys, man. Pouring all that into this season, like setting all the other stuff aside, just focusing on football. Is there a little bit of mortality coming? with this being your last year in Kansas City?

Do you feel like this could be the last year for Travis Kelsey? I mean, it's the last one on the contract. I'm focused on this one, man. I don't know what next year is gonna feel like. I don't know what I'm gonna feel like in March and in April next year when I make that decision or I try and figure out what's next for me.

But I know that I got one on the contract and I got a hell of a fucking team and got a lot of fucking talent and I'm pumped for it. You talked about, you talked about, I mean, there was a bunch of rumors scrolling around about this could be the last year this past year. Yeah.

How close were you to hanging it up? What was the Super Bowl have changed that for you? It might have made me think about it a little bit more. I think I just had a sour taste in my mouth immediately and like, man, I can't, this can't be the last game, you know? I just, I still feel like I can do it. And I kind of wanted to give myself that full focus. When I kind of looked at the year and review

and how I got ready for the year and things like that. And it's not to say that I was doing it wrong. It's just when you get older, you start to figure things out differently. Like your body doesn't react to how you used to do things. You know what I mean? You have to focus a little bit more on the preparation and being there and being ready. And then throughout the week, you've got to have more of a plan to get back to 100%. And I think thinking about all those things, it was like,

I don't want to leave anything out there. I want to give it my all and make sure that I do this, you know, for the childhood dream in me. You know what I mean? The kid in me that's like, man, I want to make this shit the best thing ever, man. You're obviously super close with the chief's organization. Is there like an open line of communication about what the future could look like for you? If they ever ask me, I'll always tell him, you know, how I feel.

Coach Reed is like a second father to me. You know what I mean? I've been with him for 13 years and he's helped me both on the field and off the field, become a better person, a better man. more accountable. And on top of that, you know, Pat's my fucking family now, you know, so through that just family atmosphere in the Chiefs, I don't see myself playing anywhere else. But I do, I do, I trust them with everything. And, you know, I understand that they got to make sure that they understand, that they set themselves up for the future as well, knowing guys got to

get paid and, you know, positions got to get filled. So, yeah, that is what I was going to ask. Like, could you imagine yourself in a different uniform? At this point, no. If you would ask me that, maybe like a contract or two ago, I'd have been like, you know, I'd keep it open. A contractor two ago is a crazy statement. Yeah, I mean, that's what I'm saying. Yeah. And on top of that, it's like, Kansas City is the only place I got a home.

It's like, that is my home. So I'm like, I'm going in and out of Kansas City for the rest of my life. I'll probably always have my crib there. And I just had that sense of community. I know everybody from the mayor to the fucking people that work at the local restaurants to, you know what I mean, everybody in the city. So it is home for me now, but I think I would have a tough time putting on another jersey. You're right. I don't know.

Yeah. But also, like, I mean, money is probably not an issue for you. I think there was a rumor. Hey, we still got a leverage up going around. leverage it for an extension. Yeah, but I think, I mean, I think he made like, there's a rumor about $25 million, I think it was. Oh. For a commercial.

Yeah, don't believe everything you read, boys. Did you see that rumor? I think so. I guess the question is, would you do a commercial for any brand if they offered you $25 million? What are we talking about? you made your acting debut last year obviously you're putting everything else on the side but how was that experience?

I know Sherm, he said he watched it and you did an incredible job. Nice. I haven't heard that review yet. But do you, after going through that experience of, after going through that experience of acting

and everything else, like do you see it as something that you would want to pursue when you're done? Because I think it's like a legitimate thing. He just shot it last time he was on the show because you were talking about. I was still actually finishing it up. And Happy Gilmore,

but that's more of like a fun cameo. The other one was kind of more serious. Yeah, that's where I see myself kind of focusing. It's like those fun cameos where I'll get a role that's not necessarily, you know, my name in a movie or something like that. And I'll just kind of play this. Like in Happy Gilmore, I'm a waiter. You know what I mean?

Like, that's a fun-ass fucking role in a movie with guy Adam Sandler that I've loved my entire. Like, those are like, I'm fucking, I kill to do movies like that for the rest of my life. And even if it's just like a small part, I'm in, like, I'd sign up for that any day. I don't know if I'd sign up for a big TV show, like not a very familiar character. He's in a lot of scenes and stuff like that. That's just a lot of work, man.

It's a career field that I haven't gotten comfortable in yet, especially enough to do, like, serious stuff. Yeah. I think I can do like the joking stuff that, you know, we all grew up watching. Much more in your wheelhouse. Yeah. And then if you see Adam Sandler and you snow all the movies. Yeah.

And he- Just the opportunity to be in that. And then he tells you you're doing great. And it's just like- So yeah, what was that like? Dude, it was insane. I bet. It was not-me-you- had to be like, dude.

Is that I'm saying one of those cats where it's, where people say never meet your heroes? Is this somebody you got out- No, no, no. You met him and he was the fucking best. Meet your hero. He was even further than what you could have ever expected. That juices me up so much.

He was, uh, and he was so helpful in terms of like, kind of making me feel comfortable in the, in like the scene and everything. No one, it's, it's like one of the bigger scenes in the beginning of the movie. movie at least I made it feel like that you're like yeah like dude this is a serious ass fucking season I'm getting the salt pepper down bro like I don't ask what they want for it's one of the biggest scenes in the movie it's up front you guys be on lookout yeah that is that's crazy how

do you just they just call your agents just call you but hey Adam sandler movie um yeah I forget I forget what the connection was once I kind of like threw it out there that I would I would like kill to be in a Sandler movie or anything like that and like I had a happy Gilmore hat on on New Heights one time and they were like oh man there's rumors that Happy Gilmore too might be coming out are you going to be in it I'm just like I fucking I quit everything right now to be in a fucking Adam Sandlin yeah or being happy goodmore too but I was talking to saying man and he was just he was like it took so long to get to happy Gilmore two is because he wanted to do it right he didn't want to just he said he loved doing the movie so much and he thought the the first one

was just such a perfect movie that it had to, he didn't want to disappoint anybody. And this one, I mean, just looking at the trailers, I haven't even seen all of it, but just watching the trailers and shit, this shit is going to be epic. I can't wait to see it, dude. It's literally a part of all of our childhoods.

Yeah, I heard you refer to him as saying. Is that like his name? Sandman. Sandman? I don't know. I just, I've always called him the same. The Sandman. When you meet him, you know, Mr. Sandler,

nice speech you as police. Sandman. Sandman. Yeah. I think I did call him Mr. Sandler at one point. You have to. No, he got to start off with that for sure. Yeah.

I think the Sandman's where I, where I ended up. That makes me feel like, that's the goal, right? Anytime you're meeting when you're here is like, how do I get a nickname in here? Is that what his name is in your phone, Sandman? I think it is, yeah. Yeah, I love that. It has to be. That's a white whale there for the bus.

Oh, yeah. That's a white whale for the bus. So if we haven't any connects, like, yeah. It would be sick. If we knew if we had a homie, that was. somebody that was tight with him that called him Sandman. And be like, yo, could you just get him on the show? Yeah, I got a couple of the homies with me.

They are sports guys. You know, it would be huge? I don't text him. Hold on, hold on, we're talking. I would never reach out to this man. If you don't mind, hold on one second. It'd be sick. He's so busy.

It'd be, since we'll be cooler is if one of our boys, we had like a bet with them and we added to the bet, if you win the bet that they have to FaceTime Sandman. Something, yeah. And then have him come on or try to at least get him on the bus. I love that. Do you like that? I love that. Let's all that thought and we'll bring it to the negotiation table.

Got you. You guys are fucking good. You guys have been having some fucking awesome guests, though. Insane. Between Jason Sadecas, Ben Stiller. LeBron. LeBron. Crazy.

Who's been your favorite one out of like the recent? I know that's tough. I'm kind of, I always take that question. I mean, I'm a Cleveland kid. watch LeBron playing fucking high school. Getting him on the show was like that Cleveland like connection. Yeah. Northeast Ohio connection, I should say.

And it's just like I've known all of the people that are like in his camp for for a long, long time. So I felt like I knew who he was. And when he jumped on, it was just like, we were all just like homies for forever. That and I'd been a Cavs fan since I was like fucking two. Wild comment about the rings, huh? What do you mean?

Winning rings shouldn't define your, NBA career? Yeah, I think it might be taken out of context. Also, LeBron has won a lot of rings. So I think he's just trying to look out for- Three, four, yeah. He's trying to look out for the guys that he might have played with that, you know, didn't win one, trying to show him some respect.

Take the high road, being a good dude, be good teammate. But it's all about rings for me. What's it vibe like when you're sitting with the new Heights team? Like how long in advance did you think, or LeBron James might be coming on our show. I mean, we threw it out there, like our first season. So it took like three seasons to finally get him to pull up. It seems like he's just now started doing media because he's McAfee, right?

Yeah, he's got his own... He's got his own... He's done you. I think he's going to come on busing. That's TBD. That's TBD, right? If only we knew somebody, that had a connection. You'd be sick?

Because if you had a bet with somebody. Yeah, that'd be sick. They could just be our guest booking team from here on now. For real. New Heights. We'll just, hey, sloppy seconds. Toss them this way. Toss them this way.

Figure out what worked, what didn't. Who's a white whale that you would love to get on that hasn't been on yet? Obviously, you've had a lot of big names, but who's somebody that you're like selfishly like, man, it would be sick to get this person on. Man, I want to get Dion Sanders on so bad. I want to talk to him about, like, the football and baseball, like, world that he was in, in, like, the late 80s, early 90s. It just, I don't know, just.

chop it out because he was always one of my favorite guys. I played like every sport imaginable growing up. And I always wanted to be one of those guys that played both. Play two, two sport professional athlete. No fucking chance. No shot. No shot.

I mean, he was the elite. Yeah, the story about him playing in both, it had like helicopter from one. Yeah, in the same day. The NFL early and then flew and to a baseball playoff game or something. like that it was crazy nuts yeah i think you had a touchdown one in a home run the other i had a hit another only player to ever do that yeah i think i personally think he's like the most athletic player of all time you think so yeah over uh bow jackson that's all that's usually the argument

yeah i think he i think he bo jacks was a freak freak but all-star yeah yeah i was a little biased with the yon series and a super bowl is deion's henders what's that i said i was a little biased So Dionne because he was a cowboy. I love the cowboys growing up. You're, you're a little giant's guy, huh? Yes. Spike. Oh, yeah.

Coach O'Shea. I aspired to be like Spike. Ed O'Neill. She's hit up on my dad's arm before every, before every day. Oh, I can see it, too. But your white whale, I feel your white whale is a little underwhelming. Like, Deion should be an easy get for you. Dude, I fucking, it probably is like more attainable than I think it is.

But I, I, I don't know, man. Who else would be? What would be through the roof? You know who Jason would want? No idea. Jason would want like fucking Neil de Grossey Tyson or something. You get the old limer. Dude, my YouTube,

whatever, my shorts are always Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's always, and he's always explaining something to me. I'm like, that shit's fucking wild. Is it insane? You see the clip of him talking about the Titanic?

He talks about when the ship sinks in the Titanic, how it's just one set of stars. and they just basically copied and flipped it and it wasn't correct for that time of year how he like gets all that figured out. It's wild. And so he was a part of another movie that helped them get the correct sky

for that time frame, that everything. It's like, how do you figure that shit out? That's nuts. And also, did they contract you in to do this? Or are you just doing it for the fun of it? Do it a quick favor? I just need to make sure this is right. Do me a favor with it?

That's good. That's good. Yeah, he'd be a cool guest. just smarter than everybody else, dude. Yeah, he gets it. Yeah. With, you were talking about earlier about, from a leadership standpoint,

maybe not being as accountable as you want to your teammates. At what point in the season or after the season, did you realize, did you realize that you probably weren't being the best leader you could be? I mean, just reflecting, I don't think I was the best leader during the Super Bowl itself. In terms of making plays, being able to, you know, find a way no matter what their,

what defense they're playing. I've always put the accountability on myself to, you know, get open no matter what. And don't get me wrong, they were doing things that minimize everything that I could, like, kind of manipulate. But at the same time, I still feel like I had a drop early. I had two or three routes where I didn't get separation when I needed to. And certain moments where I could have sped it up knowing that Pat was under duress for a lot of points in the game. So I don't know, man.

Just being that and then just keeping the energy and the belief alive, I don't know if I necessarily did that as well as I could have. And I think just leading up to it, making sure I got everybody's, you know, mentality ready going into the game. I just put a lot of accountability on myself to be able to, you know, be that for the guys. How difficult is it for you to not, like, show frustration when you have a drop early? They're doing different things in coverages so you can't manipulate them as much. like when you're progressing through the game

you've been in it for so long I've never played in a Super Bowl boat but it's the like it's for all the marbles like how do you from a mental standpoint able to like combat the okay I had a drop these things are not going the right way like how do you take away the frustration

yeah I mean you're not projected you gotta have that like I don't know almost like that you either got to react in terms of like high aggression high energy high frustration or which can make you uncharacteristic and make you maybe, I don't know, do something stupid after a whistle, something like that. That's what I've done in the past.

Or you can try and be calm, cool, collected, show confidence, show leadership, show, like, positive, like, reinforcement, like, around everyone on the team. And it's just every situation is different. As I'm getting older, I can't necessarily do a lot of the things that I've been able to do when I was a younger player. So it's creating even more frustration for me in certain times. But at the same time, I could still be that voice of reason for a lot of these young guys that are in an unfamiliar territory. Is it a scary thought a little bit when you're getting older?

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It's bad, dude. Preeting that thing up? Yeah. I can throw it up. You're dealing with the mortality of being a football player sucks. Yeah. And you see all these young. Hey, it's us the Jonas brothers.

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Bucks get in there. And they're like going out, partying or whatever. And you're like spending a little more time in the Ice Tub. I don't see a lot of guys going out and partying anymore. Because you're not out. It's a good point. It's a good point. A lot of the younger-

A lot of the younger guys, I think, I feel like I would hear it through like the locker room and stuff like that. A lot of guys are just like video game and streams. Video games are fun. You play any? I'll get on the Call-Duty every now and then. Okay. Fuck it up, yeah.

I'm a PubG guy myself. PubG? What's the fuck is that? PubG is kind of like the military version of Fortnite. Oh. Where it's like a battle royale. Oh, God. Oh, God.

My jeans were too tight. Oh, shit. I mean, it is. He was running after it, too. Dude, I mean. He was trying to do. He was doing the same thing. Throw it as hard as he can.

I was like, dude, dude, please. I'm sorry. I know that was, that came in hot. The shoulder looks good right there, though. Oh, buddy. I think it was the top of the mound coming down. I hadn't worked that yet. Yeah.

It's the height, I get it. Yeah, the elevation. When you're over six foot, it's harder. Yeah, Will. I would know, I am over six foot. For now, it's, it's kind of fun to sit here. Will's got a spying degeneration going on right now. He's actually getting shorter as we sit here.

I, uh, am I the best athlete on the bus? Around, maybe some people are saying. You know, Mitch is in the back, which is wait. You guys can talk about your injuries. I did have 12 anchors put on my right shoulder. That's it? You know, 12 anchors is made you get. You had that twice?

Yes. Oh, you guys still have shoulders? Wait, what? And I had AC separation. Everybody's had AC separation. That's only getting... Everybody's got the lytocaine needle with the little pad on top before a game.

That's rookie. That's rookie shit. They tell you, oh, you're not going to feel on the first it you take. You're just like, oh, this shit sucks. Hey, for those who don't know, what's an anchor? What's, what, 12, an anchor's kind of like a little, yeah. You old suture?

Oh, stitches. Yeah. Like a little, yeah, like a little stitch. You think of your shoulder, your labrum is like a clock and you have... Nice. How many anchors you can get in. Nice. Guys like us, we have all 12 anchors.

This guy pays attention. I'm fucking. Full restructure. Because when you hear 12, you're thinking, fuck, I'm kind of badass. Yeah. I was kind of playing on some shit. I thought I was just going to get cleaned up.

Maybe three or four anchors. I get out there. Like, we had to fix the whole thing. The whole thing. Yeah. I always hate the surgery talk, but they're like, hey, we'll see when we get in there, but it looks like it's just X, Y, and Z.

Yeah. Every time you come out. Yeah. Turns out. It was actually all of these things as well. What happened with my knee? That was fun. What happened your knee?

My rookie year, I had just like some discomfort. I kept doing the fucking MRIs. I took like 10 MRIs. Everybody in the building was calling the MRI machine the Kelsey. Like, oh, you're going to get a Kelsey. All right, nice. That's tough. I'm a rookie.

Haven't even played a little bit of discomfort. It's something's up. So I went to the guys. I'm just like, just go in there and scope it. They're like, all right, we'll see what happens with going there. I had like microfracture surgery. You guys know what microfracture is? I know it's a big deal.

It's, it's ended some careers. Not yours. They drill holes in your, like cartilage bones to like get blood to see through to create and rebuild cartilage. Couldn't run for like six, seven months.

And then it was on like a pitch count for half this season. Oh, and this is your rookie year? Yeah. Going into your second. Going into my second. I didn't play,

I played one snap by rookie year. And it was a blocked field goal. I was on the field goal team and I only went in because somebody got hurt and I just happened to be dressing that day. Buddy. Dude. How long did you think your career was going to be a death point? I went in there supposed to be the left tight end on fucking field goal. And I'm like, my knee.

I tapped the right tight end because we were on the right hash. So the rush was definitely coming from the field. So I'm like, hey, you're trying to take that left side for me? My knee. And he just being a good team. I was like, yeah, dude, I got you. I went over to the right side. Heard that, do-do, I'm just like, fuck.

Turned around, balls on the ground. I'm like, fuck, get it. Hobbling around. I see guys jumping on. I'm kind of like, fuck my knee. Get out of there. You know, everybody's like, we wasted a fucking track. So the, yeah, the next two weeks, two weeks out of that, I got it.

I got scoped and got through in a brace for six months. So you go through your rookie year, play one snap. Second year, you're on a pitch count. Are you thinking at any point? Maybe I'm just not built for this. Are you kidding me? the entire rehab, I'm just like, God damn,

and I'm never gonna see this happen. You're calling your brother being like, how the fuck? Yeah, he's just being all tough and gritty. He's like, he's got to run through it. Exactly. He's like, that's gonna be so disappointed.

Yeah. So, like, just take the fucking ibuprofen they're giving you and just get back out there. Yeah, I wish it was just ibuprofen. Sure, we get it, dude. You got the photo pulled up. Jesus! That was your x-ray, right?

He's like, keep zooming in on it like, as you guys are talking to them. Jesus. It was like always playing a bit while we're also doing a show. Does that you? No. No chance.

Down to the knees? Congrats. Holy shit. That's big time. Growing up was there, who was the favorite? Was Jason the favorite growing up? 100. He was fucking honor student, fucking did football.

Hockey was like all league and all in like three different sports, never missed a game. Like music genius. was on like the orchestra, the jazz, the fucking, he fucking did every. Yeah, dude, he used to get like 30 tackles a game and at halftime fucking be in the marching band. He was, but he was like the most feared guy in the school.

No shit. Played that trumpet like a mother-downe. Did you have, did you? Baritone sax. My fault. Did you? I had the trumpet, and it was, did you ever resettlement?

It was wax. One for you. That shit was wax. Did you have resentment towards him? No, fuck no. There was never like, oh, he's the fucking favorite. You know, he's kind of doing my thing, too. He's the best.

You know what I mean? And then he kind of comes back around after he's winning Super Bowls and all pro. Like, yeah, I'm pretty fucking good too, guys. No, you got, how many got? No, I followed him. I followed him in the Cincinnati. Okay. So you guys were like that.

You guys never had a little Tiff. What? My brother used to beat my ass. Have you seen, how, how has he gotten used to the retired life? Has he had a good transition? He's thriving. He's thriving. He is crushing life, no doubt.

But I'm wondering inside ball. Like, if he's had like, hey, stay as long as you can't, Adam Sandler, right? Billy Madison. So he's grabbing the kids to do as long as we can. Type of talk with you or if he's like, hey, by the way, on the other side of this, it's incredible. No, he, um, we haven't really talked about it like that now. I don't know. I think he's, he's thriving in the decision that he made.

Obviously, there was probably something that we haven't talked about. It was probably something there that the Eagles went back to the Super Bowl and they won it. Yeah. There's got to be. Any ball player that made that decision would have that, I feel like. but at the same time he's around his four girls enjoying life and being around the fam and doing a bunch of crazy shit uh during the football season and and i don't know he's just enjoying it i don't see i don't see him like regretting any decisions he's that's awesome because once you

walk away man it's tough like you see a lot of guys that leave and you're like that have an identity crisis for the longest time because you used to be the man and then a lot of guys just go back to doing nothing. I mean, we've all seen a lot of college guys that we played with go down that road, a lot of guys that we played with in the league do that. And that's why I kind of always wanted to make sure I set myself up for something, you know, to at least immediately get into. And then always have that connection back to the game. Some, I don't know, some guys just kind of step away and they never come back around the buildings or they never, you know, create those, those relationships with people that, you know,

will help keep them around the game or around everything like that. When you're trying, when you're trying out all those new things, figuring, okay, what could I do next? What was the biggest thing that got you out of your comfort zone? Whether it'd be like SNL, the acting.

The serious acting. The serious acting. Yeah. What level of discomfort was that? Like, were you like halfway through it being like, I know this is not for me? Well, no, not necessarily that it wasn't for me. I mean, I was, uh,

I was a part of a really good cast. I think I got a lot of help and a lot of pointers from them. So they help me at least make me feel comfortable in the moment. But at the same time, just like preparation-wise, like I'm so prepared for an NFL game. Like in my career, I get an entire week to figure out a scheme, how I'm going to attack somebody, how I'm going to like handle certain specific situations. And when you go into acting, it's just I just didn't feel that as prepared.

And I just feel like I got to find that like, I don't know, that professionalism before the the like the cameras are on and I just hadn't found that yet you're just hanging out the trailer I'm just like going over the lines I'm just like as long as I know these I how many times am I gonna read this same line and think that I you know what I mean I got I got to find the then you finally do one that's good and the director's like hey let's get one just to be safe and you're like damn it did he not like it just tell me what yeah yeah if you don't like it just give me a fucking coached that was my entire every single like director that I met on on the on the on what do you call on scenes and everything like that

like that. I was just telling, I was like, coach me up. I'm here to be coached. If I suck, tell me I suck and tell me how it can be better. I'm, I'll take all criticism. I don't give a fuck. How often are you practicing your lines by yourself in front of a mirror? Not necessarily in front of a mirror, which kind of adds to the professionalism, get to see facial features to see how your body's reacting. I was big on like a scene what happened and if the directors were like watching the scene over to see if they like it or not or see what we could do different, I would, like, hurry up and go over there

to watch them film real quick. But I don't know. It's still, like, I don't know. It's still early and, like, just not, I don't know. I don't feel like I grasped the acting world yet. Yeah, seeing him videotaping himself just by himself. And I'm sure if you do, like, the features and, like, okay, I can kind of move a little differently here.

I'm sure. You definitely feel like a demoke doing some of them for sure. Like, you'd feel out of place. Yeah, I'm sure some of the actors are sitting there being like, we've worked our whole lives, gone to theater school, done all this, and this guy scores a couple of touchdowns. Gets to show up and be a part of it. I felt those eyes. You felt, you have to.

I felt those eyes a little bit. The people that are all about the art, like this guy. He doesn't know idea. He doesn't, yeah. He's going to days and shit out. This is life to us. They do slam poetry on the weekends. Is that it right there?

Oh, yeah. That's you? Oh, yeah. It's Eddie. Did you grow that beard? It's fast Eddie. Or was that makeup? The beard's real.

hair, no. Yeah, that is awesome. That is fucking badass. What about SNL? How nerve-wracking was that? The monologue standing up there. That felt a little, like I said, the silly stuff, the funny stuff, the comedy, I just feel so much more comfortable.

There was still like a sense of like, I need to be a professional here. I don't want to like, I want to take advantage of this, but like, I don't want to, I want to have fun doing it, but I don't want to look like. a loser doing this. Like I want to make them respect like my approach and how I'm like taking it serious. And, but it was just a fun roller coaster, man.

You're there all week, fucking up till two, three in the morning every day, just trying to like knock stuff out, do some of the, the pre-recorded stuff. And, um,

yeah, that was insane. That was a crazy ride. It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. That was fun. The SNL thing is one of the more badass situation. Have you, you've been to us now?

I have not. been. I have not hosted. I have not been any part of it at all other than just watching. Nice. Nice. My dad had a Ford Expedition and he had the best of Chris Farley, S&L. That was the only DVD in the car. Van down by the river, baby. Are you kidding me? And I watched the hell out of that.

Burned that. Were you a big Beverly Hills Ninja guy growing up? I was not. You were not? No. Black Sheep guy, Tommy Boy guy. But Beverly Hills Ninja. Those two. Classes. Yeah, classics. Absolutely classics. Those were outstanding. What were the writer's rooms like? So that was, the writer's rooms were fun because you're just getting pitched ideas.

The table reading for a guy they can't really read that well. Same. Preach. It was kind of a fuck situation. And I felt like I was just like trying to like get through the reading instead of actually actually like acting it out and giving it a voice and giving it a character and things like that. Like I was just focused on just don't fucking skip this line. Yeah. You know what I mean?

I, brother. So when it comes to reading difficulties, I will be on that side of the aisle with you my entire life. More of a audible, more of an audio guy. Right. That's why they make audio books now for guys like us. You read it? I'm listening. I'm listening quite a bit, actually.

No, the table read was the hardest fucking part. Do we need, you know, he needs to get a cameo in his tires. That would be legendary. That'd be up your alley right there. Are you kidding me? I'd fucking kill to be in that. Have you watched the second season? I have not started at all.

It's good. Shane's so fucking good. He absolutely killed it. His last time my SNL too. I saw some rumors that like Shane put up a shitload of money for the first season. Everyone was like, don't do it.

And he just bet on himself and it became like a massive hit the way it is. Allegedly. This is like skimming through like YouTube shorts, right? So I don't have anything to verify this. But the fact that he was at the ascension he was making what he was making and he took a risk like that, if that is true, it was wild.

Yeah. That's bad. Now he's in fucking madden. Just crazy. Yeah. Crazy. I'm sorry. Vince Vaugh.

Yeah, he's going to be in the new Madden movie, the new John Madden movie. Oh, I thought you're... Can we say that? Yeah, that's... Yeah, they put it out. Okay, cool, cool, just making sure. I'm not going to throw about a video game. That's what I was like, I was definitely see Shane.

No, the new college football game. Bearing a center for Notre Dame. With Christian Bale, Nicholas Cage, like a big time. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Nicholas Cage dressed as John Madden right now. Yeah. It's fucking hilarious.

Yes. Wow. He's rocking some of those pants. You used to have some of those pants. You used to have some of those plaids. Pleaded right down the middle. Yeah. High wassters.

Fastball. The, he did, he had Vince Vaughn on there on the tire season two. So, that's my legend. If I could have anybody sitting in that seat, love having you.

You're incredible. But I would switch you out for Vince Vaugh. Are you kidding me? I would get up and ask him, please take my seat. I let him take my seat. I let you guys actually do the show. Just I feel like I was a little bit harder.

Just have him reenact a couple of wedding crash lines for us. Yeah. And I'm sure he hates it. But I would definitely be that guy. Old school. It's like, huh? I'm not even wearing a belt.

Am I right? Phenomenal finger foods. How do you think I keep it up? Slick. Yeah. Yeah, dude. That's my goat. That is my goat by far.

Look at him. Swingers. Vegas, baby. Vegas. Great movie. Just pure Vince Vaughn, too. Pure Vince Vaughn. What else we got going?

I don't know. Fuck. What else is new? I don't know. Dude, was there ever, your answer is probably going to be bullshit. But,

I got a few of those in my pocket. There are moments after the year last year where it's just like, we're kind of getting lucky here at the end of the game. I mean, I mean, you guys had so many games

where you're winning so many different ways. You know, that was the craziest one. The Denver block field goals in Arrowhead. But then you. think about it, you watch it on film, you see what they've been doing on film on that side of

the line. It's like, it's kind of not luck. You are not sitting in a field goal meeting. No. You hit no way you sit in a field goal meeting. So watch what they're doing. I'm listening. I'm listening to the next day and be like, see guys, this is what we talked about all week. And I guess I did talk about that. This is why we finish the game right here. This is why we finish the game. Shit, I guess is why we do do it. That's crazy. My knee, my knee. for a guy that voluntarily went to the other side I know this rush is coming this way hey bud you get that

take this one take this one take this one love yeah you guys did win in some crazy fashions yeah it was pretty it was insane still manage the Super Bowl I could not believe it did it was crazy what was the juice like leading up to the Buffalo game because there's obviously so much storyline behind my homes Josh Allen

the games as you guys have had in the past Do you feel guilty to take away from Josh Allen's career? No. No, it's a great competition. He's got his fucking fair share of wins. It's just come during the season. Yeah. I mean, that fourth quarter, I mean, the fourth down in the regular season,

those are still like heroic moments. Yeah. I don't know. I got a fuck ton. I got a dude. Hey, be real. Be real. Can't let it to find you, dog.

They got the first down in that sneak. Nah. Be real. Nah. Be real. What else we got? Let's talk shit. Travis for 20 minutes.

I mean, that was a first down. Also, the way they do the touch push is ridiculous. If you guys think it was, it's so done. Like, I'm going to go over two gaps and then go down the middle. And they did it twice. Nobody pushing him? They did it twice. You got to push that tush.

Yeah. You got to get in there. You got to take advantage of the rules, man. Let's talk about your guys as four minute. Why do we throw it so much? We like the ball in Pat Mom's hands. No doubt about it. He's a great decision maker.

Great decision maker. Stud. Soon to be a guest on Buston with the boy. correct? What? I didn't know you were coming on Pat. Hell yeah, man. I'm just warming this seat up for you, bud. There's a couple of steps. You're one of them. If there's only somebody that we knew. Oh, shit, for what? I mean, we got a lot of ass out of you. Cincinnati, Nebraska, is the bus going to be in? The bus won't be there. However, we will be there with cameras with cameras. All right, there you go. There's your chance. We won a, at the Super Bowl, we won at the Super Bowl, media day, I asked Pat, I go, hey, since Buston with the Boys is no longer with Barstool Sports, would you come on?

He goes, oh, it definitely helps your chances. That went viral, and Dave chewed my ass about that. So I need to find a different way to word. I don't know. I find a different way to word that conversation because I would love to have Pat on. Love Barstool. But what is this? Can we get Jason on?

We have a gift for him. Jason's coming on when Nebraska beats Cincinnati. That's already part of the. put a bow on that shirm but the the bet is going to be in the offseason right should be should be like it would be nice just to get jason on just like solo before they come on collectively right so we get jason on and then the off season we get them both on yeah along with adam sandler patrick mahomes lebron james lebron james i'm i'm just going to make sure i shoot the text out as soon as I leave here.

Just put us all in a group chat. There we go. Hey, Sandman. What a tornadoes? Oh, McConaughey. Huge fans. Have you had McConaughey on the bot on New Heights? That would be an awesome one, man.

Get him to talk some fucking ball. Yeah. Ah, damn. What other things have you not done yet that you'd like to give a try for your post football career? I want to see what, what calling a game feels like. Oh.

Yeah. Getting in the booth. You saw that Tom Brady paycheck. And you saw his first couple of games and you're like, oh, I can do that. I can do that shit. 320? Was that what it was? It was fucking.

You did that quarterback money. Yeah, it was a fuck ton of money. No, I've always, I've always like, I feel like impersonated, you know, guys that call the games and stuff like that growing up. And I don't know. I thought it would always be fun. You also throw up a random clip and you commentate it for us real quick? You don't want to do that? I don't like, no.

You don't want to do some improv here? No. That's not, yeah. Do a table read? Yeah, yeah. That's what it felt like right there. I just feel like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, sir. No, no, no, no, I, I love where your heads at, but the, yeah, go and

compensate this one. I love your heads at, but I feel like the preparation involved for calling a game, like truly sitting in the booth, color competition has got to be so. Player names, player names is where I would get fucking, fucking, ruined the fact that they get those people and be able to go out what impresses me the most is like hockey hockey or basketball because that ball is just moving around puck's moving around everywhere yeah and they're able to just go go go go michael jordan's getting in the scene oh i know i'm excited is he in the and he's he's not just doing like uh like what barkling them doing pretty much like

that oh all right i'm still sure to see his take on it off yeah yeah i know you know he'll sling it Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. If you're Michael Jordan, why do it? Like, you're a billionaire. He's probably bored. Golf every day. Brother, you've had a lot of time to not be bored.

Like, you're in your late 50s now, right? Yeah, at least. It's like, you know, the NASCAR team. He's probably, he's, he's got the best. I think it'll be epic. It'll be an insane bump for the NBA. Oh, it'll be massive. Because he's pretty hit.

My dollar amount he couldn't refuse. NBC's going to have. What's that number? I don't know. Isn't NBC? I have no clue. NBC's got it. God.

One of our newer busing members, Clay Matthews, I only overheard the story, but can we get that when you first played against him? When he fucking made me feel like I was going to get my ass fucking killed. Yeah. I mean, it was that 2000s, that first year playing. So it wasn't 13, it was 14, but it was like my first couple games playing.

And I had like maybe 10 catches up to this point in my career. And I'm going into Lambo and I'm thinking, this is Lambo, this is my moment. This is where I'm going to fucking, people are going to know me after this. Yeah. And I'm all hyped up and fired up to play. I think it was 14.

It might have been 15. Either way, I see Clay Matthew. I'm just like, oh, shit, that's fucking Clay Matthews. His arms are way bigger in person than they are on TV. And they are fucking enormous on TV. And it's like the back. side of a fucking outside zone and I'm chasing him down I kind of give him a hit and I'm like

yeah motherfucker and he stops squares up to me says don't fuck it ever fucking talk to me I'll fucking kill you or something something along the lines blah blah blah blah I'll fucking kill you and I was just like couldn't even say anything after that I'm just like dude they were just playing ball

I thought we were just having a little time man just talking a little shit that is wild I'll fucking kill you comment. It's thrown around a lot in those 60 minutes. It's thrown a lot around a lot. Have you ever had any other moments like that with a different player? James Harrison's.

I think it was same year. Same year. And he had the he had the visor on. The dark visor. And it was like the backside of a run. Jamal Charles is fast as fuck. He's already out the gate. And I'm just kind of like holding him.

I'm like, yeah, he can't get off the block. And he just stares at me. Doesn't say anything. I kind of like go like this to see if he's really staring at me. His fucking eyes follow or his head follows a little bit. And I'm just like, what? My bad.

Like three plays later, I'm on the line of scrimmings like looking into the ball. He's outside backer kind of fucking around with like number two, three by one set. And he just times it up and smokes me on the like times up the snap and everything. I come off the ball. Wow! Just absolutely blindsided. I'm like getting up with like my fucking head still trying to figure out what the fuck just happened. plays I absolutely fuck the entire play Alex Smith sees the snap sees what's happening

he's like fuck I got to get out of the pocket yeah and he just starts running around end of drive and I'm just and I'm just kind of looking around I look over at him he's just staring at me with the fucking visor on again I'm just like not saying a thing and I'm just like he's fucking killed somebody for sure yeah yeah dude I played him my rookie year on Monday night football first played the end with aeropic six but before the game started all the office line I'm like hey I know you like to chatter a little bit but Don't talk to this guy. Don't say a word to him.

Just leave him alone. Hopefully he stays asleep during the game. But it's like Monday night football. I'm hyped up. I'm juiced up. I'm ready to make a name for myself. So if we're facing the game, something happens.

I'm like, I'm fucking, I'm here all day type, whatever, whatever dumb ass comment I make. We're all fucking day. And he doesn't say a word to me. And then like he kind of lines up in a four and I go,

I'm like, I'm about to cut off. This dude's so fast. And I go to cut him off. And I go to cut. No, I go to put an arm up to get a, start going to a linebacker in a C block.

He drops down at the ground and just grabs my ankle and starts gator rolling. No. Yes. Starts gator rolling me. And right then and there, I thought, okay, yeah, it's, uh, it might be over for me. It might be over for this conversation the rest of the game. But he was, he's got that fucking move too. He like, puts his arm in and uses your leverage to spin you around.

It's crazy. Because you look at him and you're like, yeah, he's definitely like, he's a beefcake. There's no doubt about. Like, he's got a lot of muscles on him. But he's so short, you're like, I'll be able to handle this. No way. It's very hard to handle that. There's no handling that.

No sacks. But it was a hard game. Nice. Then you see him on Instagram just pushing those sleds and the plates are like. Plates are falling over. Hitting him in the head doesn't even matter. He's running through it the whole time. He's got a bendy bar with 405 on it, reverse gripping it like this.

Brother, you are retired. Yeah. What are you out of here chasing? You saw his comment about the 100 men versus gorilla? Yeah, two James Harrison's. Yeah, he's like two. They were like, like, why two? One to film it.

One to film it. Look at this. That's pretty good. What's he out here chasing? 1,800 pounds. No way. God bless. He's got to be on that TRT or something, right?

He might have the strongest of the Qaeda of all time. Of all time that Achilles is needed that NBA this year. Fuck, got to be on something. Got to be on something, right? I mean, now for sure. Yeah. But when he played, he was undrafted. You ever see the interview?

There's rumors. Have you seen the interview of him? Like, I think it's like his first couple of years in the league. whatever and the guy sits down he's like uh so talk to me about the combine he goes uh you i didn't go to the combine he goes oh we'll talk to me about draft night he was like you don't know me do you he's like uh he's like i wasn't drafted and the guy's like oh i guess i don't know you he takes the microphone off and just leaves and you just hear the reporter be like sorry this fucking guy they had him at fullback jesus yeah that's insane bro like is have you seen a more intimidating figure than him

no way that's him that's him No way. 16? Yeah, that's a year. With the neck roll. Oh, massive necro. Look at those pads.

Look at the one where he sprawled out with the ice on his leg. Yeah, what's that one right there? You know he went back and played that next night? Ball player. Yeah. Can't stay, baby. It's fucking go. Northeast Ohio.

Golden flashes. They haven't won in a game in a few years, have they? I think since Julian Ellman was quarterback. What's the most wild? Look, that used to be fucking. that used to be media day. Isn't that fucking nuts? We're going to have you jump up.

We're going to get some photos of you in the air. What's the most wild, all-field story that your mother hasn't heard, that she would be shaking her head at. Oh, my God. Listening to this right now. I don't know. I think my mom's heard them all.

Like an oldie that you might bring up now that it's, you know, years and years back. I got a nice. nothing I can share, man. They're all, they're all deep, they're all deep down there. Never, never get brought back up. Any close running with the law or where you kind of came out on scape? No, I've always been good with the law, man. I'm a criminal justice major at the University of Cincinnati, so I understand the law. I knew how to stay out of jail, you know. Some strategy. You are polished. Yeah. Some strategies are going into it. I was like, listen, I'm not

going to know how to read, but I'm no how to stay out of jail. Yeah, no doubt. I think if you pick one or the other, that's the one you pick. No doubt about it. So, never were to jail, huh? Oh, you son of a bitch. What is that? You're going to bring up that... What is this? You're going to take me right? I thought we were done talking to Super Bowl.

It was fire. Any old photos that you look back in? You're like, ah, that wasn't... Fucking everything. The worst thing I ever did was the dating show. Oh. Catching Kelsey was the fucking worst thing I ever did. Why?

It didn't... I don't know if it's... It didn't set me up for anything. It was... I didn't realize what reality TV really was. And it's just what the experience was, that's not even my body. Set you up for slander. You know what I mean?

Yeah. Well, not even that. It was just, I don't even think anybody watched it. It was just 50 women, 50 states. This is after your rookie year. So this is after the, my knee, my knee. This is, yes. Look at that knee.

Look at that knee. Go get a Kelsey MRI. Go get it, Kelsey. Everyone's question why they drafted you. I was like, yeah, I'm having fun. I'm having fun. I'm having fun. And then I was like, oh, shit, everybody is going to be able to see this forever.

I'm like, God, damn it. They're all quite, everybody in the organization is kind of like, is Kelsey going to work out? Like, he's kind of injured. He's got this fake little knee injury. He's on here doing reality TV. Do you think he cares about the game? What is, what is that first team meeting like?

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Yeah, but if you get on the field, drop a pass or something like that, probably should have done that. I forget what year. I think I had a pretty solid year after that. So I still showed up. So it wasn't like I wasn't being a. accountable. It was just being like, hey, how about we fucking figure out something else out to do?

How about we figure something else? So was that not renewed for a second season? Even if they asked me to do it again, I would be like, hell no. How soon after that were you like, I'll never do this shit again? About halfway through. Oh, no. I was filming it. I was like, I'm in over my head

right now. I think there's a lot of good personalities on the show. That one girl had a nice biceps. A lot of people trying to, you know, make it big and a little Hollywood. They said 50 from each state. It was more so like 50 from LA that can tell you they have a relative that lives in another state. No shit. It was hilarious. That's just wild. And your agent said do it. Yeah, I said no to it about five times. We have any word on battle camp season two? I haven't heard anything yet. I did. I mean, I showed you that text today. You did? I don't think we can talk about that yet, though. I don't think we can publicly talk about

that is it in your contract that you can't talk about it i don't want to mess it we got to get ahead you got to get ahead promo all i need to say if you're hearing this right now make sure you vote oh make sure you vote one the time yeah we're not going to say confirm or deny that there's a nominee bro something yeah just know that we got to be ready boots on the ground boots in the ground we got to vote we got to vote we got to vote so but no word on the uh No, it has not officially Greenlit a second season of battle camp. Did you watch any of the battle camp? I didn't catch it now.

Oh, widely expected to be renewed due to a strong reception. I don't know that. You guys watch catching Kelsey? I had a fucking chance. You didn't watch my show? I see the clips that come out on the internet every now and then. Yeah? Yeah.

It's crazy. You didn't watch any of battle camp? No. Can you give me a favor? Yeah. When you get home, just go to Netflix. Okay. Type in battle camp.

Gotcha. you play the show I don't care if that's me I don't care if you even don't watch it you just walk away go make yourself some food but I need that I need those views I need you to go rip those views I'll get in there for you

that'd be outstanding look at that dude look at that Jack come on that you like that Jack Thrive you're killing it yeah how'd you like that it was definitely different I liked it a lot

I would definitely do it again nice but the location and it was like an hour to and from one way so it was like two hours travel every single day. It was a lot. I was away from my family. So I think if we do a season two, if I can bring my family and do all that, then I'm in. Nice. Because it is, it's not a heavy lift. And it is a lot of fun to see how that world works, which I really enjoyed. Fuck yeah. Got to vote. Got to vote when it comes out. Sure. July 7th.

Yeah. Dude, um, last year when we were here, there's like obviously all the hype. You guys just won a Super Bowl. Your relationship is very fresh. And you're just on, you become an A-list celebrity. What are some things that it's been over a year since we've seen you that you're like, I miscalculated this a little bit as far as like how much exposure, how much publicity do you get everywhere you walk? Yeah, it's just the being, I don't want to say being.

It's just the paparazzi. That's probably the only thing I didn't really grasp until you're in it. That's probably the craziest part though. Like I'm just playing golf and all of a sudden in the trees there's a fucking guy with a camera and you're just like yeah we're in a gilly suit yeah like oh shit like I got to go to the restroom now I can't just go over here and take a piss right right yeah yeah I can't just be polite it's got to get it's got to get

never been ashamed of slamming beers just don't want my my meat on page six it's like you know what I mean like you got a You got to go to the restroom. This is like the first season where she's not touring. Yeah. And she'll be at a lot of the, she'll be at a lot of the Kansas City games. Yeah,

I mean, she tried to get to as many as she could last year and she gave to a lot. So, yeah, we'll have to represent. And you're going to concerts and stuff too. You guys are just all over.

Yeah, having fun with it, man. Yeah, being a couple, dude, you already know. It's,

it gets thrown out there as it's like, we're trying to seek attention every now and then, but it's like, we're just enjoying life and having fun. going to hockey games yeah kind of introducing her to some of some more of the sports world that uh

that she has really yeah that was fun man fucking hell of a game yeah you get a fucking a pulled goalie fucking last second fucking five on six and score a goal with it with like four seconds left that she was epic yeah hockey's one and overtime hockey in the playoffs yeah did the fan base is wild when we were at um not the super bowl the draft remember when we went up on top of at the the bud light thing and this family came over there wanting to get a photo but the the wife the lady was kind of like she approached me she's like yeah i know who you are i don't i don't really i don't really like your stuff and she kind of hits me with like the little swifty thing and i'm like what what happened like what's going on i'm a big fan of you guys she's just like you know you just did a

couple things that and i'm just thinking is it just the trolling of the chiefs like are you just a kind of a chiefs fan now and you've seen me troll the chiefs because i'm thinking what the fuck did i do that was wild it was weird she was like 45 and just stood on business Yeah, I stood on business. I was like, look, I'm the same. We're on the same bucket team. Like, do I want you guys to win the Super Bowl? No.

I still love my boy Traff. Come on now. Yeah, 45-year-old white women. They're the most. They will stand ten toes down on anything. She let me know, too. She let me know. So she's watching.

I'm sure she might be watching because we've got travel on. Yeah. Why is he going on their show? Dude. Tudan you. Yes, sir. Dude. How much bigger can it get?

It blows my mind. It's crazy how big it's got. We raised over, I think, 900,000 last year alone for charities. That's wild. It's just dope that we keep getting like a lot of the main guys in the tight end community. Like George is up in that thing every single year. Greg is obviously there are the ones hosting it. And it's just cool to see 80 tight ends in the NFL come together for a weekend.

It blows my fucking mind. Hang out. You guys have created, like pioneered your own, like, less and less position group. Football. Like you guys were, yeah, yeah, dude, I saw in the, it's only kind of one day on the field. I'm struggling. I'm struggling out there day two.

I am like, I am leaking bud lights. And I am just trying to figure out how I'm going to explain a route concept. Yeah. I pull up, I pull up absolutely shit face from the night before. And I, and Greg comes up to me and I, all right, Travis, you got 30 minutes. I'm like, 30 minutes of what? Yeah, 30.

Of course, ready to eat some ball. I was like, fuck. Talking about route concepts while you're literally just draining. You're draining. Here we go. What are we going to do? It's crazy. I'll break out some cones.

Tight ends. You, Greg, and George have admitted a, like, a wholesome name. Like, put tight ends on the board. Well, it's, I feel like, and you guys can attest to this. A lot of the tight ends are like, whatever you need. I'm here for the good time. Like, I'm a hard work. One of the hard.

one of the hardest workers, but at the same time, I'm here to have some fucking fun. I feel like naturally that's where the tight end world is. So you get those guys from every single team and everybody's just kind of bringing, when you bring them together, it's just like a big kicket. And sure enough, when you're getting like starting tight ends from all over the place, it feels like it's like an all-star like atmosphere, like an all-star weekend atmosphere, a pro-ball atmosphere. And you start to kind of, I don't know, it's really like taken off until like one of my favorite

like three days before the season even starts. Shit's fun. And then it doesn't matter where you're out on the roster, like any of the younger tight ends that come in, it's like you see the culture and community that you guys have built. And it's just like, I don't know. If I was a young guy,

I'd be walking away feeling like, oh, man, it is sick to be a part of this. Yeah. And it's reassuring because the shit in the building can get so tedious and, like, focused and like so serious. And when you had George up there, you know, making jokes about, you know, what he's doing

or do you see me out here just like laughing about how I got locked up on a play. It's like you can, you see that, all right, everybody has these ups and downs, but you can still have fun doing this shit. Yeah, 100%. How did national tight end day come about? That's like a real thing to celebrate it now. Yeah, I think that's through George.

George is the, he is tight in you. His family, he lives here in Nashville, his family. So many players I feel like move here just to go train at that barn. Dude, it's epic. It's epic. And that's a fucking hell of a setup he's got over there. Hell of a setup. But yeah, I think his family helps like run it.

I know Claire helps a lot with the significant others. And it's just he he's embodied kind of the fun aspect of Titan you and like what it means to be a tight end and how much you can enjoy doing it but still being like a tenacious motherfucker. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think I've ever seen somebody have more fun playing football than him. Dude, it's so he's the best. He is the best. Is there a young George out there that you could see carrying the tight-in flame?

Just personality-wise. That doesn't even have to be. Obviously, his talent's crazy. I don't think there's another George out there. No, not in terms of, like, personality. There's only one. Yeah, there's only one of those guys. You got to be bat shit crazy and, like, football smart.

Yeah. I just haven't found, I haven't seen anybody like that. We got shocky. We got Shockey this year. I haven't met him. How about that? Haven't met him yet, man. Fucking pumped.

Yeah. He was one of my favorite guys. When I moved to the tight end, I was like, too, to be sweet if I could have the intimidation that Shockey had on the field. Just dream of throwing somebody else's helmet. Look at this dude, man. Get hit over the middle. The locks coming out.

Dude, are you kidding me? I mean, that's all the time. He's so badass. So badass. You want to him with the Bud Light question? Yeah. Travis Kelsey. Anybody would do anything for a butt.

Bud Light. Okay. What is something that you would do anything for? Can't say family. Got three Super Bowl rings. You got it all. Happy Gilmore. Oh, see,

SNL, part of Happy Gilmore. Done a lot. I've done a lot. I would say, man. God damn. Everything just screams

win another Super Bowl. I would do anything for. I would do anything. I'm lame. You guys have such fucking, fucking hard questions every time I come on here. Hard?

This is tough one? You hit me with one last time I was sitting here fucking silent as fuck. It's okay. Sometimes the viewer needs a break. Do anything for the best part is

we got editing power too so we can just make it seem like you had one ready to go. What was George's? His answer? I think he was a Super Bowl. Oh, because y'all asked

like would you go to prison for a year? Yeah. If you got the one single rule. I go to prison I mean Oh you do anything for a good time So Kelsey is known for saying he do anything for a good time I'm here for a good time yeah per chat GPD

Yeah Can't always believe chat GPD I looked up a few of those Man I would say I mean I'm just going to go Super Bowl I just want to I want to end this season without that fucking sour taste in my mouth. So I'd do anything for to be on the other side of the mountain.

Again. Yes. That's wild. You already have three. It's kind of selfish. Yeah, if anything, I think it's a little... Like, you remember 2019 when you took a Super Bowl opportunity away from me? I mean, it was a good game, though.

Do you remember that, though? Yeah. It was a beautiful day in Arrowhead. Huh? You remember after the game dabbed me up? Hey, bro, great to see you. you. I didn't say great to see. I say great game. Great to see you having a great game. You're trying to be homies. Yeah. Which I did appreciate in love. Yeah. But also you took

something from me. No, I didn't. I'll never get it. I might have, I took it more from him than I ever took him. What did you take from him? What did you take from him? Huh? What do you mean? He played like two games his old career in the playoffs. So he took real. Yeah, we played against, I was never even on that. Well, I guess the Ravens. Ravens, I wasn't on the Ravens when they went. When we played the You were up in the suite. Oh, it's right. You were up in the suite filming me, being a demon on kickoff. Yeah, that's right.

We had to resurface that video too. I took a bit... This is the year I had my ACL torn, and I was taking a video of every snap Will took. And he, I think he touched three people the entire game. He's out there running around. He was... Covering kickoff.

Covering kickoff. He's all touchbacks. Oh, yeah. He did do the end zone first. He sees him in the sideline daffing up AJ Brown. He was... Covering a pun, I think that's a fair, fair call. Yeah, dude.

Yeah, Super Bowl would be nice. Be good. What would you do for a fourth Super Bowl? What would you like? I think he would do anything to have a thousand yard season, get this franchise touchdown record, and cap it off with the Super Bowl, only to sail off into the sunset and not meet football again.

Yeah, with a focus on Super Bowl, yeah. Yeah, but a highlight. That would be nice. Like, those are your minors, the 1,000 yard season, the record. Yeah. But your major. I stopped throwing the yards in there.

I just want to fucking get d'Uts. You stopped throwing them in there because you failed to get the consecutive 1,000? No. So you're like, all right, fuck the yards. Well, I mean, I chose not to play that game. Oh, that's right. That's right. It just isn't about the yards for me anymore.

It used to be. I used to fucking want to get 1,000 yards every year, every single year. Like, that was like the milestone, and that you were elite in the league, especially at the tight end position. Yeah. But then I just, like, it's more important to get dubs. I feel like getting that message to the teammates was way more important. It's very easy to say that when you're a first ballot hallfamer.

When you're Travis. Hayes in the barn. Yards don't matter. Call it quits right now. Five years from now. Eight seasons a thousand. Well and I are doing your induction speech. My boy, Travis, he did it.

Yeah, if you need us, phone call away. Because you're going to do a lot for us, so we're just letting you know. Brother, we're available. You know we love you. We'll do that. Give you a hell of an introduction. But it is a hell of luxury to sit there and I'm not worried about yards. Like your legacy is cemented regardless of what happens this season.

And that's got to be a badass feeling. Yeah, but it's still, the taste in my mouth from the last game is still. That is a true athlete. I can't, I can't. I don't feel comfortable. You know what I mean? Yeah. Wanted the paranoid survive.

That's all I got. That's all I have. That was my bar for the day. Travis, this was great. We'll see you August 28th. August 28th, on the sideline, pregame. Yeah.

Little pregame presser. We'll get the stair down going. Let's fucking go. Yeah. Go ahead. Finish that thought. No. Fish a thought.

He's going to know. He's going to know after the first quarter. going to know if to the first drive. The first quarter? He's going to know. Come on, man. Can't come at us like that. I want to say it, dude. I'm going to pull. He's going to look at me on the sideline after the score on the first drive. What's your, what? I'm going to pull out a magnum. I'm going to look at it and I'm going to throw in the trash game back. We don't need one.

I saw to... Raw dog. Jesus. And they pull out a can of Vaseline. Yeah. Don't eat that. Yeah. But they pull out a row spark.

We don't eat it right now. We do need that. We do. We do the row sparking. Throw the row spark in. What's you guys like? Are you guys a good, like, passing team? We're going to be a good passing team.

We're going to be a good running team. We're going to be solid on defense. We're a little lighter in the ass because we lost a couple. Oh, that's the last thing. You'd see that. Yeah. We lost a couple big dogs in the middle. See, that's where we...

But we have a better offensive line. Dylan Raola, another year in the system. You know his old man, Dominic Raola. This is a kid who comes into the system. He knows every check. Pedigree. He knows every past protection that there is. He knows that a check at the line of scrimmage.

Is this true? He's got weapons on the outside. Yeah. Dominic Raola? Yeah. 13 years in the league, 12, 13? All pro? No, I'm talking about his son.

Dillon? Yeah, that's his boy out there. Yeah. And he's on the same level mentally? He's on a, yeah, he's on a level mentally. I was talking to the OC, and we were, you know, I'll keep those conversations private. Satterfield's brother?

Hougerson, Dana Hulgerson. Oh, all right. He wears the, he wears the boy's redhead on the sideline. J.P. knows what I'm talking about. Okay, okay, okay. We hired him mid-year. Went on a little run there at the end.

Oh, what's me? I remember this, dude. Yeah. Stumbled to Iowa. We stumbled in Iowa. We don't run at the end of the year, but second or last game of the year, we stumbled with Iowa.

Wait, I was the second to last game of the year. I was like our last regular season game because, you know, we went bowling. Bad boy mowers. We're still in the category. Bad boy mowers. Keeping the bowl game when you win. What was the best bowl game you went to when you were there? Capital one.

Part of the New Year's six. And here we go, Will, what did you do? Pick six. Pick six. That boy was bowling. This trips far gun, the ex was nasty and there's a little tip on the sheet 100% of the time. They'd run a, you know, the X would run or drag, and they're trying to get you with a running back. like mid-screen.

It's fucking go. Snipped it out right when he was coming down like a bad shot out of hell. Watt. Aaron Murray. Took it did a little spin. Guys a fucking ball player. Here it is right here.

We got the clip pulled up. I don't know how we found it. I'll know how we got it so fast. Why? You see a Trips Far Gun. X is nasty. He's inside the numbers. For those watching, he's inside the numbers.

That's what we mean by nasty. Load screen is brutal. Oh, no. Come on, guys. I got travis here. I got a show on this. This is crazy. We do.

If we're trying to wait for it to load, some shout-out, no free shout-out could be in order because our guy Demetrius, he said he came prepared in case the opportunity came up. Oh, yeah, he got me last time. Oh, you're ready. Oh, here we go.

Check this out. Who slipped up on a... Oh! Can you get the rewind? Can you hit the rewind? Who the fuck? Is that Aaron Murray? Yes, bro.

God damn it, Aaron. Todd Gurley was on the team, Keith Marshall. You can't fucking stare 51 right in the fucking eyes and throw it right to him. He thought his guy's going to get the block. He didn't respect you out. at all. He's like, no way this guy can catch. The catch and spin is impressive.

Double clutch, though. I thought I was 40 yards out, I guess. It was just 25. You guys won that game? We won the first half. They named the games after you. Yeah. New Year's Six. That's why they named it. The pick six on New Year's Day. Do you know that?

No. I didn't even know you guys. I didn't even know you guys went into the bowl. What year is this? 2000. The year was 2013 because the New Year just came. picked off, but it was the 2012 season. We played that year, didn't we? Yeah, we beat you guys. We earned our black shirts. You guys averaged a little over two yards of carry.

This is your senior year? Yeah. Last game of my life in college ball, you had to go off right. I did my part. Listen, I got us up 13-6. Got us up 13-6. Boy should take care of the rest.

Yeah, we had the lead. God. Oh, no. What was your last year? Last game. Last game, Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, which is also. B-Dubs. Yeah, Tempe, Arizona.

My last game in high school was also in Tempe, Arizona. And we played Kansas State, and we got donkey stomp, like 44 to 14. Yeah. Shout out Russell Bell and me, our quarterback. What was the best ball he played there? I got in against Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators at the Sugar Bowl. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

We, I think Tim and Tebow threw for 500 yards. And we all know he's not much of a thrower. Yeah. Kind of went off. Yeah, he did. He had his career day. Career day. Against the old bearcats.

Solidified first round draft pick. Yep. We gave it to, yep. Because they got a, who did they lose to Ole Miss that year? And that's what they would have lose the national championship game? They did, they did a 30 for 30 on that team. And they didn't show the last game they played. I was hoping we were going to get a came home.

They didn't even show it. How many points you guys put up? I had one carry for 22 yards. One carry? Yeah, it was back in my QB days. No, back in my QB days. You were playing quarterback. Yeah. So you were getting killed. It was second half, yeah. We were getting smoked.

Murdered. 51, 24. Yep. I was a part of that second half surge, though. You see us putting up. Second half surge. But he came He came with some.

For the shout-nep-free shout-out if we want to. Oh, yeah. He's got the jersey on. Yeah. Why don't you start us off? I don't know if we could throw that one. Kick us off. That's going to meet.

Cincinnati Bearcat as well. Let's fucking go, me. Let's fucking go. Are he going to be there on August 28th? Oh, fuck yeah, he is. You know, Will you, I've been hearing a lot of chirps. I've been back here quiet, you know, but it's going to be cats by 90. Oh, who-hoo!

Cats by 90. I was wondering why you're so quiet back there in a conversation. Human. Just waiting, Taylor. Yeah. But shout out, no free shout out. What did I say last year? Shout out to all the plumbers last year.

Oh, shit. He's clogging some toilets. Sometimes when you're in a quick buying, you need something good to eat, you know, you start scrawling on Uber Eats. DoorDash is terrible. Uber Eats. I'm Uber Eats all day. You know what I mean?

Shout out to all those delivery drivers out there, slumming the streets, delivering that hot, fresh food from wherever you decide to, you know, press submit on. You know? Man, they're the real MVP's out there. Damn. All right. There's a big old son bitch right there. Let's see his with shoulder pads in that jersey right now.

Dude. Oh, that's your time. That's not fucking around. What? Nothing. I messed up. Oh, did you say something about teetot? Do you got a shout-out, J-P?

I can give one if we need to give them. My shout-out, no free shout-out would be, we're talking about reading earlier. When you're in elementary school, and either your name or your friend's name comes up in the text that you're reading. in the book for class. So it's like Michael went to the store to grab five apples. And you look over at your boy Michael, you're like, you're in the book. And I feel like it's always hype when your name gets featured

in your like elementary school school book. All right. Yeah. Solid. Okay. Solid. Very nice. Very nice.

My shout out. Newford shout out this week goes to, goes to my 2019 Susquehanna football team. We got an email where we got notified. I think like a week ago. that we our team is getting inducted into the ring of honor for our college the whole team the whole team nice there you go fuck yeah man September 6th I will be up at Susquehanna accepting that so I won't be here oh yeah so you're not going to be at work that's on a Saturday the captains are

accepting it and I was blessed enough to be a captain so me davy cold okay captain all right i see you Mitch so yeah Mitch is having a record year right now I thought he was a center for with that C up there where you're captain yeah yeah yeah nice sure what you got for us babe uh shout out no free shout out to the 2019 cusquahanna roster they're getting inducted into the ring of honor and my boy Mitch is going to be there he was a captain on the team nice good hey great shout out great shout out Thank you. Will? I don't have one on me right now.

I'm going to steal one. Last week, JP was going on a bachelor party. Wasn't excited about going on that bachelor party. Yesterday I decided to call JP, but hey, was it worth it? Quickly says yes. Drives, however many hours you did drive. What, eight hours? It took eight hours and get back because traffic.

Right. So let's say six hours there, eight hours back. Just to spend one day with his boy who is known for. a long time. And the one thing that resonated with me in that conversation was the gratitude text from your boy, saying, hey, I appreciate you making the time. Thank you for coming out. I know we don't get to hang out as much. And I feel like any time you see one of your old friends, or you do something, you go the extra mile from one of your old friends as you haven't seen a long time and you get that text, you realize you're on the right path in life. So shout out

the gratitude text. Joe's? Do you need me to give one? Yeah, you do this. I'm back and forth between violent shits and our fire department. Together or? No, this is two separate shoutouts. I'm going to shout out our fire department. Okay. The ambulance crew. I haven't told you this story.

I told it last night for the dads, but Rue was choking on a coin. Rue was choking on a coin. I was sitting at the kitchen island she was having lunch we're talking routine lunch Charles was playing with Scotty on the couch and Rue wanted Charo to do this magic trick that Charles always does for and Charles was like I can do a free later sweetheart I'm playing with Scotty right now

but whenever you get done we can do the magic trick over here and I'm pumping out an email so I'm not watching Rue but apparently there was a coin a euro a coin sitting on the kitchen island Rue grabs the coin and this magic trick is like whether Charo puts it in the back of her ear, behind her head, or it comes out, but it seems like it comes out of her mouth. Or she puts it in her mouth and it comes out somewhere else.

So Rue has the coin and she's essentially trying to mimic this magic trick. So she puts the coin in her mouth and she starts choking to where I'm sitting there on my iPad and I hear her gag herself. And I hear her make the gag noise and I kind of look over at her and she's got her fingers in her mouth. And she gagged herself again. And I just look at her. I'm like, what are you doing? they're thinking like you know she might have found something new that she was like doing i have no clue and um i hear charles say like are you choking i was like is she choking she's choking she's choking

there's a coin in her mouth and i stand up and i'm like what in the fuck is going on i like get behind her and i start trying to give her the heimlich and charles like are you doing it right and i was like i think i'm doing it right and i'm like hopping up and down with her like right below the sternum trying to get it up and uh charl just jumps in watch out and she's like trying to grip it out of trying to like reach down her throat and get the coin out she's like i feel it i feel it i feel it I feel it And she's like, I lost it. I lost it. And I'm like, I go, what do we do?

She's like, call 911. I'm gonna keep trying to scrape it out. So I called 911. I'm in an absolute panic. She's trying to get the coin out of Rue. She's starting to bleed. There's like blood on my shirt because she like scratches her in the throat.

And I'm on the phone. The call lasts about three minutes and about the two minute mark when they're like, we have somebody on their way. Charles, like, I got the coin again. I got the coin. She rips the coin out of her throat and Rue ended up being fine. But the EMT, like the fire department,

everybody like, you know, comes over to the house and they just checked her for vitals. She turned up fine, but absolute terrifying moment. Insane. How fast were they there? Within, I want to say, like, three minutes from that call. Oh, no shit. There was, like, somebody coming.

Like, when the call was happening, she's like, there's somebody coming right now because I was like, hey, she got the coin out. She seems to be doing okay. I ask her a couple questions, like, well, I'm on the phone. And she's like, well, they're on their way already. So they're going to come and just, like, check her vitals and stuff. So shout out the fire department, the EMT, the EMT career. Because they're like giving us, you know, they're like breaking down like some of the situations that could have happened because I'm thinking in my mind in that moment, if she goes unconscious, like she could die.

That's not like she who's like, no, even if she goes unconscious, you start doing the compressions and just trying to get like oxygen to her brain. We would have still got it out had we arrived because a coin, the good thing about a coin is it's not like it doesn't break down like food does in your throat to where it can like fully close it. fully close it up. But it's like, you know, they're kind of briefing us on everything that happened, but it was fucking terrifying. What was that talk like after the Rue?

Hey, we're not going to put a coin in our mouth anymore, are we? That's a magic tree. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why it's called magic, sweetheart. I like, you know, Charles was in a panic and stuff afterwards, and I'm kind of staying there with Charo, and I was like,

maybe we don't teach Scotty that magic trick. Yeah. But you know, it ended up all solid, but it was like in that moment it was hell buddy it was scary especially when Charles like I got it and she's like

I lost it went down further I'm just like oh my god and Charles just jumps into like superhero mode like you call I want him she's like scraping it out for real buddy pull that thing out she's like you know knuckle deep she has like bite marks like up here on her hand

dude we got so I don't know we don't have this exact one but there's something like that goes over their nose and mouth and you like press a button and it pulls something out so we'll like, take the fruit out. That's what you were starting to talk about last night. Yeah. It's not this, but it's like, it's like more like harder plastic and it kind of goes down.

And it has something up there and you press a bun and it shoots it down. It's like spring loaded where it shoots down and so it can pull something out. Because I've had the thought a couple times with the kids eating something. Like they'll just eat grapes. I'm thinking myself, those grapes are dangerous motherfuckers out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Always slicing them in a half. Yeah, always slicing them.

But then they get older and you're like, all right, I guess you can have a regular ass grape. And I just get nervous. I get nervous about that. Choking. in pools, man. I get nervous with my kids being in. That's not it either. But yeah, pools. So what's your shout out, Traff? Dude, I'm over here trying to figure it out. And then I hear how serious this fucking story is. I haven't been thinking about it at all. Um, shout out to your wife, though, man. That's awesome. She jumped into action, bro. It was nuts.

Um, you know what? Shout out to the, uh, the Cleveland Heights Tigers, man. Take it back to high school. I haven't been around my city in probably two years, man. And I'm, and I, I literally named a podcast with me and my brother after the upbringing that we had. And I just, I love the, I love the areas that I grew up. I love the families that, that helped me kind of become the man that I am today. And I just feel like you can never give enough love to a community that, that raises kids the right way, man. So shout out, free shout out. No free shout out.

Cleveland Heights, baby. I love you guys. You and Jason, not to put pressure. that sneak them an idea but host a little live podcast yeah we both got to get back to fucking cleveland man yeah that'd be epic I was just gonna say sometimes I enjoy the fight of an explosive shit like when you know when you know you're having a big one and you're kind of fighting you know no pun of 10 you're kind of fighting your ass off a little bit of blood in the stool afterwards and you're kind of like it becomes a strategy to where okay I can't push this

out I'm gonna have to slowly start breaking it down so you start like clamping your ass cheeks and your asshole so it breaks it down a little bit so you can have a little bit more life to push and then you don't want to push too hard because again you're not trying to get a hemorrhoid i've had those those are hell so just a little at a time you squeeze you push a little harder we got we got to we got to we got to start hydrating man the way i would explain push a little harder is almost like when they tell you lead two reps in the bank when you're doing a max out set so you don't want to go to a full bore where your r pms are all the way up you want to go just enough break it down a little bit more and get it out and i sometimes i enjoy a nice fight in the toilet

The wind feels good. Yeah, yeah. That was it. That's it between those two. That's intense. That's insane. A little blood in the stool was wild. What a great time to end this podcast.

Thank you, Travis, Kelsey. Yeah. That's with a boy, buddy. Stop and by as always. August 28, dude. Oh, it's gonna be pandemonium. You guys are the best of. Dude, I already took it.

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