Travis Kelce’s emotional reaction to saying goodbye to his nieces goes viral

Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. A wonder show brought to you by Reese’s. That’s right. We’re your host. I’m Travis Kelz. This is my big brother Jason Kelsey out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Shout out to the Heights and shout out to the Bearcats. We’re going 1 and0.

 We uh just got done. I’m sure we’ll talk about it. Taking our talents back to uh Nippert Stadium for a day. That was pretty fun. Follow the show on all social media at New Heights Show with 1S for fun clips throughout the week. And Jason, why don’t you tell the people uh what’s coming up for this episode? >> Sure, TRAVIS. 90 PERCENTERS.

 WE GOT A GREAT EPISODE GEARED UP FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN ALL OF WEEK ONE THIS WEEK IN the NFL. Going to talk about heading back to Cincinnati. We’re going to be joined by our first ever New Heights senior correspondent uh who will give us the scoop in his area of expertise, which is officiating.

Let’s dive into that right now. Let’s start with some of that new news. >> New news. New news is brought to you by Xfinity. And the newest news, Travis, is that new heights turns 200. >> Dude, we’re What is that? Bsentennial. >> Yes, that’s correct. >> How about that, man? >> I know. [laughter] >> They’re letting us do this for 200 full episodes and we haven’t got cancelled yet. We got a good team.

 We got to keep the team tight. >> Cancel myself. >> Keep the team tight. [laughter] >> Yeah. Well, how about it? Are we doing anything for uh our official 200th episode? >> Well, actually, uh funny you say that. Uh Jake put this out on social as well as Brandon. >> That’s right. Jake and Brandon still working. >> Well, this is pre-baby. Pre-baby.

 This was when he was working. Now he is at home watching that baby and mama like he should be like he should be. >> Um [laughter] >> great delivery. >> That’s right. Anyways, so take a look at this list. 92 top moments from our show’s past. all voted on and submitted by you all. >> It was not voted on. >> There was some type of What happened? How did you make number one, number two, number three? >> They put this They just put this together.

>> There’s no way. There’s no way they put that together without putting Taylor >> just said this. >> I’m dead serious. We We It’s We made it up. [laughter] Those of us who made the 92 moments made it up. It’s a preseason list people to argue about. If you want more detail, we did record. >> So, Brandon, these are your favorite top these are your these are just your favorite moments.

>> We fought about some. We did fight about some. I think they hold up. There’s there was a reason behind all of them. If you want the reason, we did record uh audio only podcast you can listen to where we explain these. >> No, no, no. You’re good. You’re good. >> I think that the millions of views episode that uh broke the internet quite literally probably [laughter] should be number one.

>> It’s tough. Well, do you want the reason? Do you want the reason? I think it’s tough. >> Sure. Give me your [ __ ] reason, Brandon. [laughter] >> Why being a I I think the moment in season one of you guys being the first brothers to play in the Super Bowl and having to then record a podcast about it is something that genuinely will not happen again.

 To me, that was like >> defining moment of the show. >> And yeah, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Taylor is not the most popular goddamn thing we’ve ever done. I’m not saying that. >> When When do you think When do you think it’s going to happen again, Brandon, where somebody uh professes his love for the most popular person on the planet and THEY END UP ACTUALLY STARTING to date and then they end up coming out releasing their album a year after that? When do you think that’s going to happen again, Brandon? >> A lot of athletes got podcast now. I

don’t know. [laughter] >> THERE’S ONLY ONE TAYLOR SWIFT. WE’RE GOING TO NEED a stadium tour. We’re going to need someone. >> It could happen. [laughter] Goes to the stadium tour and podcast. >> Yeah. and further elevator access and then gets mad about it, [laughter] >> takes it out on an ad breed. >> And I’ll throw Kylie up there, too.

Kylie should be above the other. It should be It should be Taylor. It should be Taylor first and then Kylie because Kylie’s episode then she launched her other podcast and then that’s launched into a whole [ __ ] thing. Those two moments were going to make better. >> This is why you make this list >> could have been better.

>> Yeah. Yeah. >> It’s fine. Argue about it. Get in the comments. Yell at me. That’s fine. I don’t read them anyways. >> What’s the last one? What’s the What’s the 92nd? >> The one that stuck on there. Ed Kelsey on child abductions. [laughter] >> All right, we’re being honest. That should be high. [laughter] >> Nice. All right. Well, there we go.

>> Other new news. Shout out to Payton and Eli for having us help launch this season of the Manny Cast commercial just launched. It’s online. I did. I did. I did see it. A >> It’s so good. It’s too long for us to show the entire thing. It’s about >> Yeah. 20 minute, 15 20 minutes. It’s so [ __ ] good though, man.

 They never miss. It was an honor to be uh some of the NFL brothers to uh come in and uh make that thing pop. >> I wish we would have gone back and forth more like uh the Harbaugh brothers were going back and forth. >> They [laughter] should We should have They killed it. We should have been doing a little bit more of that.

 But either way, it’s out now. Check it out on social and more importantly, check out the Manny Cast this year on Mondays. You’re going to love it. >> All right. Now, >> uh the Mannings aren’t the only ones broadcasting games this year. Trav. Uh, I will be broadcasting four games this year with my friends Kurt Warner and Dave Pash.

>> Dude, Kurt Warner. >> That’s right. Kurt. Yep. The, uh, orchestrator of the greatest show on turf. >> [ __ ] cool. >> Hall of Fame quarterback. Uh, and even so far, he’s been nothing but helpful. You know, am so honored to just be in a booth and to learn from these guys. Um because I really we did a test run down in uh Houston and it was every bit as challenging as I expected it was going to be and I just Kurt has been so helpful. So is Dave.

 Um but excited to go over there and be overseas with those guys and call a few games this year. No doubt about it. Um and we got some great games. Got some great games. >> Yeah, you do. You got a little Eagles Jaguars out in London uh week five. Week four, you got another London game, Colts versus Commanders.

 Um, week seven, you got Steelers and Saints in Paris. Petty, >> right? >> Going first in Paris. >> First game in Paris. Kylie speaks French. Hopefully she can come along and translate for me. >> Um, let’s go. And then week 16 is uh to be determined. >> Yeah, that’ll be a flex game on a Saturday. >> Nice. Well, never say never.

 See if I’ll get flexed. >> That’d be great. Did you request the international games on purpose or was that uh just the uh the ones >> I mean that was what was available right? >> Yeah. So ESPN bought NFL Network. So now that NFL Network package that used to be or still is with them now ESPN is kind of handling.

 So yeah I mean that was kind of the opportunity there. I mean they’re not adding actually they took away Monday night games. There’s no more double headers on Monday night. So it’s only one game every Monday night which I think is the right move. The double hitters were fun, too, but >> it feels like Monday night should be a standalone game.

>> Now, I’m never going to complain about a lot of football, man. But it it feels like it took a little bit of the magic out of like the one game you get to see on Monday night, the one game you get to play in on Monday night. Like, let let the let the show be the show, man. When the lights are on, baby, >> there’s nothing like playing on Monday night, man.

>> So, yeah, ESPN took away some of the games in that regard. So, obviously they’re working with the new NFL uh network games. Listen, man, I’ve always been curious what it’s like up there in the booth. Seems like a lot of fun. >> Oh, yeah. >> And thankfully, they’re not putting me, you know, I got some help.

 I got some seasoned veterans up there with me. >> I was going to say, yeah, you got a good crew >> cuz I am very much a rookie. [laughter] >> Turn the lights on, man. You’ll see that that blinking red dot, man. You know you’re alive. And go out there and have some fun, dude. >> Start going. All right. Now, well, that’s it for new news brought to you by Xfinity.

 Let’s get into some bold topics. Bold topics is brought to you by NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. How about it? It’s kickoff week, baby. And football is officially back. >> Yes, it is. Not only we kicking off, WE’RE KICKING OFF MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with the KELSEY BROTHERS. THE BRONCOS TAKE ON THE CHIEFS. And I’m going to be in the house to watch it all happen.

 Um Tra, how’s it feel going into season 14? >> Done. I’m fired the [ __ ] up right now. There’s nothing better, man, than the feeling you get going into week one. You get a fresh start, especially if you got a sour taste in your mouth from last year. It it you you get a fresh start with the new team. Everybody’s healthy.

Everybody’s ready to [ __ ] rock and roll. Um there’s a lot of juice in the building right now, man. And uh we’re excited to get after it on Monday night. >> Is it better or worse to start off on the national stage, >> man? Give me the [ __ ] lights, man. >> Yeah. >> Put me under the lights, dog. every game. I [ __ ] love it, man.

 There’s nothing better than prime time football. The magic is in the air. You feel how how intense the game is, especially if it’s a divisional game. Everything’s everything matters a little bit more. The team knows you a little bit more. You got to be more dialed in. Um and uh I know Shawn Payeyton’s got those those guys fired up and ready to rock and roll, too.

 So, I’m looking to, you know, get after it, baby. >> Well, it is not without change. Obviously, the Kansas City Chiefs have had a lot of continuity over the last, I don’t know, seven, eight years, whatever you want to call it. Um, Andy Reed still at the helm, but Eric Benemy is back as the offensive coordinator. Pat Mahomes is back from his ACL injury.

 We have some new guys out wide, new running back. Where do you guys feel as an offense and how you’ve gone through this whole off season and where you guys are at heading into a game against who probably a team that probably was the best team in the AFC last year. Not throwing shade at New England, but if Bicks doesn’t get hurt, I have a feeling they might find their way into the Super Bowl last season.

>> I hear you. And you were talking about continuity from over the years. Well, one thing we have new this year is a guy named Kenneth Walker. might have heard of him winning the Super Bowl last year and uh winning the Super Bowl MVP last year and uh >> it’s gonna be exciting to see Arrow Arrowhead get to see that guy.

 It’s definitely been a different feel this offseason from from everything that happened last year, who who we brought in um and how we’ve reshaped this organization from the inside. I think it’s it’s like I said, I keep saying exciting, man. I I cannot wait to get out there and show everybody what we’ve been working on and especially uh you know getting out there and see Kenneth Walker in a Chiefs jersey.

 Man, that dude is an absolute beast and uh I think we’ll be handing the ball off to him quite a bit. >> Walker is a bit thicker than I remember than [laughter] I than I thought. >> Dude, watching him in Seattle and then seeing him in person and thicker in a good way. like enormous thighs, a big old BBL on the back side of it.

 Like he’s got some girth to him that’s got some ability to sustain. Listen, Bill Bich, he knows. Good way to check it out. You got to check out that rear end on guys that that’ll tell you a lot. >> Unless you look at Jason Kelsey, then don’t don’t judge me too hard. [laughter] you know, in Seattle heading into the playoffs when Charminate went down.

 I was curious to see how he was going to do as a featured back with a bigger workload because he seemed like more of like that like scat back quick explosive playmaker, but then you watched him play all plays, man, this guy’s like running through dudes like he is a strong >> player. So K9’s the real deal, man.

 He’s uh and he’s not not only is he the the the type of athlete that you want, but it’s in type in terms of the mentality and being a teammate. And I mean, he checks all the boxes, man. He’s just he’s he’s one of the best in the league right now. And he and he got compensated uh deservingly so in the offseason because of the hard work he’s put in and how he’s conducted himself as a professional knowing about the situation that was in Seattle and that’s why he was ready to just step in whenever his number was called.

>> Yeah. >> So, we’re excited to have him as a chief. You guys got a new running back, receiver, lot of, you know, we got Worthy coming back, Rashi Rice. What is the deal with Cyrus Allen, though? I want to I want to talk about the Bearcat grad, >> Cyrus, baby. >> Lot of noise coming out of camp that he’s been looking really good.

 What What kind of uh playmaking ability and what do what will he bring to the offense, you think? >> You know, I think right now it’s uh we got a stacked stacked wide receiver room and I know uh I know Xavier Worthy is taking that next step. Rasheed Rice has been proven in this offense. Um, and he’s he’s looking just as prime and as ready as he’s ever been.

>> Um, and then Taekquin Thornton’s a a tall uh pass receiver downfield that made a lot of huge plays for us last year. >> Not about him. Yeah. >> And and you know, there’s there’s a handful of others like uh like Nico and Jaylen Moore. I mean that I could go on, but I think uh what what you’re alluding to is the the excitement you saw through or heard through camp, his playmaking ability, the preseason catches he’s had.

He’s got a lot of explosiveness in terms of his his playmaking ability and um he’s got a savviness to his routes uh that you just can’t teach. You know, some guys just have a good feel for it and he’s one of those guys, man. Well, uh, the biggest news I think that everybody’s going to want to talk before the game, Pat Mahomes is officially back from his ACL injury only nine months ago.

 There’s a lot of questions on whether Pat would be able to get back in in terms of playing for this game. He will be out there. We are going to see the best quarterback in the NFL play this Monday. What version are we going to see? A big part of Pat’s game is his ability to create. And that’s one of the reasons you guys have been so good is off the schedule.

 You know, play breaks down. He’ll he’ll scramble around. He’ll run it. He’ll find you. He’ll find somebody. Like that’s been one of the really explosive areas of his game. Is that still there? Do you see that in practice? >> I mean I mean I’m not going to tell you what I’m seeing in practice, but what I’ve seen is a guy do everything he possibly can to be ready for week one.

What he’s done to get to this point is second to none. And uh you saw that switch flip when he when he had the surgery of how he was going to be determined to get healthy uh for the season. And um we’re excited that he’s he’s going to be out there rocking with us on week one. You know, in terms of his ability to move around and stuff like that, he’s a competitor, man.

[music] And he only knows one way to play the game. When that ball snap, I I expect to just see Patty Mahomes out there playing football. >> Yeah. One thing that I think so if I’m being like very honest, part of me thinks back to Carson Wentz and when Carson went down with the ACL injury, he wasn’t the same in that regard of creating and figuring things out off schedule and outside the pocket.

 The difference I think with Pat I just that dude seems [snorts] to just find a way like no matter what it is and that’s just one of the ways that he does it. And if that’s not there, he just seems to me like the type of guy that has that it factor that he’s gonna find another way to do it. >> There’s just a competitive edge to him, man.

 He he understands the game to a certain degree, man. If one thing doesn’t work, he has the ability to tweak how he’s playing or tweak what he’s doing uh to still get that same success and uh that’s why we love him, man. >> Huge division implications at play. That one is going to be fun to watch. Good luck, Trav. See you on Monday. Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Reese’s.

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 With Shawn Manion at the helm or calling the plays right now. Uh what do you what do you want to see the Eagles offense go out there and do immediately? What do I want to see them do? I mean, I want to see him score touchdowns. I want to see him do. >> Yeah, but let’s get a little bit more. Let’s dissect a little bit more. >> I’m really looking forward to seeing what the new offense is going to look like.

 I don’t think we’ve not only do I not think they’ve flat out said they have not shown what this offense is going to look like yet in the preseason. Um, you know, we know what this looks like in the McVey Shanahan tree with the underenter, the motions, uh, the outside zones paired with the boots paired with the drop back play actions, paired with the screens, how it all looks similar, how they build leverage and angles in the run game and in the passing game.

 I always have enjoyed watching these offenses on other teams. Uh, very much looking forward to seeing what these guys look like this Sunday against the Commanders. There’s a lot of new on both sides of the ball. Eagles obviously new offensive coordinator. First time Jaylen’s ever run a system like this. First time this team has done something like this offensively.

 Pretty much the exact same things happening over in Washington. They just hired a new offensive coordinator, David Blah, who’s also in this background. So, obviously Jaden Daniels has done a lot of the college, no huddle spread, RPO zone read offense to this point in his career with Cliff Kingsbury. Now, all of a sudden, they’re going to be doing this as well.

He’s going to be more into center. So, we’re going to see both offenses doing similar changes, and it’ll be interesting to see how much they change, how much they kind of keep some semblance of what they did, or is it all going to be brand new? And it’s going to be interesting watching both of those teams.

 Obviously, Washington had a ton of injuries last year. Jane Daniels was hurt for a >> The Chiefs were on a miniby, a stretch of rare free time carved out by the schedule makers. While plenty of teammates were booking beach trips or disappearing to golf courses, Travis had flown straight to Philadelphia to spend a long weekend with Jason’s growing family.

Three kids, one big dog, and a house that, as Jason likes to say, never truly goes quiet. On the podcast, Jason painted the picture first. So Trav came out to the house, he told listeners, and the girls just absolutely mobbed him at the door. It was like BTS walked in or something. Travis [music] laughed, the memory lightening his voice a little.

 Bro, they tackled me before I could even get my bag inside. He said, “I’ve been hit by some big linebackers, but three little girls in princess dresses coming at you full speed.” “Different kind of impact.” What followed was a string of warm, chaotic vignettes. His nieces insisting he attend an impromptu tea party wearing a plastic tiara.

 His nephew demanding that Uncle Trav be the dragon in a backyard game that seemed to have no rules besides yell loudly bedtime stories that turned into extended negotiations over how many books counted as one more. For the record, Jason interjected. He’s terrible at saying no. I walked by the bedroom at like 9:45 and he’s in there reading Green Eggs and Ham with all the voices.

Travis shrugged a little bashful. They got me wrapped, man. He admitted. You try telling those faces, “No, can’t do it.” The weekend flew by in a blur of pizza nights, cartoon marathons, and early morning pancake experiments. At one point, Travis turned the living room into a makeshift obstacle course, timing each kid as they jumped couch cushions and army crawled under chairs.

“I didn’t know our coffee table could move that far,” Jason said. Kylie’s still finding glitter in places that should not have glitter. The car ride to the airport. But what everyone kept coming back to, what turned Travis’s usual easy laughter into something huskier was the goodbye. On the last day, his flight back to Kansas City loomed. Bags were packed.

 Cleats, headphones, a worn chief’s hoodie tossed into a duffel. The house, which had felt like a carnival for 3 days, suddenly carried that familiar Sunday evening weight. “We loaded up the car,” Jason recalled. “Kylie’s got snacks.” “Of course. The kids are already lobbying to come with him on the plane.” Travis nodded.

I’ll hide in your suitcase, Uncle Trav, he mimicked in a high, squeaky voice, grinning despite himself. Daddy won’t notice. Jason rolled his eyes. I would absolutely notice if one of my children was missing,” he said. “Just for the record. They drove to the airport the way families always do, stopping at red lights, commenting on random billboards, spinning small talk around the bigger thing none of them wanted to touch yet.