Jason Kelce jokingly takes credit for brother Travis' return to form in Chiefs win over Saints

Both of the Kelce brothers showed up to enactment astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Monday nighttime - with 1 playing successful the crippled and the different watching connected arsenic a commentator.

But contempt the request for him to beryllium impartial, Jason Kelce knew that helium was a bully luck charm for his younger member Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Reflecting upon the crippled successful the latest occurrence of their New Heights podcast, Jason cracked a gag astir being astatine the crippled portion moving for ESPN - with the build-up suggesting that helium was talking astir his younger brother's girlfriend, Taylor Swift.

Jason referred to himself arsenic 'Primetime Big Yeti', adding, 'As we each know, Travis came up large - due to the fact that helium had idiosyncratic peculiar successful the stadium, idiosyncratic that means a batch to him, and helium truly tries to ever execute erstwhile they're there. And that is me!'

Travis chuckled and past said, 'Have I ever had a atrocious crippled [when you're there]? Not successful Kansas City!'

Kelce performed good - racking up 70 receiving yards connected a season-high 9 catches successful the 26-13 triumph implicit the New Orleans Saints. He finished arsenic the team's second-best receiver connected the night.

Monday marked the archetypal clip Jason was connected the Monday Night Football sheet for a Chiefs crippled and a contention successful which Travis was playing. 

Last season, arsenic a Philadelphia Eagle, Jason played connected the roadworthy against the Chiefs and was victorious successful his last on-field clash against his brother. 

Speaking astir Travis' signifier truthful acold this season, which had attracted plentifulness of disapproval earlier Monday night's game, Jason said: 'Now he's enjoying his beingness precise publicly. 

'Everything helium does and everything, truly our household does is precise overmuch retired determination and that's conscionable the quality of the mode it is close now. 

'I deliberation that Trav, he's been precise steadfast passim his career. This is simply a feline who's ever recovered a mode to amusement up successful the highest carnal shape. 

'And I cognize optics are that helium is each implicit the place, and that's not dishonest of reality, but helium inactive keeps the main thing. Football has ever been the astir important happening successful Trav's life.

'He has ever lived his beingness to the fullest. He has enjoyed his offseasons precise much, adjacent before Taylor Swift and everything other going connected successful our lives. And I deliberation that, you know, helium is ever going to find a mode to marque shot the No 1 precedence successful presumption of being prepared.

'There's truthful galore things that trust connected this, betwixt his narration with his teammates, Andy Reed, and his legacy. 

'So I cognize it's been a dilatory commencement for him. Trav is ever gonna find a mode to amusement up and amusement out. I deliberation it's lone a substance of clip earlier it gets backmost to the Travis Kelce we've seen.'

After the game, photos emerged of Travis and Taylor belatedly celebrating his day astatine a Kansas City bar.

The adjacent day, Travis was seen holding Taylor up as they boarded a Gulfstream pitchy bound for the East Coast.

Monday Night whitethorn beryllium 1 of the past times successful a portion that Swift volition beryllium capable to spot Travis playing arsenic she hits the roadworthy for the last 5 stops of her planetary 'Eras Tour'.