Originally, the National Football League (NFL) championship game was called the ‘Super Bowl’. This season’s Super Bowl, where Kansas City and Philadelphia face each other at 8:30 am on February 13, has even been nicknamed the ‘Kelsey Bowl’. This is because the brothers Jason Kelsey (36, Philadelphia) and Travis Kelsey (34, Kansas City) are going head-to-head. This is the first time in Super Bowl history in 54 that the older brother and younger brother’s team face each other.

Philadelphia, played by his older brother Jason, defeated San Francisco 31-7 in the NFL playoff National Football Conference (NFC) Champ Game held at Lincoln Financial Field on the 30th and won a ticket to the Super Bowl for the first time in five years since 2018. In the American Football Conference (AFC) championship game that followed, Kansas City, the home team, overcame Cincinnati’s pursuit 23-20, and his younger brother Travis also appeared on the Super Bowl stage. 메이저놀이터

It’s not like brothers face each other in a game. American football is a sport in which offense and defense are thoroughly ‘division of labor’. The Kelsey brothers are all ‘strikes’, so when one is on the ground, the other is on the bench. The older brother, Jason, is a center that protects the quarterback from opposing defenders, and the younger, Travis, is a tight end that plays the role of a ‘universal key’ in the offensive process. Donna Kelsey, the mother of the two players, was asked, “Which team will you cheer for in the Super Bowl?”

The Kelsey brothers, who played together as teammates at the University of Cincinnati, already have one Super Bowl ring. His older brother, Jason, helped Philadelphia win its first Super Bowl in 2018, while his younger brother, Travis, tasted a win with Kansas City two years later. When his brother won the Super Bowl, Jason said in an interview, “I am more happy to see my beloved brother achieve his dream than when my team won it.” But this time the situation is different. Travis, who follows his older brother to the point of choosing the number 87 jersey number after his older brother’s year of birth (1987), said, “The only thing that’s certain is that my mother will get one more Super Bowl championship ring.”

This Super Bowl is also special for Kansas City coach Andy Reed (64). Because Philadelphia is my home team. Coach Reid served as the Philadelphia command tower for 14 years from 1999 to 2012, but eventually had to put down the baton after suffering criticism for being “weak in big games.” However, after taking the Kansas City baton, his leadership was recognized by leading the team to the Super Bowl stage three times so far, including presenting the team with the trophy for the first time in 50 years at the 2020 Super Bowl.