The Kansas City Chiefs lost Super Bowl 59 and even though the final score looks somewhat respectable, the game was never close. Kansas City was outplayed in every facet and now a chance at history is gone.
With the Chiefs facing the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years, it's only natural for people to think about Jason Kelce before and after the game. Kelce spent the entirety of his 13-year career with the Eagles and won a Super Bowl with them in 2018. He was on the Eagles team that lost to K.C. in Super Bowl LVII and then walked off into the retirement sunset last offseason.
With Jason's history with the Eagles and the fact that his brother Travis is with the Chiefs, this was obviously going to be a tough game for Jason. On one end is the team he spent over a decade with and won a Super Bowl with but on the other end is his own brother. Either way he's going to suffer some heartbreak.
Jason Kelce gets emotional in reaction to Chiefs Super Bowl 59 blowout
Jason spoke about his experience on the newest episode of the New Heights podcast and opened up on how difficult Super Bowl 59 was for him.
"We are still very much attached to this organization, which is why there's part of me that's obviously very happy and proud that we won this game," Jason said. "AlI I want to say, that does not take precedence over rooting for you. That's why this game sucked, it was very, very hard to watch. As much as I love the Eagles, as much as I love the city of Philadelphia, there was not a f---ing ounce of me..."
Jason got choked up at this point but took a deep breath and continued.
"I didn't know what it was going to feel like going into the game. I thought I did. I thought I understood going into it that I would be happy in some way and sad in another way, but the further the game went on I just got more and more upset," Jason said. "I didn't anticipate the amount of sheer discomfort and frustration that I would have watching the game. I thought I would kind of just be like, 'I like both of these teams. May the best team win.' And it just didn't turn into that."
It was a lose-lose situation for Jason because the Eagles win meant his former team got its second-ever Super Bowl title but his brother is heartbroken. If the Chiefs had won, his brother would have been a four-time Super Bowl champion but the city Jason called (and still calls) home would be devastated.
That's a tough situation for anyone to be in but Jason handled it with class as he often does.