Two former Super Bowl champions will be joining Jason and Travis Kelce on a special episode of their ‘New Heights’ podcast set to go live the week of Super Bowl LIX.
After teasing a special episode to be released before Travis and his Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles, the brothers have now revealed who their guests will be.
In a post to their podcast’s social media accounts, the Kelce brothers revealed that they would be inviting another set of siblings on the show: Peyton and Eli Manning.
The clip shared shows Jason wearing a Mardi Gras themed mask while giving an emphatic introduction highlighting the accolades of the two brothers, who are New Orleans natives.
Both brothers played their high school football at New Orleans’ Isidore Newman High School around the time their father, Archie Manning, was the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints.
They both went on to SEC schools (Tennessee for Peyton, Ole Miss for Eli) and had strong NFL careers.
Jason (L) and Travis (R) Kelce have announced their latest big guests for ‘New Heights’
An episode featuring Peyton (L) and Eli (R) Manning will drop the week of the Super Bowl
The Manning’s are two of the greatest pair of siblings to ever suit up in the history of the NFL
Arguably the most prolific siblings to ever play in the NFL, Peyton and Eli have a combined four Super Bowl titles, three Super Bowl MVPs, and 18 Pro-Bowl selections split between them.
Peyton is also a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and considered one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the sport.
Eli is one of the finalists to be inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in this year’s class.
In an interview with Adam Schefter, Peyton confirmed that Eli already knows if he’s been inducted, but no one else will find out before Thursday night.
As for how the Kelce brothers got the Manning’s on their show, ‘New Heights’ is one of the most popular football podcasts in the country.
Jason is also now a co-worker of the Manning’s. This was his first year as an analyst for ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Countdown’. Peyton and Eli host an alternate telecast of ‘Monday Night Football’ on ESPN2.
Meanwhile, Travis is preparing for one of the biggest games of his career as he prepares to try and win a third-straight Super Bowl crown.
No team has ever won three in a row and the Chiefs have the chance to be the first. If they win, they’ll do so in a city where Travis has gotten into some trouble in the past.
Travis is set to play in Super Bowl LIX in a city where he once was the center of a scandal
The future NFL star failed a drug test for marijuana before Cincinnati played in the Sugar Bowl
Too much partying in the Big Easy before the University of Cincinnati Bearcats played in the Sugar Bowl in 2010 led to a failed drug test for marijuana, which landed him on the school’s suspended list.
Kelce managed to get his place on the team back and turned his football career around to become one of the NFL’s greatest-ever tight ends. However, he admitted the incident left a mark.
When asked by Mail Sport at the Super Bowl, he spoke candidly about the mistake, saying, ‘I think it was a very emotional and meaningful thing that happened to me back in college and I brought that all on myself.
‘I think it was just me not living up to my family’s expectations and that was probably the biggest thing.
‘Bringing negativity to them was probably the hardest part for me.
‘Outside of that, I always knew I was going to find a way to figure things out and it wasn’t the end of the world for me.’
The Chiefs are only slim favorites to win the Super Bowl, with Vegas only having them as 1.5 point favorites.
