{"id":425743,"date":"2023-05-27T20:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=425743"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T20:10:55","slug":"kelce-brothers-are-absolute-fans-of-nfl-flexing-thursday-night-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kelce-brothers-are-absolute-fans-of-nfl-flexing-thursday-night-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelce Brothers Are Absolute Fans Of NFL Flexing Thursday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The notion of stretching out Thursday Night Football games has reportedly only stirred much debate. The Kelce brothers&#8217; New Heights podcast, which is available on YouTube, recently had a discussion about the effects of Thursday games being flexible.<\/p>\n<h2>Kelce Brothers Are Absolute Fans Of NFL Flexing Thursday Night Football<\/h2>\n<p>After TNF expansion discussions got heated, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle gave a terrible account of playing in a football game. Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs has made it clear that he opposes flexible Thursday game times. And following the formal announcement of the plans, writer Charles Curtis wrote on how flexing Thursday matchups\u2014along with more Thursday games in general\u2014will be utterly detrimental to everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jason Kelce says he likes Thursday Night Football games and that he hopes the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> get flexed into another one: \u201cI don\u2019t know why so many guys hate \u2018em. Why do guys not like them?.. It\u2019s walkthroughs all week. The game will be a struggle, but once that\u2019s over it\u2019s 3 days off.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/osG2HIzCNp\">pic.twitter.com\/osG2HIzCNp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLEaglesNation\/status\/1661761119931777026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two of the first NFL players to really campaign for more Thursday Night Football are Jason and Travis Kelce, the twin All-Pro siblings who play for the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, respectively.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Kelce brothers defended the \u2018Thursday Night Football\u2019 changes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmIG7Lr3rb\">https:\/\/t.co\/wmIG7Lr3rb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1662512151439745024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jason and Travis Kelce aren&#8217;t among the many NFL players who don&#8217;t like Thursday Night Football, despite the fact that there are a lot of them. On the most recent edition of their podcast, New Heights, the two stated their position on TNF games and stated that they&#8217;d like more games on Thursdays.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nfldov\/status\/1662140806185074690?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism it has received since being implemented last week, the Kelce brothers support the new rule, which permits Thursday night games between Weeks 13 and 17 to be flexed with 28 days notice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> Jason Kelce attacks players who are against flexing Thursday Night Football: \u2018No F***** Chance Anybody With Half A Brain Cell Is Against It\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3SAMCM2HFZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/3SAMCM2HFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1662158033793712139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we\u2019ve talked about before, I\u2019m a huge fan of the Thursday Night game,\u201d Jason Kelce said on the New Heights podcast. \u201cListen, I am all for games being played on Thursdays because that means we have walkthroughs during the middle of the week and we don\u2019t practice. Then we get three days off after the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Travis, Jason Kelce fans of NFL flexing \u2018Thursday Night Football\u2019 <br \/>At least a couple players don\u2019t mind \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d games being flexed. The Kelce brothers are fans of the new rule, which allows Thursday night games between Weeks 13 and 17 to be flexed with 28 d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qF03TkWdKk\">pic.twitter.com\/qF03TkWdKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Let&#39;s Talk About Dis Shidd (@MrsBarnesII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsBarnesII\/status\/1662460542357733382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of them even later in the season, too,\u201d Travis Kelce said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Jason Kelce claimed that some athletes simply oppose Thursday Night Football matches to &#8220;make headlines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jason and Travis Kelce are huge fans of Thursday Night Football.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F17SK4NGMA\">https:\/\/t.co\/F17SK4NGMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL on ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPointsNFL\/status\/1662477958181781507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that in 2023, Jason Kelce will begin his 13th NFL season, while Travis Kelce will start his 10th. 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