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Jason Kelce joked that he and his brother Travis' 'New Heights' podcast was behind commissioner Roger Goodell's latest NFL proposal.
Earlier this week, Goodell suggested that the NFL could soon adopt an 18-game regular season (up from 17), which would cause Super Bowl Sunday to be moved to Presidents' Day weekend, when US fans have Monday off.
And while the recently-retired Jason won't be playing through those changes himself, he believes he and Travis were ahead of the curve.
'The best part of this is that the Super Bowl's getting moved to President's Day,' Jason said of Goodell's idea. 'Which, we talked about it before. I think we actually made this happen. I don't think the NFL had this on their eyesight at all.
'We talked about putting the Super Bowl on a three-day weekend way before this ever got released. So 'New Heights' - you can thank us for being able to celebrate Super Bowl weekend on a three-day weekend.'
Jason Kelce joked that he and his brother Travis were behind the NFL's latest Super Bowl idea
Travis may experience the NFL changes himself after signing a two-year extension with KC
Jason, meanwhile, retired this offseason after spending 13 seasons with the Eagles
Jason suggested renaming Presidents' Day to Super Bowl Weekend, and keeping it as a national holiday.
'Nobody celebrates Presidents' Day,' he said. 'It's a forgotten holiday.'
Both brothers also agreed that the potential move to 18 games should result in a second bye week.
'I think [Bengals quarterback] Joey Burrow said it: if you're gonna give us more days where we have to play, or more weeks where we have to play, give us a f*****g bye week or something... or an extra, I don't know,' Travis said.
Earlier this week, Burrow wrote on X, '18 games? 2 bye weeks,' in response to Goodell's suggestion.
Commissioner Roger Goodell is considering adding an 18th game to the NFL's schedule
Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show, Goodell said, 'I think we're good at 17 [games] now,' Goodell said. 'But, listen, we're looking at how we continue. I'm not a fan of the preseason. The reality is, I'd rather replace a preseason game with a regular-season game any day. That's just picking quality.'
'If we get to 18 and two [bye weeks], that's not an unreasonable thing,' he added. 'The other thing it does, (Super Bowl Sunday) ends on up Presidents' Day weekend, which is a three-day weekend, which makes it Sunday night and then you have Monday off.''
Until 2021, the NFL only played a 16-game regular season.
The decision to extend to 17 was only approved by 51 percent of NFLPA voters.
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