The NFL world exploded with reactions. Patrick Mahomes tweeted “Bro forgot to tell me he was buying the competition,” while brother Jason Kelce posted a photo of their childhood bedroom covered in Browns posters with the caption “Mom’s gonna cry again.” Even LeBron James—a minority owner of the rival Steelers—welcomed Kelce to “the Ohio sports owner’s club” with a bottle of Lobos 1707 tequila delivered to the podium.
Kelce’s first move? Commissioning a statue of himself and Jason as kids in the Browns’ training facility “so rookies know where real hustle comes from.” As he left the presser, he grabbed a Dawg Pound mask and led the room in a chant: “Chiefs by trade… Browns by birth!” The NFL’s most charismatic tight end just rewrote the rules—again. Read more below