Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift — a.k.a. “Swelce” — has taken the sports and music world by storm. With Swift being arguably the most famous musical artist in the world, that means Kelce has a bigger spotlight on him than ever. It also means some Swift’s fans will be eager to learn more about football so they can keep up with Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ exploits.
He and his brother Jason Kelce were more than happy to oblige during a Q&A on the latest episode of their podcast, New Heights. One question stood out in particular when a Swift fan asked what a field goal is. Now, if you already know football and watch it regularly, this is, in theory, an easy question to answer.
It wasn’t the case for the Kelce brothers as they slowly realized that just explaining a field goal isn’t all that simple. The sequence starts at 42:47 in the video below: (Warning: NSFW language)
Honestly, I can see the confusion. Field goals themselves — heck, any football play involving kicking or punting the ball — are such an outlier in the overall context of the game that I’m not sure how to explain what one is.
Let’s see.
You line up and snap the ball to someone who has to hold it for a kicker to kick it through the yellow uprights on both sides of the end zone (and why are those there?). And you have to (have to?) when the offense just wants to get at least three points after failing to convert a third down, which is when … — okay, yeah, this is really complicated. I give up.
Kudos to the Kelce brothers for even trying to explain something that I think many football fans themselves just kind of take for granted. It makes you reconsider a lot of elements of the game that we probably don’t ask enough questions about.
This is how Twitter reacted
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Why are there 100 yards? What is a huddle? Why do old dudes in track pants blow whistles? https://t.co/OItRAOwXfj
— trey wingo (@wingoz) September 27, 2023
I've been Travis in this situation, trying to explain something that's seemingly simple, but you can't find the right words (in Kelce's case, defining a field goal) 😂 https://t.co/WRgtcKP8QQ
— maddie 🌈 Eras Gillette 5/20 rain alum (@MadK089) September 27, 2023
Should’ve explained it as putting out an EP instead of an LP because you didn’t get enough done in the studio; the fans would understand that https://t.co/jfElz2To0D
— Tom Strong (@TStrong24) September 27, 2023
“Settling for three points”
I love this explanation. Simple things are hard to explain. It’s clear he considers FGs failures. https://t.co/tOimpr4N4d— Joy (@joycecalhio) September 27, 2023
I love this so much lol https://t.co/dYT5QREYhv
— tater 🧀 (@taterboy09) September 27, 2023
the episode where taylor is a guest will be the biggest thing in sports media ever
— Jack🐢 (@NYGJack) September 27, 2023
I truly don't know how you would begin to explain football to someone who has zero knowledge of it 😂 https://t.co/wt3ife3x8Z
— Vengeance. (@BJacks70) September 27, 2023
These are the sort of questions Americans think Uk sports fans ask…. 😂 https://t.co/BCke54O3Po
— Freddy Harper-Davis (@freddyharperdav) September 27, 2023
Not Travis not knowing how to describe a field goal….cause he's always in the end zone 😂 https://t.co/0crvyLTsKG
— Jeremy (Taylors Version) (@BaldGuyJay) September 27, 2023
