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Jason Kelce knew Patrick Mahomes loved ketchup, but was still surprised by Travis’ revelation
The question led to the inevitable discussion of the NFL rookie dinners, in which veteran players run up a large tab, only to pass the bill on to their first-year teammates.
‘You guys could survive solely on rookie dinner,’ Jason said. ‘Do you think there will be a lot of rookie dinners at 1587?’
But much to Jason’s surprise, Travis never endured the rookie dinner.
‘Jason I never had a rookie dinner,’ Travis said.
‘They never did that with you?’ Jason asked. ‘[Retired tight end] Anthany Fasano didn’t take you out on a rookie dinner?’
‘I think we all might have grabbed dinner, but it wasn’t like: ‘Hey, we’re going to dinner and we’re going to pig out and get the most expensive alcohol we can and you’re gonna pay for it.’ It wasn’t a situation like that,’ Travis said.
Although Jason appears very familiar with the practice, he did object to charging exorbitant bills on rookies’ tabs when these are people who should be learning to protect their newfound wealth.