The Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles battle this weekend for a trip to the Super Bowl, but for a pair of brothers, the matchup also puts family bragging rights up for grabs.
Mychal Kendricks, linebacker for the Eagles, and his younger brother Eric, linebacker for the Vikings, are quite close and speak often throughout the season. That has changed this week, however, as the duo haven't spoken in the build-up to the game and don't plan to.
"None of that has gone down this week," Mychal told Dave Zangaro of NBC Sports Philadelphia. "I don't see it happening before the game or after the game on Saturday night. This is the biggest game of our lives to this date and nothing else matters."
Eric led the Vikings in tackles this season with 113 while Mychal ranked second on the Eagles with 77. Both players are key members of the defensive schemes each team will deploy to shut down their opponent.
So, will Mychal go easy on his brother afterward should the Eagles emerge victorious?
"Dude, I don't know if he'll ever hear the end of this," Kendricks said. "Unless we come back to the same situation, which is obviously possible. It happened once, it can happen again. But, dude, whoever loses, it's going to be messed up."
