On the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, the 36-year-old Philadelphia Eagles center said he has been "secretly looking into seeing if anyone holds the rights to Backyard Football and Backyard Baseball." "I want to buy it and get this thing going again," Jason told his sibling co-host and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. "That was the best game ever, it was so electric.
The Backyard Sports franchise first released a Backyard Football edition in 1999, and branched out to include soccer, hockey, skateboarding and basketball installments. Backyard Sports' last release was the mobile-based Backyard Sports Baseball and Basketball in 2015. "Could you imagine playing Backyard Football right now on your phone," Jason said. "You can do that whole thing on your phone. It wasn't that complicated of a game, I love that game.