It’s well documented by now, but for the first time since 1927, the three brothers will be playing in the same game this weekend.
Tremaine Edmunds will lead the Bills defense to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers. There, he’ll see his brothers, Terrell and Trey Edmunds.
Of course, there’s the brotherly bragging rights on the line.
“Once game time comes, I know we’re going to be competitive out there,” Tremaine Edmunds said.
But much of what the Bills’ brother was focused on this week while speaking to reporters was how special the moment will be for his family.
“It’s great, it’s kind of hard for me to put into words because it’s been a lifelong dream of ours. Just being on this stage, playing on primetime against my brothers, what more could you ask for? What more could you ask for as a family? We’re excited about going out there and displaying our talents to the world,” Edmunds said.
As things oft-go with close aged-brothers. The three always played on the same team. That was the case at Virginia Tech as Trey (24), Terrell (22) and Tremaine (21) all played for the Hokies. Trey Edmunds transferred to Maryland eventually, but until Sunday it’ll be the first time Tremaine is playing against any of his siblings.
While the enemy this week, Tremaine Edmunds did acknowledge this game wouldn’t even be taking place without the pair on the other sideline, for reasons going way back.
“Everybody just, I think, needs somebody to push them to that next level… That’s one thing I think that we all did with each other, we always pushed each other, no matter what it was,” Tremaine Edmunds said. “Without them, me being the youngest, without them showing me the right way, it really would’ve been hard for me.”
Trey Edmunds echoed that this week, but in a more playful manner.
“There are no words to describe how competitive we were growing up. We competed in everything,” He told his team’s website. “Whether it was on the field, the basketball court, soccer, track, who could get to dinner the fastest. Everything was a competition. I think it kind of was bred in us and put us in the position where we are now.”
Regardless of winners or losers in this family reunion, it’s still the season of giving during a special time of year. So Terrell Edmunds said the brothers are going to do what they think might be a first ever in NFL history.
A three-way jersey swap, somehow.
“Tremaine is going to have two jerseys,” said Terrell Edmunds. “It’s something not too many people can say they played with their brother on the same team, or against their brother, something crazy.”
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