Bennett brothers used to go-kart down Highway 6 to get Taco Bell

Before they were successful NFL players, Michael and Martellus Bennett were just a couple of kids riding down the streets of Houston in a go-kart to get some Taco Bell.

"That go-kart was a sign of freedom for us - put 50 cents worth of gas and you can get a lot of places," Michael Bennett told GQ's Clay Skipper. "So that go-kart was everything to me and my brother until: there was this old guy on the road, on his little bike track, and it was either run into this wall or run into this man. I chose to run into the wall and I broke the axle. I don't think my brother ever forgave me for that. That's how my parents found out that we were out on the highways with it."

Wait, the highways? Yes, the highways. You see, to get to Taco Bell, the Bennett boys had to navigate popular Highway 6 while everyone else on the road stared at them baffled.

"Everybody was looking at us," Bennett recalled. "We didn't have blinkers so we were using our hands, signaling where we were going. Actually I think that was pretty dumb, now that I think about it. Like, seriously, Highway 6. And Highway 6 is a busy road."

After spending the last five seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, the elder Bennett was traded March 7 to the Philadelphia Eagles. The younger Bennett announced his retirement a couple weeks later on the heels of a 10-year career.

The brothers both have a Super Bowl ring and at least one Pro Bowl selection each on their resumes.

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