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LAS VEGAS — Travis Kelce fumed as he neared Andy Reid on the sideline.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was evidently furious at his head coach.
Because he wasn’t receiving targets? Because he wasn’t in the game to block for running back Isaiah Pacheco when, seconds earlier, Pacheco fumbled?
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Or was it because Kelce is, well, one to wear his emotions on his sleeve … and in this case, also one to wring his coach’s sleeve?
The 250-pound tight end didn’t seem to account for his 65-year-old coach’s diverted attention. So the collision knocked Reid off-balance and rapidly became the viral moment of the Super Bowl.
But after the dust settled and the clock expired from Reid and Kelce’s third shared Super Bowl title, a 25-22 overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers, each was discussing the moment lightly.
“I was just telling him how much I love him,” Kelce said the first time he was asked about the push.
“Cheap shot,” Reid said with a grin. “He was really coming in to [say], ‘Just put me in! I’ll score. I’ll score.’ That’s really what it was. I love that.”
Kelce’s outburst in that second-quarter moment gave legitimate reason for concern. Yet in the eyes of Kelce, Reid and teammates, that same spring of emotional overflow helped fuel the Chiefs’ title repeat in more ways than one.
A full day before Kelce was catching a game-high nine passes for a game-high 93 receiving yards, he was buoying Chiefs players and coaches alike with an apparent rallying cry at their team meeting.
“Whatever Travis was saying, I need to bottle that up and sell it, bro,” safety Justin Reid said. “Because that was just ultimate juice, ultimate passion. You felt that throughout the room, man.
“He touched everyone that was in that room that heard his voice.”
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Publish date : 2024-02-12 09:29:03
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