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While Travis Kelce received plenty of scrutiny for his sideline incident with Andy Reid in the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, an NFL icon who’s been in that line of fire plenty of times has come to the defense of both parties.
Tom Brady said he didn’t “mind seeing” Kelce’s heated interaction with his head coach during Sunday’s game, when the star tight end aggressively yelled at Reid before bumping him.
“There’s always little family issues,” Brady said on his “Let’s Go!” podcast. “Of course, I don’t mind seeing it. I was a part of a lot of those things. You’re thinking, emotions are so high. You’re definitely not centered and balanced. You’re not in a meditative state at that point.
“You are fully determined to go after it and to win, so I think a lot of things that are said during the games, people should just let them fly off their back.”
Kelce’s heated interaction with Reid occurred amid things spiraling for the Chiefs on Sunday. He approached his head coach shortly after Isiah Pacheco’s red zone fumble, the four-time All-Pro upset that he wasn’t on the field during the miscue.
Travis Kelce yells and bumps into Andy Reid on sidelines after Chiefs fumble
Both Reid and Kelce laughed off the incident afterward. Reid joked that Kelce “caught me off-balance” while praising his competitive desire to stay in the game, adding that the tight end later apologized to him.
Though Reid brushed aside the incident and didn’t discipline Kelce during the game, similar actions have caused players to be benched in the past. Philadelphia Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown suggested on social media (before later deleting the post) that he “would’ve been kicked out of the league” if he was Kelce.
Brady, however, liked how Reid took care of the situation, believing the incident was blown a bit out of proportion given the lack of context.
“I actually think Coach Reid handled it just awesome like he always does,” Brady said….
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Publish date : 2024-02-13 16:11:32
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