During Sunday’s Super Bowl, Travis Kelce yelled and bumped into coach Andy Reid after the Kansas City Chiefs’ first turnover, sparking controversy among viewers. In a time and place as an offensive leader, Kelce’s composure ran high as his emotions got the best of him. An aggressive sport which is what football is but critics say there is a level of professionalism that has to be kept.
Travis Kelce and his brother Jason released their post-Super Bowl episode of the ‘New Heights” podcast Wednesday. They reviewed the Super Bowl, the emotions, and the game. The Eagles center told his brother that he went too far with his reaction to Coach Andy Reid taking him out in the second quarter of the Super Bowl.
“You crossed the line,” Super Bowl champion and All-Pro Offensive Lineman said around the 26-minute mark. “The yelling in his face, too, was over the top. I think there are better ways to handle this retrospectively.” As an older brother, he called Travis out and told him how he had to represent the team as a leader.
“I can’t get that fired up to the point where I’m bumping Coach and getting him off balance,” Travis said in agreement with his brother. “When he stumbled, I was just like ‘Oh sh*t in my head.”
Backup Tight End Noah Gray failed to hold his block and that resulted in a fumble by Isaiah Pacheco. He is a momentum killer and Kelce wanted to stay in to block himself as a lineman that has pride.
“It was pleading with your coach to let you go out there and win this sh*t, me and you both know what that is,” Jason said, understanding his brothers’ passion at the moment. However, there is a time and place for certain reactions.
“Sometimes those emotions just get away from me, man. That’s been the battle of my career,” he added. “I talked to Coach Reid about it today and we kind of chuckled about it, and I couldn’t be more proud of where we’ve come as a team since I got here in 2013,” Kelce said. “Big Red, sorry if I caught you with that cheap shot baby,” Travis finished his thought.
The story might have been different if the Kansas City Chiefs had lost, but since they won, it was just considered noise.
