Swifties tuning into the Wednesday, December 13, episode of Travis Kelce‘s “New Heights” podcast didn’t get a birthday shout-out for Taylor Swift — however followers there for sports activities actually acquired intel into the tight finish’s now-infamous lateral move.
Jason Kelce requested his brother, 34, about throwing the ball to Kadarius Toney through the fourth quarter of the Sunday, December 10, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs vs. the Buffalo Payments recreation after catching the primary move of the play from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“How did you go from having [the ball] tucked to throwing an ideal spiral that quick?” Jason, 36, requested.
Travis was in awe of himself for with the ability to pull off the play. “I noticed [KT] out of the nook of my eye in a lateral place — ready the place I knew if I might get him the ball, I knew he had house to attain a landing,” he mentioned, including that he thought the ball was “tipped” when it left his palms. “It was extraordinarily shut, so that you most likely received’t see me doing that each single recreation. I promise you guys. You guys, that was just a little too shut for consolation.”
Whereas Toney did rating, the landing was reversed as a result of the refs referred to as a penalty for offensive offsides on the receiver. Mahomes subsequently had a meltdown on the sidelines, declaring the decision because the “wildest f–king name” he’s ever seen. (Offensive offsides or being within the impartial zone has not been a standard flag for refs to name in previous NFL seasons, however the penalty has been referred to as 11 instances thus far all through the 2023 season.)
“I went as much as KT at present, and I instructed ’em, I used to be like, ‘Man, we had that place f–king rocking. Oh man, that crowd, Arrowhead, was on hearth after that play.’ I instructed him, I used to be like, ‘Hey man, we’re simply going to should do it once more, massive canine,’” Travis recalled to Jason. “You possibly can say what you need about him being within the impartial zone right here and there [or say], ‘He lined up like that every one recreation, didn’t get warned, blah, blah, blah. Don’t name it in that place.’ You possibly can’t put it within the ref’s palms in that place. We’ve talked about performs like this on a regular basis, particularly in crucial moments.”
Travis went on to reward Toney. “I really like KT. If we get the chance once more, I’m going to throw that s–t proper into his chest once more. Hopefully he will get there and I acquired all the religion on the planet [in] that dude, he’s one in every of our greatest gamers,” he continued. “He’s top-of-the-line gamers we acquired with the ball in his palms. You activate the movie, you watch what he does when the ball’s in his palms and you may’t inform me you don’t need that man in your workforce, man. So everyone hating on KT proper now? I’m not making an attempt to listen to that. You possibly can f–king miss me with it. I’m trusting in 19 each time he’s on the market on the sector.”
Jason famous that Mahomes didn’t relax after the sport, which the Chiefs misplaced 20-17. “Pat fired up after the sport. He was fired up on the sideline. I believe as soon as he acquired to the sideline and regarded on the iPad might be when he was like that regarded like when he acquired actually upset,” Jason mentioned.
The Eagles middle went on to recap Mahomes’ post-game press convention, by which he argued that the reversed name wasn’t truthful to Travis and his legacy within the NFL.
“I really like Pat for that,” Travis mentioned. “Everyone’s simply sticking up for one another man. And that’s all I give a rattling about. In the event that they get fined for what they mentioned, OK, however no less than the blokes on this locker room know that we acquired their again and we’re all on this factor collectively and that we’re f–king shifting ahead, man. And we put our f–king hearts in it, man. You’re not seeing guys simply coming in and clocking out and in for a paycheck, man. You bought guys truly give a rattling, not solely in regards to the wins and losses, however the livelihoods of every particular person in that constructing.”
Travis concluded that the workforce is shifting ahead after two back-to-back defeats.
“That is solely going to make us that a lot wish to play tougher, that rather more for one another. And I respect Pat saying that. I really like Coach [Andy] Reid. I really like the flexibility to have our guys’ backs, however on the identical time, man, we’ve been in a number of f–king shut video games and we acquired to seek out methods to win it doesn’t matter what,” he mentioned. “I’m extra pissed off at how I ran my route after that on the 4th and 15.”
The Chiefs subsequent recreation is towards the New England Patriots on Sunday, December 17, at Gillette Stadium. It’s unclear whether or not Swift, 34, who was in attendance for the Chiefs loss to the Payments, shall be on the Pats recreation, however a supply instructed Us Weekly that Travis is ready to tug out all of the stops on her thirty fourth birthday on Wednesday.