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Travis Kelce is dissecting the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ poor efficiency at Tremendous Bowl LIX.
A somber Kelce, 35, spoke to reporters within the Chiefs’ lockerroom following the Sunday, February 9, recreation at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, admitting that the Philadelphia Eagles have been the higher group.
“Hats off to the Eagles, man. They acquired after us. All three phases,” the Chiefs tight finish mentioned, per footage shared by way of X.
Requested what went unsuitable with the Chiefs’ recreation Sunday, Kelce mentioned, “Couldn’t get it going offensively. They simply acquired after us on all three phases, and on high of that, turnovers, penalties, taking part in behind the sticks on offense … dropped passes, not profiting from the play name and executing them. There’s quite a bit that goes into it. You don’t lose like that with out every part going dangerous.”
Travis Kelce on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’s Tremendous Bowl loss:
“We haven’t performed that dangerous all yr.” pic.twitter.com/n6N6gzBVwo
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) February 10, 2025
“We haven’t performed that dangerous all yr,” Kelce later admitted.
“[We] simply couldn’t discover that spark, couldn’t discover that momentum,” he added.
As for the longer term, “This group is gonna combat until the top without end. We’re at all times gonna combat,” Kelce mentioned, revealing the phrases of knowledge coach Andy Reid shared with the group after their loss.
“This one’s gonna harm,” he quoted Reid as saying. “Let it harm and work out how one can get higher due to it.”
The Eagles thwarted the Chiefs from securing their third consecutive Tremendous Bowl victory Sunday in a 40-22 upset.
Sunday’s recreation was the worst statistical Tremendous Bowl of Kelce’s profession. The tight finish had solely 4 catches for 39 yards within the Chiefs’ loss to the Eagles. The longer term Corridor of Famer had by no means caught fewer than six passes in his 4 earlier Tremendous Bowl appearances.
In final yr’s Tremendous Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers, Kelce had 9 receptions for 93 yards. When the Chiefs performed the Eagles within the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, Kelce caught six passes for 81 yards and a landing. He had 10 catches for 133 yards towards the Buccaneers in 2021 and 6 catches for 43 yards and one landing towards the 49ers in 2020.
The Tremendous Bowl marked the top of a statistically down yr for Kelce, who had common season profession lows in each receiving yards (823) and touchdowns (3).
Regardless of the loss, Kelce was cheered on on the Tremendous Bowl by pop star girlfriend Taylor Swift for the second yr in a row. Swift, additionally 35, was joined by buddies together with Ice Spice and the Haim sisters.