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Travis Kelce told to ‘shut up’ by bitter rival player after claims Kansas City Chiefs purposely lost Denver Broncos game
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A CINCINNATI Bengals star has responded to Travis Kelce’s expletive words about the Kansas City Chiefs’ final game of the regular season.
There have been claims from social media users that the back-to-back Super Bowl-defending champion Chiefs intentionally lost to the Denver Broncos in the Week 18 matchup.
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Cincinnati Bengals star cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt looks into the stands before the team’s win over the Cleveland Browns on December 22, 2024Credit: Getty
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Travis Kelce sent a message to the people who think the Chiefs purposely lost their game against the Denver Broncos in Week 18Credit: New Heights
In order for the Bengals to have reached the playoffs, they needed to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Miami Dolphins to lose to the New York Jets, and the Chiefs to defeat the Broncos last weekend.
Unfortunately for Cincinnati, only the latter task wasn’t achieved as Kansas City played its backups in the road game versus the Broncos and was blown out by a score of 38-0.
Denver made the final playoff spot instead and fans, especially those in the Bengals variety, accused the Chiefs of throwing the game to ensure Cincinnati a spot on the golf course instead of playing postseason football.
“I ain’t scared of f***ing nobody,” Kelce said when asked about those accusations by brother Jason on their New Heights podcast on Wednesday.
That caused Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt to retort to Kelce’s statement on social media.
“Cap, shut that sh** up,” along with one crying emoji and a crying-while laughing emoji.
The Bengals won their final five games of the season but had begun the season 4-8.
The Chiefs entered Week 18 with a 14-1 record and had already secured the No. 1 seed.
They played a Broncos team that would’ve been eliminated from the postseason with a loss in that game.
With the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the postseason intact, Kansas City had little to play for and elected to rest their starters.
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Kelce wasn’t done voicing out with his rant.
“I wanted them in the f***ing playoffs. I want to slay every dragon one by one, like Mortal Kombat,” the 10-time Pro Bowl tight end said.
“I don’t even want this to be like we play the lowest seed. Just give me the best teams. … “I’ll go through every f***ing one of them just giving them my best f***ing effort.
“I ain’t scared of a single soul, man.”
NFL Wild Card Weekend schedule
Saturday, January 11:
No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Houston Texans, 4:30 pm ET (CBS, Paramount+)
No. 6 Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 3 Baltimore Ravens, 8:00 pm ET (Prime Video)
Sunday, January 12:
No. 7 Denver Broncos at No. 2 Buffalo Bills, 1:00 pm ET (CBS, Paramount+)
No. 7 Green Bay Packers at No. 2 Philadelphia Eagles, 4:30 pm ET (Fox, Fox Deportes)
No. 6 Washington Commanders at No. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:00 pm ET (NBC, Peacock, Universo)
Monday, January 13:
No. 5 Minnesota Vikings at No. 4 Los Angeles Rams, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN, ABC)
Jason did tell his brother, “People are saying you didn’t want to face the Bengals in Burrowhead or Cincinnati.”
And Travis responded again, “I’ll play them at the Walmart parking lot, I don’t give a s***.
“We can have our own game in the offseason, where we really duke it out.
“Listen, I love competing against the greatest.
“The Bengals were a fun-ass f***ing team to watch there toward the end of the season, and it’s a shame they didn’t make it in the playoffs, because they would have made the playoffs that much f***ing crazier and that much more fun.”
Cincinnati narrowly lost 26-25 to the Chiefs back in September.
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Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, and the rest of the Chiefs’ starters rested in the regular-season finale gameCredit: Reuters
Kelce acknowledged that he has respect for the Bengals, but continued to preach that he and the Chiefs would have been more than ready to take on Joe Burrow’s squad.
“That was one of the wackiest years of football I’ve ever seen from a team that I thought was 10 times better than what their record showed.
“And I know that, just playing against them.
“But we didn’t f***ing throw any game. Guys were out there competing their ass of, trying to get a win.
“Unfortunately we couldn’t put drives together, we couldn’t stop Denver. It just wasn’t a fun game to be a part of.
“And I’m just sitting here on the sideline like, ‘Hey, boys, don’t let this s*** ruin our mojo.’
“We got everybody rolling and it’s go time.
“We’ve gotta flip that switch and know we’re the biggest, baddest team out there.”
The Broncos will face the Buffalo Bills during Wild Card weekend.
Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City team will look to achieve the first-ever three-peat as they will take on the winner of the Los Angeles Chargers-Houston Texans game in the Divisional Round at Arrowhead Stadium.
