{"id":32353,"date":"2025-09-10T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32353"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:29:58","slug":"breaking-news-chiefs-travis-kelce-takes-blame-for-xavier-worthy-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32353","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Chiefs&#8217; Travis Kelce takes blame for Xavier Worthy injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took the blame for the play during their game against the Chargers where Xavier Worthy got injured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiefs-TE-Travis-Kelce-celebrates-after-a-touchdown.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates scoring a touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers in the second half during a NFL game at Corinthians Arena.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Chargers couldn&#8217;t have gone worse for them. Already missing Rashee Rice for six games due to his suspension, wide receiver and 2024 first-round pick Xavier Worthy was injured minutes into the game. The worst part? It was friendly fire that hurt Worthy: tight end Travis Kelce collided with Worthy, leading to the injury.<\/p>\n<p>Rubbing salt onto the wound, the Chiefs lost to the Chargers for the first time since 2021. The reigning AFC champions will now start the season 0-1, and will have to play the next few weeks without their WR1 and WR2.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce fully owned up to accidentally hurting his teammate. On his weekly podcast \u201cNew Heights\u201d, the Chiefs tight end said that he ran his route wrong and that it&#8217;s inexcusable for him to run that route wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/09\/f1752-17575160322035-1920.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"I feel like sh*t&quot;: Travis Kelce expresses regret after causing Xavier  Worthy injury during\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m supposed to be running my route at depth for Worthy,\u201d Kelce said on the podcast, per Ian Rapoport. \u201cSo, it\u2019s frustrating for me. I was trying to kind of set up my guy to be able to get into position, and it all just happened pretty quick. I just gotta be better, man. I\u2019m 13 years in the league. There is no excuse for me running into my own guys like that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailysnark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Xavier-WOrthy-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier Worthy Leaves Game With Injury After Running Into Travis Kelce -  Daily Snark\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The play that Worthy got injured on was a classic play design that football fans should be familiar with. Kelce and Worth were running a mesh concept, a play that involves two receivers running routes that \u201crub\u201d against each other. The idea behind it is that one of the receivers will essentially set a \u201cpick\u201d for the other. However, one of the Chiefs&#8217; receivers ran the route at the wrong depth, causing Kelce and Worthy to collide.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Worthy avoided a serious injury. While the Chiefs receiver did suffer a shoulder injury, the team is optimistic that the wide receiver will be returning to the field sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs will be facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles this week, a rematch of last year&#8217;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took the blame for the play during their game against the Chargers where Xavier Worthy got injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[19,18,43,36,448],"class_list":["post-32353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-injury","tag-travis-kelce","tag-xavier-worthy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: Chiefs&#039; 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