{"id":39060,"date":"2025-12-05T12:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39060"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:16:48","slug":"breaking-travis-kelce-sends-bold-message-to-nfl-on-real-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39060","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Travis Kelce Sends Bold Message to NFL on &#8216;Real&#8217; Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248787105-e1764930763607.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248787105-e1764930763607.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248787105-e1764930763607.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248787105-e1764930763607.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Sends Bold Message to NFL on 'Real' Chiefs\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce does not see his team\u2019s season the same way that most of the detractors do.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs are 6-6, a record that currently leaves them four and a half games out of first place in the AFC behind the New England Patriots (11-2), who are on a bye this week. That record has Kansas City as the No. 10 seed in the conference, which will send seven teams to the playoffs in January.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Kelce has been defiant in his messaging that the Chiefs remain as good as they have been over the last three seasons, all of which ended in the Super Bowl and two of which ended in championship rings. He said as much earlier this week ahead of Kansas City\u2019s crucial game against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure everyone is sick of us saying it, but we\u2019re a few plays away from being a one seed in my mind,\u201d Kelce said. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy that you watch the film and you see what\u2019s real. And what\u2019s real is we\u2019re that [expletive] close.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Face Must-Win Game Against Texans in Week 14 to Keep Realistic Playoff Hopes Alive<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5620324\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247050065-1.jpg?resize=267,150 267w\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Sends Bold Message to NFL on 'Real' Chiefs\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5620324\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5620324\">GettyTight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Close is not something the Chiefs have had to worry about with Patrick Mahomes under center. The team has never finished shy of at least an appearance in the AFC title game since Mahomes took over starting duties in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>But Kansas City is now in real danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in that stretch. According to NFL.com, the Chiefs are the No. 10 seed in the AFC and have a 39 percent chance of earning a berth in the postseason as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Should they defeat the Texans and Houston\u2019s top-flight defense, Kansas City will improve its playoff odds to 48 percent. However, if the Chiefs fall to the Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City\u2019s chances to play deep into January will drop all the way to 12 percent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes Takes Realistic Perspective on Chiefs\u2019 2025 Campaign<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5634767\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2239639179-1.jpg?resize=267,150 267w\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Sends Bold Message to NFL on 'Real' Chiefs\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5634767\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5634767\">GettyQuarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is not a lack of confidence in the Chiefs locker room, though there is a realization that things are not what they used to be. Mahomes made that clear following his team\u2019s most recent defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ceiling is playing in the Super Bowl. We\u2019ve got all the same guys, and we added players. But at the end of the day, you\u2019ve got to go out and do it every single week, on a week-in, week-out basis,\u201d Mahomes said following a loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201cWe can beat anybody, but we\u2019ve shown that we can lose to anybody. So, we\u2019ve got to be more consistent,\u201d Mahomes continued. \u201cIt starts with me being consistent throughout the entire game, not in just big moments. That\u2019s something that we have to do throughout an entire game and week-to-week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">The Chiefs are two games behind the Los Angeles Chargers and four games behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West Division, which means even if they make the playoffs, Kansas City is likely to face three road games if the franchise hopes to return to the Super Bowl for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are facing playoff oblivion if they don&#8217;t win this week against the Texans, but Travis Kelce doesn&#8217;t see it that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Travis Kelce Sends Bold Message to NFL on &#039;Real&#039; 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