{"id":9670,"date":"2025-01-08T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:17:37","slug":"travis-kelce-slams-claims-the-chiefs-deliberately-lost-to-stop-the-bengals-making-the-nfl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9670","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce slams claims the Chiefs deliberately lost to stop the Bengals making the NFL playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/14\/93869251-0-image-a-14_1736345099143.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce slams claims the Chiefs deliberately lost to stop the Bengals  making the NFL playoffs | Daily Mail Online\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Travis Kelce has rubbished suggestions that the Chiefs deliberately lost to the Broncos to ensure the Bengals missed out on the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City was sensationally beaten 38-0 after resting\u00a0Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and most of their starters for the final week of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs were 15-1 heading to Denver but their second loss ended Cincinnati&#8217;s hopes of reaching the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals and Chiefs have shared a fierce rivalry over recent seasons, prompting some fans to speculate that Kelce, Mahomes and Co wanted to avoid facing them in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Burrow led the Bengals to AFC Championship victory in Kansas City back in January 2022, prompting some teammates to christen Arrowhead Stadium &#8216;Burrowhead&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/13\/93869311-14262849-image-a-3_1736344107990.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City was sensationally beaten 38-0 after resting most of their starters on Sunday\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/13\/93869271-14262849-image-m-9_1736344302309.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/13\/93869335-14262849-image-a-10_1736344305811.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Burrow\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Kelce addressed those claims on the latest episode of New Heights. He told his brother Jason:\u00a0&#8216;We didn&#8217;t f***ing throw any game&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kelce insisted he wanted Cincinnati to make the playoffs, to make &#8216;the playoffs that much f***ing crazier and that much more fun&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8216;I ain&#8217;t scared of f***ing nobody. I wanted them in the playoffs, I want to slay every dragon one by one like Mortal Kombat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t even want this to be like &#8220;we play the lowest seeds&#8221;. Just give me the best teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;AFC, NFC, give me all of them. Mortal Kombat style. I&#8217;ll go through every f***ing one of them just giving my best effort. I ain&#8217;t scared of a single soul.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In reference to the Burrowhead taunts, Kelce joked: &#8216;I&#8217;ll play &#8217;em at the Walmart parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t give a s***, we can have our own game in the offseason, when we really duke it out again. Listen, I love competing against the greatest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Bengals were a fun a** f***ing team to watch towards the end of the season and it&#8217;s a shame they didn&#8217;t make it into the playoffs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/08\/13\/93869307-14262849-image-a-8_1736344173850.jpg\" alt=\"'(Not) a fun game to be a part of,' Kelce said after watching his team 'get their a** kicked'\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kelce watched on from the sideline as Kansas City &#8216;got their a***es kicked&#8217; in Denver. &#8216;That wasn&#8217;t a fun game to be a part of,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The tight end also warned his teammates not to let the loss dent their momentum as they chase a three-peat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m just sitting on the sideline like: &#8216;Hey boys, don&#8217;t let this s*** ruin our f***ing mojo&#8221;,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When we have everybody rolling, it&#8217;s go time, we have to flick that switch and know we&#8217;re the biggest, baddest team out there&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs had already secured the No 1 seed in the AFC, meaning they receive a bye to the divisional round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bengals and Chiefs have shared a fierce rivalry over recent seasons, prompting some fans to speculate that Kelce, Mahomes and Co wanted to avoid facing them in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,18,128,34,36],"class_list":["post-9670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-dailymail","tag-nfl","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-sport","tag-travis-kelce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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