{"id":9923,"date":"2025-01-10T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9923"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:12:54","slug":"breaking-news-chiefs-te-travis-kelce-reacts-to-punishment-from-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9923","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Reacts to Punishment from NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200\/MjExNjk5OTA0Mzg3NDkxODE2\/travis-kelce.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Reacts to Punishment from NFL - Athlon Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0star\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0knew that he was going to get hit with some sort of punishment after celebrating the way he did in their Christmas Day Game against the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce scored the 77th receiving touchdown of his career on Dec. 25 against the Steelers, which allowed him to surpass the great Tony Gonzalez for the most receiving touchdowns in Chiefs franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>The All-Pro tight end just had to mark his iconic feat in a special way, and he did so by honoring the Chiefs icon. After scoring the historic touchdown, Kelce went up and dunked the football on the crossbar, ala Tony\u00a0Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL fined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> TE Travis Kelce $14,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct (use of prop) \u2014 dunking over the crossbar on Christmas in tribute to Tony Gonzalez after breaking his franchise TD record.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez posted he\u2019ll help with the fine. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c6QZVYYhSa\">pic.twitter.com\/c6QZVYYhSa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1875648963136872521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the above tweet from the\u00a0NFL\u00a0Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero indicated, the league eventually decided to fine Kelce $14,069 for his celebration. It was deemed unsportsmanlike conduct after the Chiefs star used the crossbar as a prop.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce spoke about the incident during Tuesday&#8217;s episode of his\u00a0&#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast\u00a0with his brother\u00a0Jason Kelce. According to the 10-time Pro Bowler, he was &#8220;of course&#8221; punished by the NFL for his antics. He added, &#8220;They said since I touched the goal post it was a fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He then acknowledged that his dunk did not exactly go according to plan. Kelce admitted that it wasn&#8217;t his best moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was trying to get my (expletive) old ass up there, man,&#8221; Kelce said. &#8220;Fourth quarter of the game, my (expletive) legs are tired after a 10-play drive. &#8230; I&#8217;m just like, &#8216;Screw it, I&#8217;m gonna send it one time for old time&#8217;s sake.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; That was me slapping the backboard. That wasn&#8217;t me actually flushing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our gear experts are constantly searching for the best deals on gear so you don&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjExODQzMDU5OTQyNDM0MzM5\/usatsi_25094110.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87).\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In November, just before Kelce tied his franchise record for the Chiefs,\u00a0Gonzalez\u00a0said that he would gladly\u00a0pay Kelce&#8217;s fine\u00a0if he dunked the ball. Kelce responded to\u00a0Gonzalez&#8217; offer by saying that while he appreciates the gesture, there is no need for the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tony, you don&#8217;t have to do that, dude,&#8221; Kelce said on the podcast. &#8220;It was so cool to hear you even say it, dude, but you don&#8217;t have to help me pay that fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9923","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 NEWS : Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Reacts to Punishment from NFL - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9923\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Reacts to Punishment from NFL - 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