Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid defended Travis Kelce’s “passion” after a heated alternate together with his veteran tight finish throughout Sunday night time’s win over the New York Giants.
Kelce and Reid have been seen shouting at one another on the sideline through the second quarter of Kansas Metropolis’s 22-9 victory, which marked their first of the NFL season after a 0-2 begin. Reid had additionally bumped his participant’s shoulder amid one other stuttering efficiency for a group that has reached 5 of the final six Tremendous Bowls.
The alternate arrived every week after Kelce slammed his helmet and yelled at Reid throughout his facet’s 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch of February’s Tremendous Bowl.
Talking after the sport, Reid performed down the incident.
“Don’t make too much of it. He’s a passionate guy and I love that part. I’ve been through a lot of things with him so that’s all part of it. I love that he loves to play the game. That’s what I love. It’s an emotional game, so I’ll take it,” Reid stated.
“I really like Travis’ ardour, so I am OK with that. We did not have sufficient of it within the second quarter, we weren’t the place we would have liked to be.
“He knows when to back off the pedal and he knows when to push it too. That’s part of what I love about him. The guy’s all-in. Just sometimes I have to be the policeman,” Reid stated. “He was all-in. Listen, he’s an emotional guy. He’s Irish.”
The alternate between Reid and Kelce came about with the Chiefs main 6-0 however having did not capitalise on Chris Roland-Wallace’s interception of Russell Wilson. The following drive resulted in Harrison Butker lacking a 40-yard subject objective within the newest sequence to underline Kansas Metropolis’s offensive struggles initially of the season.
It has been an imperfect begin to the marketing campaign for Kelce, who injured team-mate Xavier Worthy throughout a mid-route collision of their Week One defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers earlier than fumbling a goalline catch that become an interception towards the Eagles in Week Two.
Kelce completed the night time with 4 catches for 26 yards and has simply 10 catches for 134 yards and a landing on the 12 months having come off a career-low 823 yards in 2024.
“He’s a guy that loves it,” stated Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes after the sport. “That’s what’s made him so great. I know [Reid and Kelce] love each other. That’s what you want out of the greats.”
Tyquan Thornton and Kareem Hunt scored touchdowns whereas the Chiefs picked off Wilson twice to clinch their first win of the season, avoiding slipping to 0-3 for the primary time since 2011.
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