Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs defeated their divisional rivals Denver Broncos 19-8 on Thursday in what was Taylor Swift’s third attended game.
After being listed as questionable with a sprained ankle, the Kansas City Chiefs’ mischievous All-Pro tight end, Travis Kelce, wasted no time showing that he was healthy after he thrilled the crowd with a risky lateral to fellow tight end Noah Gray on his first touch during a 19-8 win against the Denver Broncos.
That lateral was not part of the play at all.
On a recent episode of the New Heights podcast with his brother Jason, Travis Kelce says head coach Andy Reid specifically said no to adding it to the gameplan.
“I’ve been screaming, we need to put a hook and lateral play in and Coach Reid is just like ‘I’m not doing that,'” Kelce said.
Kelce turned outside toward the Chiefs sideline after the catch, drew three defenders then pitched the ball back to Gray for an extra seven yards. It all worked out.
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“So I took it upon myself.”
“We got the first down,” Kelce said. “Sometimes it goes for 20, sometimes I throw the ball on the ground and it becomes a fumble…and sometimes you get a first down and keep the chains moving.”
A couple of years ago, a Kelce-to-LeSean McCoy lateral nearly netted an all-time electrifying touchdown against the Lions.
Coach Andy Reid made it clear in his latest lateral that he did it on his own.
“That’s something we do every day in practice, so it didn’t surprise me that it took place,” Reid said. “But that was on his own.”
Mahomes added, “That’s just Travis. But he knows if he pitches it, it better work, because if it doesn’t Coach Reid’s going to get on his tail.”
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce caught nine passes for 124 yards in Kansas City’s 19-8 win over the Broncos — his highest receiving total in a game since 2021.
