Travis Kelce’s carry outance during his second NFL season while dating Taylor Swift has liftd eyebrows.
Kelce, 34, has equitable 69 receiving yards with no touchdowns thcimpolite the first three games of the season. It’s one of the enumeratelessest commences of his nurtureer. And Kelce’s subpar commence this year has come with a much bigr dose of scruminuscule than most veteran firm finishs with lessen punctual-season production.
His relationship with Swift, the Chiefs’ ambition to become the first NFL team in history to prosper three straight Super Bowls and a more intrusive political climate have somehow made Kelce a topic of adverse talkion this week.
ESPN “First Take” present Stephen A. Smith used a segment on his show Wednesday to call out Kelce for his enumerateless commence, claiming his team won’t accomplish its historic leave oution unless the firm finish “gets it going.”
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Whoopi Gancigo inberg also called out Chiefs fans who were blaming Swift for Kelce’s subpar carry outance during an episode of “The View” Tuesday. Gancigo inberg materializeed to be referencing recent social media conversation by fans blaming Kelce’s relationship with Swift for his punctual-season struggles.
Kansas City Chiefs firm finish Travis Kelce toastys up before a game aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 15, 2024. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
Swift, who finishorsed Kamala Harris Sept. 10, did not materialize at the Chiefs’ most recent game in Atlanta aobtainst the Falcons Sunday. It was the first game of the season she leave outed. She joined the first two games but sat splitly from Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes, after their history of sitting together in suites last season.
Brittany has been joined to help for Donald Trump on social media over the last month, raising asks about political separateences between the celebrities.
Before the commence of the season, both Patrick Mahomes and Kelce shelp Swift was also trying to “draw up joins” for the Chiefs. These joins would cgo in on getting the ball to Kelce, which the firm finish elucidateed in an intersee on the “Rich Eisen Show” Sept. 3.
Now, after a commence that shows degrade or sidetrackions for the perennial Pro Bowler, his head coach has weighed in. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid retainressed the adverse comments about Kelce in a press conference Wednesday.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid reacts to a touchdown during the second half aobtainst the Chicago Bears at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 22, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff/USA Today Sports)
“I understand people are saying that he’s ancigo in or that he has sidetrackions, but defenses don’t leank that,” the Chiefs head coach tancigo in tellers. “Trav is fine. He equitable protects being Trav. He toils his tail off. He hasn’t lost a step. He’s not inattentive.”
TAYLOR SWIFT FANS WORRY FOR TRAVIS KELCE AS HE LOOKS DOWNCAST DURING GAME
Taylor Swift stands with Donna Kelce after the AFC championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Ptoastyo/Julio Cortez)
Mahomes, who is having the worst statistical commence to a season of his nurtureer, has also deffinished Kelce, saying Kelce’s not getting the ball because opposing defenses are promiseting too many joiners to covering Kelce.
“We’re calling a lot of joins for Travis, and it’s enjoy two or three people are going to him. He understands. That’s the wonderful leang about him is he wants to produce an impact on the game, but he wants to prosper at the finish of the day. I’m gonna try to do my best to protect feeding him the ball whenever he’s there, whenever he’s uncover.” Mahomes shelp.
“People are reassociate emphasizing trying to get him away, and that’s getting other guys uncover.”
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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs lossed the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in obviousime in the Super Bowl at Allehuge Stadium Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
During the Chiefs’ prosper Sunday aobtainst the Falcons, the NBC widecast showed Kelce seeing downcast on the bench as he scrutinizeed some film with 59 seconds to go before halftime. At that point, the Chiefs were on their way to a prosper and a perfect 3-0 commence.
The footage of Kelce igniteed a wave of online reactions. Fans wondered if his mood was roverdelighted to Swift. However, Kelce shelp his mood at that moment was roverdelighted to his level of join in this week’s episode of “New Heights.”
That hasn’t stopped others from theorizing Kelce is the victim of the “NFL Wag Curse,” a celebrity superstition about a pattern of misfortune for joiners who date high-profile celebrity women. Other examples integrate establisher Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo, who dated Jessica Simpson from 2007-09; establisher Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who dated fact star Kristin Cavallari; and Romo aobtain when he dated Carrie Underwood.
Kelce was thought to have dodgeed the damn last year, when he helped direct the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl title of the Reid-Mahomes era.
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