Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said it fking pisses me off how he played in Sundays loss to the Bills, the teams first defeat of the season.
During the latest installment of his and brother Jason Kelces New Heights podcast, Travis put it on himself to get st right after Jason brought up a narrative that the Chiefs let their win streak get in their head.
You dont think about, oh, I really want to win this game so I can remain undefeated, Travis, 35, said after he had two catches for 8 yards in the 30-21 defeat. No, we want to win this game because we have a lot of really close football games against the Buffalo Bills and we love fking competing against them because theyre one of the best teams in the league. I get fired up playing against the best teams in the NFL and I was fired up for this one and I didnt play my best.
Travis Kelce explains how he didnt play his best in the Chiefs loss to the Bills on Nov. 17, 2024.X/New Heights
That st, it fking pisses me off and it made me go right back into work on Monday after the game and get after it, find a way to make st right.
Prior to Sundays loss, the Chiefs won 15 straight games including playoffs last season, en route to a second straight title when they beat the 49ers in Februarys Super Bowl.
That run included a 27-24 win over Buffalo in the Divisional Round of the playoffs after the Bills won a regular season matchup in Kansas City between the two rivals.
Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs makes a catch against Christian Benford #47 of the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter at Highmark Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York.Getty Images
Travis explained that the loss to the Bills changed his teams perspective moving forward and Kansas City is confident in their pursuit of a three-peat.
I think this is something that you wont see out of us in the future, he said. I think were very confident well get the things fixed. We have all talent we need to go and win another Super Bowl I think everybody knows that. All we gotta do is be at our best and thats we were not for four quarters. I mean there wasnt a single quarter that we outplayed them.
They were fundamentally more sound in a lot of areas and I put that on myself to harp on the fundamentals at practice. Make sure Im focused, I got all the faith in the world in this team.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) warms up prior to the game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on November 17, 2024.Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
Travis had high praise for Bills quarterback Josh Allen, and explained how hes a force when he uses his legs.
Allen scored a touchdown on fourth-and-2 with 2:17 left to secure the win and improve to 9-2, atop the AFC East.
AFC Divisional Playoffs – Kansas City Chiefs v Buffalo Bills
The undefeated thing was cool, but thats not our ultimate goal, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said in his postgame press conference. So well keep building toward that.
Thats a good football team. Nothing to hang your head on losing to them. We feel like we can play better. So well get back to work and try to use this as a spark so we can be a better football team in the end.
