A disgruntled Travis Kelce has called on his Kansas City Chiefs teammates to stop pointing fingers and ‘look themselves in the mirror’ amid the team’s struggles this season.
Sunday’s 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos saw the Chiefs fall to 5-5 for the first time since 2015, leaving them down in the unfamiliar position of third in the AFC West.
It is strange territory for a team that has never lost more than six games with Patrick Mahomes at quarterback. Another defeat at home to the in-form Indianapolis Colts this weekend will see them level that unwanted tally with six regular-season games still to play.
After their latest setback against Denver, Kelce was quizzed about Kansas City’s plight by older brother Jason on the latest episode of their New Heights podcast Wednesday.
‘A bunch of flags all over the place. Whether it was procedural penalties, which is the f***ing most frustrating thing ever, or holding penalties, which some I’m here for. Others I’m just like, “What are we even doing?” And obviously putting up touchdowns instead of field goals, man…’ Travis fumed.
‘It’s frustrating because it’s got to the point where we’re 5-5, we’re .500 going into the back end of the schedule here. Got seven games left, and we’ve basically got to run the table. And I haven’t been in this situation in a long, long time, man…
‘It’s even more frustrating knowing the kind of guys we have and the kind of talent we have, knowing the coaches that we have. Everybody’s got to look themselves in the mirror man. You can’t sit around pointing fingers.
‘Whatever you go into mentally when you’re frustrated, you’ve got to kick that s*** aside and think about how you’re gonna attack the day, and you’ve got to put all that selfish s***, all those things you want for yourself aside and it’s just got to be about this team and the guy next to you – and you’ve got to have fun doing it man.’
After Travis spoke about the tough challenge of facing the 8-2 Colts on Sunday, Jason argued that this year’s Chiefs team is stronger than last year’s, despite that outfit going 15-2 in the regular season and reaching a third straight Super Bowl.
