Travis Kelce reportedly moved some Chiefs to tears when addressing teammates Saturday
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was asked all week about Taylor Swift, her tour and Valentine’s Day, but he remained steadfast that his focus was only on Super Bowl LVIII.
“I never want to make the people on this team and in the Kansas City Chiefs’ building feel that I wasn’t focused on the task at hand, and that’s winning football games,” Kelce said. “Knowing how much I love this game and I love coming into work and everything.
“Being able to juggle that and make sure everybody knows my focus is in the right area, especially when I’m in the building and there’s no distractions — that’s been the biggest thing.”
Kelce’s desire is to join a shortlist of players who have won consecutive Super Bowls, which would cement the Chiefs’ place as a dynasty.
That message may have been delivered to his teammates on Saturday evening.
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported that Chiefs coach Andy Reid had quarterback Patrick Mahomes, defensive lineman Chris Jones and Kelce address the team on Saturday night.
“All were great,” Breer wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Kelce particularly so— ‘Unbelievable’ and ‘powerful,’ according to people in the room, to the point where some teammates were moved to tears.”
Breer shared another message later, saying a Chiefs coach had reached out about what Kelce told the team.
“Another coach got back to me on Travis Kelce’s address: ‘Not even close. The best talk/speech I’ve ever heard,’” Breer wrote.
Chiefs wide receiver Justin Watson shared some insight into what Kelce told the team.
“He just laid his heart out there for us,” Watson said. “He just said everything we’ve been through, everything we’ve earned. And then everyone still doubted us. And we felt like we were the only people on the planet that knew what we were capable of and we had to prove it every week. We want it no other way. So we would loved it.”
Kelce was asked about he told the team following the Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
“That we had the formula,” Kelce said. “That we know how to go and get it, and they didn’t. But that being said, I got nothing but respect for the 49ers. They showed a lot more than even I imagined. And there’s going to be a lot of words being thrown around, but that team was every bit deserving as we were.”
This story was originally published February 11, 2024 at 12:57 PM.
