Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce really, really hates tie games in the NFL
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- Travis Kelce criticized NFL tie games as deflating and damaging to fan interest.
- Kelce voiced his view during the brothers’ weekly recap of Chiefs and Eagles.
- Bruce Arians proposed a post-overtime 8-yard, three-down shootout as an alternative.
Each week during the NFL season, the brothers Kelce recap the previous weekend’s games, and there’s a special emphasis on the Chiefs and Eagles.
That’s to be expected because Jason Kelce played for the Eagles before retiring from the NFL, and Travis Kelce is still going strong with the Chiefs.
After talking about the Chiefs’ win over the Ravens and Philly’s victory against the Buccaneers on this week’s episode, the brothers spent some time on the “Sunday Night Football” game.
The Cowboys and Packers tied 40-40 after ending regulation knotted at 37-37.
It’s safe to say Travis Kelce is not a fan of NFL games ending in a tie.
“It’s disgusting,” he said of ties.
Fair to say, that’s a visceral reaction, right?
“Ties are just the worst, man,” Kelce added. “I don’t want to see them. They’re so deflating. It makes a great football game feel like, ‘Why did I watch that?’”
Kelce mentioned hearing former Buccaneers/Cardinals coach Bruce Arians’ overtime plan on “The Pat McAfee Show.” The current rule allows each team a chance to possess the ball even if the first team scores a touchdown during the extra period, which is 10 minutes long.
In Arians’ plan, if the game is tied after overtime, the ball is put on the 8-yard line and each team has three downs to score until a team wins. Here is Arians talking about his idea.
This story was originally published October 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.
