Travis Kelce fired back at those who say the Kansas City Chiefs rested many of their starters against the Denver Broncos on Sunday in order to lose and, as a result, keep the Cincinnati Bengals out of the playoffs.
On their “New Heights” podcast, Jason Kelce brought up that speculation to his brother, the star Chiefs tight end, who fired back at the notion.
“I ain’t scared of f—ing nobody,” Travis Kelce said. “I wanted them in the f—ing playoffs. I want to slay every dragon one by one, like Mortal Kombat. I don’t even want this to be like we play the lowest seed. Just give me the best teams.
“”AFC, NFC, give me all of them, Mortal Kombat-style,” Kelce added. “I’ll go through every f—ing one of them just giving them my best f–ing effort. I ain’t scared of a single soul, man.”
It should be noted that, while the Chiefs loss on Sunday prevented the Bengals from making the playoffs, Cincinnati did themselves no favors throughout the season. They were 2-7 against playoff teams, lost to the Patriots in week one, and boasted one of the worst statistical defenses in the league.
But for the Chiefs, everything makes sense. With the No. 1 seed locked up, they rested their starters in Sunday’s finale against the Broncos, a game that Denver won by 38 points to clinch the final playoff spot in the AFC.