{"id":28949,"date":"2025-01-25T01:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28949"},"modified":"2025-01-25T01:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:12:19","slug":"travis-kelce-has-5-words-for-anyone-calling-him-washed-ahead-of-chiefs-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28949","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Has 5 Words for Anyone Calling Him &#8216;Washed&#8217; Ahead of Chiefs-Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Travis-Kelce10-e1737764320556.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Travis-Kelce10-e1737764320556.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Travis-Kelce10-e1737764320556.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Travis-Kelce10-e1737764320556.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Has 5 Words for Anyone Calling Him 'Washed' Ahead of Chiefs-Bills\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had a message for any and all critics who think he&#8217;s lost a step.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Travis Kelce went back to being the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 number one offensive weapon last weekend against the Houston Texans \u2014 just in time for another trip to the AFC Championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce spoke to reporters on January 24, ahead of the upcoming matchup with the Buffalo Bills, and he was asked if critics calling him \u201cwashed\u201d or too old motivates him at all. The future Hall of Famer\u2019s answer was blunt, but hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Kelce replied, adding: \u201cI laugh at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"f9394215a60303cccf4a465db0b47d00\">\n<div>\n<article>Travis Kelce, when asked whether he pays attention to those who say he might be slowing down.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kelce\u2019s devilish grin during his response drew a laugh from the media. Then, after a moment, he noted that \u201cas long as I\u2019m going out there and we\u2019re winning, that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That brief Q&amp;A is what makes Kelce so special as a player. He might go down in the history books as the greatest NFL tight end of all-time, and yet, all he ever cares about is team success and winning the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Travis Kelce\u2019s Unselfishness Has Inspired Chiefs Teammates<\/h2>\n<p>Kelce\u2019s unselfishness has been a theme of the past couple seasons. So much so, that The Athletic\u2019s Nate Taylor wrote an entire feature about it, which he published on January 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen summarizing Kelce\u2019s season, several members of the Chiefs \u2014 [offensive coordinator Matt] Nagy, [pass game coordinator Joe] Bleymaier and [quarterback Patrick] Mahomes \u2014 unpromptedly connected his sacrifices this season to what he did a little more than a year ago,\u201d Taylor relayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the 2023 regular-season finale, many of Kelce\u2019s teammates wanted him to play a few snaps to gain the 16 yards he needed to reach 1,000 receiving yards for the eighth consecutive season, which would\u2019ve extended the league\u2019s longest such streak for a tight end,\u201d he explained. \u201cBecause the Chiefs\u2019 game against the Los Angeles Chargers was meaningless, Kelce, for the first time in his career, told [head coach Andy] Reid he didn\u2019t want to be in uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Mahomes, \u201cIt meant a lot to the team that he put the team above himself\u201d in that moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys took that and ran with it,\u201d the Chiefs QB went on. \u201cIt inspired the team. He has the heart of a champion. When your leaders are doing that, I think everybody knows they\u2019ve got to put it all on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Kelce has transformed into a veteran throughout his career, more and more, he\u2019s preached the importance of winning. Now, at age 35, it\u2019s seemingly all that matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beautiful part about Travis is he does not care [about statistics],\u201d Nagy told Taylor. \u201cHe wants to continue to just keep winning. He cares about these trophies. He\u2019s extremely unselfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Kelce\u2019s mindset has rubbed off on the rest of this franchise over the years. It\u2019s created a culture, and when Kelce does eventually decide to call it quits, his impact will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Obermuller covers the NFL and NHL for Heavy.com, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus include the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins, as well as the New York Rangers and New York Islanders. An NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate, his previous bylines include FanDuel&#8217;s The Duel, King Fantasy Sports and Pro Football Mania. More about Michael Obermuller<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the AFC Championship game vs. the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce sent a message to his critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":28950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Travis Kelce Has 5 Words for Anyone Calling Him &#039;Washed&#039; Ahead of Chiefs-Bills - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28949\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travis Kelce Has 5 Words for Anyone Calling Him &#039;Washed&#039; 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