Travis Kelce defended the tears on the way back to Kansas City Chiefs wardrobe while waiting to meet Taylor Swift after the most humiliating night of his career at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
The devastated wing of the 35-year-old Chiefs had a misery recorded on his face when the dreams of 'three turbas' by Kansas City ended up in disorder with a brutal loss of 40-22.
The 35 -year -old is considering whether he wants to continue playing from here. If this is the last time Kelce is suitable for chiefs, it is difficult to imagine a worse way to move away from the game.
He could not have been further from last year's jubilant scenes with Swift, since the most popular couple in the United States kissed the field after a night of glory. This time, when Kelce disappeared in the field, Swift was booed mercilessly by a stadium full of Eagles fans when he appeared in the Jumbotron. She didn't seem impressed.
There were no immediate signs of the singer after the game ended. She had taken a seat in the stands to encourage him for what Kelce himself had said that it was the biggest game of her career.
He ended in ruins, a ruthless humiliated for one of the great NFL characters who was absolutely anonymous at night. Kelce finished with four receptions for 39 yards in New Orleans.
Travis Kelce congratulates the Philadelphia Eagles, Field Marshal Jalen Hurts after the Super Bowl
Taylor Swift observed from the stands on a night of misery for Kelce and his team
“We couldn't get offensively,” Kelce told journalists in the locker room. “We simply couldn't find that spark, we couldn't find that impulse.”
Kelce said he believed in the long time that the Chiefs could change the game.
“100% believed,” he said. 'Never lose doubt. I think there were many things that were going wrong.
'Everything was not really our way today. You don't lose that way without everything going wrong.
Despite all his undoubted love for the game, Kelce now has to ask if he can overcome the father's time. His level of performance has dropped this season, there can be no doubt, even considering that he has had to make more block for his offensive and curled up with the toughest yards.
And after a week of careful questions about his team on the edge of the story, and his future plans with Swift, there was a surprising false step when the couple went to dinner on Friday night with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes.
They did not break any team rule, but it is not precedents to see the players outside and so close to the game. He has left it exposed to criticism after a frankly horrible performance: the same can be said of his quartback too.
Kelce is expected to clarify his future before March 12, the beginning of the NFL free agency. Saturday night reports said Kelce's future may depend on the result of the Super Bowl.
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