Kansas City chiefing coach Andy Reid told journalists not to “do too much” the touch spit between him and the star Tree Travis Kelce in the second quarter of the 22-9 victory of the team on the New York Giants on “Sunday Night Football”.
NBC’s cameras caught the two men shouting against each other, Reid at a given moment pretending to intentionally give Kelce’s shoulder a hard bump with his own shoulder. The chiefs were up 6-0 at the time, but the offense had failed to capitalize on a turnover of the Giants.
By entering the half-time, while the confrontation with Kelce played on viewers’ screens, Melissa Stark from NBC asked Reid what her message was after seeing “a lot of frustration and emotion of your key players, star players on the touch”.
“It’s ok, we need juice,” said Reid, whose team had entered the 0-2 match. “So it’s good.”
During his post-match press conference, Reid was asked what he had tried to go to Kelce during the exchange.
“I love the passion for Travis, and so I agree. We did not have enough,” said Reid. “This second trimester was not where we were to be. So, in reason, you know, he knows – he knows when to back down the pedal, and knows when to push him too. So, it is that I love him, the guy is all .. Sometimes I must be the policeman.”
Reid added: “Listen, he’s an emotional guy. He’s Irish.”
Asked if the exchange was that he told Kelce to back up a little, Reid replied: “Do not do too much. He’s a passionate guy, and I like this part. So I went through a lot with him, so that’s all.
Kelce was not made available to journalists after the match.
This is not the first time that the two men have come into contact during a key dispute. At the beginning of the second quarter of the Super Bowl LVIII against the 49ers of San Francisco on February 12, 2024, Kelce was seen screaming on the face of his trainer, grabbing his arm and colliding with him, which seemed to make Reid stumble.
After the victory of the Chiefs 25-22 in overtime in this match, Reid pushed the incident, telling CBS that Kelce had embraced him and apologized after the incident.
“There is no one that I become better than I get it,” said Reid, who was 65 years old at the time. “He is a competitive child and he likes to play.”
A few days later, on the “New Heights” podcast, Kelce expressed regret.
“It’s really unacceptable,” he said, “and I immediately wanted to take it back.”
On the same podcast, Kelce said: “Unfortunately, sometimes my passion comes out where it seems to be a negativity, but I am grateful [Reid] knows that that’s all because I want to win this thing with him more than anything.
The chiefs had not started 0-2 since 2014, which was the first year of Kelce as a starter and the second of Reid as a team coach. The team has since played in five Super Bowls and won three.
This season is also slow for Kelce, a selection of Pro Bowl at 10 times. It has 10 catches in 17 targets for 134 yards and a touchdown. During the defeat of the 20-17 Chiefs against the Eagles of Philadelphia During week 2, a quarter-Arrière pass Patrick Mahomes rebounded from Kelce’s arms to the goal line and led to a revolutionary interception by Patrick Mukuba of the Eagles.
Still during the Philadelphia match, Kelce seemed to point his crotch in the context of a raw gesture intended for the opposing key line after making a reception of 23 yards. He was then sentenced to a fine of $ 14,491 by the NFL for antactive driving.
