VIDEO: Travis Kelce Delivers The Cold Hard Truth About His Poor Production To Start The 2024 NFL Season

Travis Kelce holding a footballTravis Kelce (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Travis Kelce has broken his silence on his lackluster production to start the new season for the Kansas City Chiefs.

The star tight end is going through a notable slump. He has delivered the lowest output over any three-game stretch of his entire career, earning rife criticism from fans and analysts. Many suggest that the lively offseason he had with Taylor Swift could be to blame, with Kelce making just eight catches for 69 yards over a the aforementioned spell.

Kelce addressed the slump on the newest episode of his ‘New Heights’ podcast and explained that it’s just football.

“I’ve had a lot of catches in this league, man. I’m not worried about the catches and the yards, and all of that, I have the most fun when I get the ball thrown my way, I mean, who doesn’t?” he said.

“It has everything to do with execution and just making sure we’re doing everything we can to win these football games, that’s always going to be the goal. I think everyone saw my drop in the fourth quarter and the crucial third down, just trying to do too much before putting the ball away.”

Travis Kelce Doesn’t Think Heos Playing Like Trash

Kelce also attributed his slump to the way the Chiefs are being covered by opposing defenses this season.

“I think with how defenses are playing us right now, I’m not really getting a lot of opportunities to make plays down the field,” he said. “But not using that as an excuse. Moving forward, still trying to make sure I can help the team out in that regard knowing I’ve been that weapon for us in the past.”

The TE admitted that his most recent outing – Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons—was “trash.” But he later walked back on that comment, also seemingly looking to allay any fears over his condition.

“I’m playing winning football. It’s not trash,” he added. “But it could be better. Wish I played as good as I felt.”

Kelce will have a chance to bounce back from his slump when the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday, but he isn’t worried about potentially remaining in a rut.

“If it doesn’t [turn around], as long as we’re winning football games, we’re good to go, baby!” he remarked.

Travis Kelce Drops Massive Truth Bomb About The Taylor Swift Breakup Rumors

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
While Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift seem to be in love, many fans were really disturbed and worried that since they hadn’t seen each other in some time, they must’ve broken up.

The pop star is currently on a world tour and Travis Kelce has a new hectic schedule now that he is in demand due to his relationship with Taylor Swift.

Back on a previous episode of his New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast, he sweetly called Swift the “biggest and best thing possible.”

He also spoke on the false rumors about his relationship with his girlfriend.

“A lot of false media being tossed out there. But I’ll tell you what wasn’t false, and it was when I landed in Australia and seen all the cameras,” Kelce said, talking about how crazy it was being with Swift in Australia. “There were full-on helicopters just flying around. They helicoptered us! Well, not us, Taylor.”

He added, “This is all because Taylor is the biggest and the best thing possible.”

Travis Kelce’s trip to visit Taylor Swift in Australia was well-documented by the local media, particularly an outing the two of them had at Sydney Zoo.

According to Travis, he “got to see a red panda up close and personal” as well as some kangaroos, which he said “were pretty sweet.” The tight end also recalled seeing a “ginormous” crocodile and African elephants.

This was Swift’s second time visiting the zoo during her time in Sydney, having also visited the previous day ahead of her boyfriend’s arrival.

Last year, the nine-time Pro Bowler fell just short of another 1,000-yard season, catching 93 passes for 984 yards, according to ESPN.com.

Travis Kelce And Taylor Swift First Sparked Dating Rumors In September 2023

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce confirmed their budding romance in September 2023, when he formally invited her to a game and the pop star showed up to Arrowhead Stadium to watch him play. It made the national news when it happened and it continued to do so as she would go on to show up to some 13 games throughout the year and that includes the playoffs.

As the months went on, the couple would be pictures holding hands and showing up to Saturday Night Live together.

After the AFC Championship game as well as the Super Bowl, they gave the world what they wanted as they leaned in to deliver a huge kiss to one another.

Despite unfounded rumors, it appears the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift is only getting stronger.

Everyone Thinks The Know Which NFL Team Bill Belichick Will Be Coaching Next, And It’s Not The Dallas Cowboys

Bill Belichick looks on.Bill Belichick (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Football fans on social media think they know which team Bill Belichick will coach next, and it’s not the Dallas Cowboys.

Many fans have linked Bill Belichick to the Cowboys during their slow start, and understandably so. A big-market team like Dallas makes perfect sense for the greatest head coach of all time, and current Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy is in his contract year and unlikely to be retained if the team doesn’t embark on a deep postseason run.

But football fans are predicting that Belichick won’t be coaching America’s Team next. Rather, they believe he will eventually replace Doug Pederson as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A flood of tweets called for the Jaguars to hire Belichick during the team’s embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football.”

 

After parting ways with the New England Patriots in January, Belichick became the biggest name available in the head coaching hiring cycle. Surprisingly, the Atlanta Falcons were the only team that interviewed the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach.

The Falcons hired former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, and the other teams with HC vacancies passed over Belichick. Unless he’s hired by a team mid-season, 2024 will mark the first year without Belchick employed in the NFL since 1974.

Bill Belichick Is The Perfect Candidate For Jaguars

The Jaguars have too much talent to be 0-3, and to be humiliated by the Bills like this on prime time. Clearly, Doug Pederson isn’t the solution to this team’s never-ending search for a competent long-term head coach.

Belichick is the most decorated head coach in NFL history and would surely be enticed by the chance to take over a team with Jacksonville’s talent. He could do a lot worse than a core of Trevor Lawrence, Christian Kirk, Travis Etienne Jr., Brian Thomas Jr., Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker.

VIDEOS: Caitlin Clark Suffered A Nasty Black Eye During Her Playoff Debut After Taking Vicious Cheap Shot From Rival Player Who Openly Mocked Her Earlier In The Season

Caitlin Clark after getting poked in the eye during a game.Caitlin Clark (Photo via ESPN)
Caitlin Clark’s first taste of the WNBA playoffs was quite similar to her regular season debut for the Indiana Fever, as they both started with a loss to the Connecticut Sun.

The Fever are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016 but will have a lot to do by Wednesday if they are to leave a mark.

Clark didn’t enjoy a positive night on the court as she was poked in the eye less than two minutes after tipoff, with Sun guard DiJonai Carrington poking her in the eye. Carrington openly mocked the rookie in a previous matchup, suggesting she flopped. She later took to social media to joke about it, much to the disgust of Fever fans.

You can see the incident in the clip below:

There was no foul called on the play. Clark went to the bench for a brief moment after getting hit in the eye but didn’t leave the game because of it.

Fans didn’t think the hit was inadvertent.

“If Dijonai hadn’t spouted nastiness towards Fever fans and CC all season, I’d say accidental. But her track record with CC leads me to believe it was intentional,” one wrote.

“She pointed her fingers almost straight down. That s**t was intentional,” another said.

Caitlin Clark Refused To Blame Carrington’s Poke For Her Shooting Slump

Clark would go on to have a poor night, shooting just 23.5 percent from the field to score 11 points, adding eight assists and four rebounds. However, she told reporters she didn’t think it affected her.

“Obviously, she got me pretty good in the eye,” she said, per the New York Post. “I don’t think it affected me. I got good shots, they didn’t go down. It’s a tough time for that to happen. Had three wide open in first half that I usually make. It didn’t feel good when it happened but I don’t think it affected me.”

The two sides are scheduled to play their second game of the series this Wednesday, with the third set for Friday.