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The Kansas City Chiefs person go the villains of the NFL with each their success.
The Chiefs are seeking to go the NFL’s archetypal three-time repetition champions erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl.
Jason Kelce asked Travis Kelce, the Chiefs' prima choky end, if the Chiefs enjoyed being the villains of the NFL during a caller occurrence of "New Heights."
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"I emotion it, I emotion it. At 1 constituent successful time, it wasn’t that," Travis said.
"You guys were the darling of the NFL," Jason responded.
"Yeah, I was the ‘do you consciousness atrocious for him guys,’" Travis said.
Despite making the playoffs successful 4 of the archetypal 5 years of Kelce’s vocation with the Chiefs, the squad ne'er precocious beyond the AFC divisional round.
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It wasn’t until Patrick Mahomes became the full-time starter astatine quarterback, replacing Alex Smith successful 2018, that the Chiefs broke done and made it to the AFC championship.
Since the 2018-2019 season, the Chiefs person yet to autumn abbreviated of making the AFC title successful a season.
The Chiefs person present won 3 of the past 5 Super Bowls and person been branded the NFL’s villains.
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Travis said the villain statement brings the squad together.
"I’m enjoying doing this with the guys together, the guys that we person successful there, due to the fact that it’s similar it conscionable makes america adjacent much of a family. You conscionable ellipse the wagons erstwhile s---, you cognize radical are saying immoderate they want. And you conscionable set it together, and it conscionable makes you admit much of what you person due to the fact that radical privation what you have," Kelce said.
The Chiefs are conscionable 1 triumph distant from making past and becoming 1 of the large dynasties successful the sport’s history.
Kelce has been a large portion of the Chiefs' playoff success. He is archetypal successful NFL playoff past with 174 receptions.
Kelce is 2nd to lone Jerry Rice successful NFL playoff yards and touchdowns.
Rice had 2,245 playoff receiving yards, portion Kelce has 2,039, and Rice has 22 vocation playoff touchdowns to Kelce’s 20.
Kelce has added to his playoff resume successful this Chiefs tally to the Super Bowl. The prima choky extremity had his champion crippled of the play against the Houston Texans successful the divisional circular erstwhile helium caught 7 receptions for 117 yards and 1 touchdown.
In the AFC championship, Kelce caught 2 passes for 19 yards successful the Chiefs' 32-29 triumph implicit the Buffalo Bills.
Kelce’s Chiefs volition instrumentality connected the Eagles successful the Super Bowl astatine 6:30 p.m. ET Feb. 9 connected FOX.
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