Inside the Kansas City Chiefs’ travel chaos: Travis Kelce lifts the lid on team’s Denver nightmare

Travis Kelce has revealed the Kansas City Chiefs’ travel nightmare that hit the team before and after their 38-0 loss to the Denver Broncos last week.

The chaos began Saturday when the reigning Super Bowl champions ended up flying out of Kansas City four hours behind schedule after a brutal match A winter storm left the team’s plane stranded on the runway.

According to Fox4 News, the Chiefs were scheduled to leave for Denver on Saturday around 2:45 p.m. But it wasn’t until around 6:30 PM ET when they finally left.

The storm led to “rapid ice accumulations” and forced authorities to close the airfield at Kansas City International Airport – before the Chiefs could depart.

After a team of backups was defeated by the Broncos, they had to stay in Denver on Sunday night.

As a snowstorm swept through the Midwest, the Kansas City airport was closed, preventing the Chiefs from traveling back until Monday.

Kelce, Mahomes and their Chiefs teammates were delayed in leaving and had to stay overnight

Travis was asked about the nightmare during this week’s episode of New Heights and revealed that he had no idea they were delayed in Kansas City on the outbound flight because he fell asleep immediately after boarding.

He told brother Jason, “Dude, when I get on these planes, I eat my Chick-fil-A and I sit the fuck back, put on my headphones and I’m gone.

‘I could sleep during a rock concert. It doesn’t matter where I am. I don’t know how I got this trait, but I have the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime. As long as I feel comfortable, I can just shut it down.

‘I was on the runway for about three hours while everyone else was having a good time. I heard some linemen wrestling, I heard people telling war stories and having fun.

‘I woke up as the plane took off and thought ‘what the hell?’ It feels like I’ve been sleeping forever. I looked at the time and thought, “What just happened?” and then I was informed.

“Maybe there are some photos and some videos of me sleeping. Maybe someone got me. Maybe they shot me.”

However, Travis then admitted that the worst part was having to spend another night in Denver instead of flying back to Kansas City immediately.

Kelce and Mahomes watched from the sidelines as the Broncos defeated a rotated Chiefs 38-0

He added, “I think the most frustrating part was not being able to return to Kansas City.

‘We had to stay another night in Denver. Not that Denver isn’t a beautiful city and I don’t like Denver, I think that city is really cool, but it’s not fun to sit in a hotel room.’

Jason asked why they didn’t go out to celebrate. Travis replied, “The vibrations weren’t really high. We just got hit 38-0, so we felt sorry for some of the young guys, some of the guys that we were looking for to have a good game.

“Coach (Andy) Reid doesn’t like to lose. I knew that going out and having fun and being caught on video doing something damn stupid wasn’t the best idea, so we all just hung out and had dinner together.”

However, the travel delays are unlikely to have any impact on the Chiefs’ playoff preparations, as they had already secured the AFC’s No. 1 seed and a bye in this week’s wild-card round.

While the Chiefs were blown out 38-0 by the Broncos in a game their old AFC West rivals needed to win to clinch a playoff spot, Kelce and Patrick Mahomes were among the key players taking it easy.

Reid opted to give them the weekend off despite the possibility of rust setting in at least 24 days before they were due to play their next match.

Others who sat out Sunday were running backs Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco, wide receivers Marquise Brown and DeAndre Hopkins, right tackle Jawaan Taylor, pass rushers Chris Jones and George Karlaftis, linebackers Nick Bolton and Drue Tranquill, cornerback Trent McDuffie and safety Justin Reid.

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy and offensive linemen Joe Thuney, Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith also played just three snaps or less.