Taylor Swift: CBS breaks out hilarious graphic showing Travis Kelce performs better with pop star in attendance and even uses her lyrics

Taylor Swift is clearly a lucky charm for Travis Kelce, if CBS’s in-game graphics are to be believed.

During the Kansas City Chiefs’ 31–17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, the CBS broadcast aired statistics comparing Kelce’s performance when Swift was present and not present.

The image, captioned “You Belong With TE,” referencing the pop star’s 2008 hit “You Belong With Me” and the NFL star’s position at tight end, showed Kelce, when Swift was present , receiving an average of 99 yards per game. at that point of the matchup. His final numbers from Sunday’s match increased that figure to 108.

By comparison, CBS showed that when Swift isn’t there, or in their words when Kelce is “left to his own devices,” which is a lyric from “Anti-Hero,” the lead single from her 2022 Midnights album, he averaged just 46.5 yards per play.

Fans on social media quickly picked up on the graphic and saw the funny side.

Taylor Swift was in attendance again when the Chiefs played the Los Angeles Chargers

Kelce had his best performance of the season against the Chargers’ struggling defense

“This is the funniest image in the history of sports TV,” one fan wrote on X.

“It’s safe to say Taylor and Travis are together,” said another.

One fan simply wrote, “I’m dead,” with a crying laughing emoji.

“The whole graphic, kudos to whoever came up with it,” applauded another.

“This period of Chiefs fandom has been hilarious. I just kept wondering, “Why on earth did they word it that way?” and then google it and find out it’s a T-Swift reference,” posted one fan, who apparently learns about Swift through her association with Kelce.

Kelce finished Sunday’s game with a final tally of 12 catches, 179 yards and a touchdown in what proved to be his most productive outing of the season.

In the three previous Chiefs games Swift attended, Kelce recorded 69 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears, 60 yards against the New York Jets and 124 yards against the Denver Broncos.

Denver ranks last in the NFL in yards given up per game and 30 of 32 in passing defense. They have also given up the most points in the NFL by a 14-point margin.

Some fans on social media seemed amused by the graphic portrayal of Kelce’s stats

Similarly, the Chargers’ defense ranks 31st out of 32 in yards per game and last in passing defense.

The numbers seem to show that Kelce’s average of 108 receiving yards per game when Swift was present received a major inflation as he and the Chiefs continued to exploit the worst defenses in the league, as did other teams.

So far this season, Kelce is the Chiefs’ leading pass catcher with 36 receptions, 346 yards and three touchdowns.

The eight-time Pro Bowler also led the Chiefs in receiving last season after finishing the regular season with 92 receptions, 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns.