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Amazon Prime broadcaster Al Michaels has assured die-hard NFL fans that coverage of Taylor Swift will be kept to a minimum when Travis Kelce and the Chiefs take on the Broncos tonight.
The NFL was heavily criticized by fans for its excessive coverage of Swift during Kansas City’s win at the New York Jets earlier this month, after broadcaster NBC regularly cut the pop sensation in the stands at MetLife Stadium.
Even Kelce, the Chiefs star she has been dating for the past month, admitted there was too much focus on his new love interest during games. “They’re overdoing it a little bit for sure,” he said on his New Heights podcast.
After missing Sunday’s win over the Minnesota Vikings, Swift headed back to Arrowhead tonight to watch Kelce take on the Broncos, with her new beau expected to play despite being listed as questionable due to a ankle problem
Amazon Prime plans to minimize its coverage of Taylor Swift at Arrowhead
First-time broadcaster Al Michaels reassured die-hard fans that they won’t make things ‘crazy’
Swift is headed to Kansas City for her NFL star beau Travis Kelce’s latest outing for the Chiefs
And luckily for fans tuning in just for the on-field action, Michaels insists he won’t be televising Swift ‘all night long’.
“What we’re going to do tonight, everything in moderation,” Prime’s play-by-play man said Sports Illustrated before the game.
‘Our crew talked about it this morning. You can’t make a sideshow the show. The vast majority of the audience tunes in to watch a football game.
“There are people, I don’t know how many, it might be a significant number, but it’s certainly not a majority, that if you had the camera trained on her all night, they’d be happy with that. This is not what we do to do.
‘There might be a fitting shot or a couple. I don’t know what the number will be. If Kelce scores six touchdowns, who the hell knows what we’re going to do.
‘But for the most part, only in moderation. The game is still the important element here, by far. This is our thought.
“After that you kind of make it, one of my favorite words, farce.”
Swift has sparked a frenzy since she was seen cheering on Kelce from the stands during the Chiefs’ win over the Chicago Bears in Kansas City last month.
The pop superstar has sparked a frenzy since she was spotted cheering on Kelce from the stands in Kansas City last month.
The pair have been dating for the past month, with their relationship dominating headlines
Her last appearance in New Jersey reportedly caused an astounding 53 percent increase in the number of teenage girls ages 12-17 watching NBC’s edition of Sunday Night Football.
Kelce is expected to be fit for the Chiefs’ Thursday Night Football game, but he will be playing with a heavily taped ankle.
The Chiefs tight end was a doubt for tonight’s game after suffering a sprained ankle against the Vikings last week.
He missed practice earlier this week, but according to ESPNKelce won his race to be fit in time to play.