Travis Kelce has opened up about what he told Chiefs teammate Kadarius Toney during practice this week after the wide receiver's touchdown against the Bills on Sunday was painfully called offside.
After being found by Patrick Mahomes, Kelce charged forward and threw an amazing lateral cross-field to Toney for the wide receiver to score a touchdown with a minute left in the fourth quarter, giving the Chiefs the lead – only for the referees could correctly call Toney. for offside.
Toney has been criticized for his mistake at such a crucial stage of the game, but during his New Heights podcast this week, Kelce holds no grudges.
He said: 'I went to KT today and said 'man, we had that place fucking rocking'. Arrowhead was on fire after that game.
'I was like, “We just have to do it again, big dog.” Say what you want him to be in the neutral zone. You can't put it in the referee's hands in that position.
Travis Kelce opened up for the stunning touchdown that never was in Chiefs vs. Bills
Kelce threw an amazing lateral to teammate Kadarius Toney late in the game on Sunday
Toney crossed the line for what looked like an all-time great play, but he was offside
“I love KT, if we get the chance again I'll throw that s*** right in his chest again. I have all the confidence in the world in that guy. He is one of our best players.
'Look what he does with the ball in his hands. All those people hating on KT right now, I'm trying not to hear it; you can damn well miss me with it.'
When he spoke to his brother Jason about the incredible piece, he confirmed that it was improvised.
“No, it was on the spot,” Kelce said. “Honestly man, it was such a blast.
“I caught him in the field, knew I had broken the containment angle of the guy chasing me, I knew KT was there from the route he was running and I knew if I could get him the ball he would score a touchdown could score.
'Can you imagine in retrospect if that… (didn't work). You don't see it every day.'
Kelce said he and his team could have reacted better to offside – they had a minute left to try to score and take the win – but ultimately lost 20-17.
“We've played a lot of close games and we have to find ways to win,” Kelce said.
'After that game we had two more timeouts. Lots of time to set up a field goal, get to a red zone. I didn't play my best after those two games.'
Travis and the Chiefs, who are now 8-5 on the season, are back in action this weekend with a road game against the New England Patriots.