Travis Kelce endured all four quarters and overtime during the 2024 Super Bowl — and he’s feeling the effects.
The 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end revealed on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce that he was experiencing discomfort following the championship game, where the Chiefs clinched the Super Bowl victory in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers.
“I feel like I just got in a trainwreck, man,” Travis said after Jason asked him how he felt post-game. “That was a physical game, man.”
“That was a physical post-game too!,” Jason, 36, joked, referring to videos of Travis celebrating and dancing with girlfriend Taylor Swift and his team after the game in Las Vegas.
Despite nursing some aches, Travis Kelce emphasized that he wouldn’t have chosen a different path, as his team ultimately secured their third Super Bowl title.
“That was five-quarters of hard-nosed football, and it was worth every single discomfort and pain I woke up to today,” Travis said. “[I] just couldn’t be happier for the guys, man.”
“We really rallied together for five quarters, man,” he added. “For the second half of the season we really just decided to lock in and put in that extra work man and it paid off baby. Nothing better.”
Jason also highlighted that Travis played a crucial role in rallying his team the night before the big game by delivering an inspiring speech, urging them to give their best performance.
“Basically my message was we got the formula, man. We figured it out,” the NFL player said. “We know when we play our best: when we come out and play physical, set the tone and finish the game, in control of the pace and into the tempo.”
“I just wanted to come out of that meeting knowing that everyone has my best interest and my passion,” Travis continued. “And just, if you can feed off of that, feed off of that baby, and let’s go out here and play for each other man.”
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, 28, also disclosed his thoughts after throwing the ball to Mecole Hardman for the winning touchdown during the game in an interview with Good Morning America earlier this week.
“It was just all emotion, all emotion, man,” he said. “I was running and I didn’t know where to go and I had to lay down somewhere, so I did a tumble on the ground. It’s a moment that I’ll never forget.”
The NFL player conveyed to GMA hosts that he doesn’t plan to let their three Super Bowl wins deter him and his team from aiming for further achievements.
“I mean obviously we’ve had a great start and a great run, and we’ve done a lot of great things, but we’ve got a long way to go,” Mahomes said. “And so I think if I have the mindset to continue to get better every single day I’m playing.”