Travis Kelce denies Chiefs intentionally lost Week 18 game to eliminate Bengals from playoffs
CNNCNN — Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce denied that the team intentionally lost its Week 18 game to ensure that the Cincinnati Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention. Due to the two teams’ shared history, the nature of the Week 18 defeat from the Chiefs led to social media speculation that Kansas City intentionally lost to the Broncos to see the Bengals miss the playoffs, something Kelce denied emphatically. I ain’t scared of a single soul, man.” Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt disagreed with Kelce’s version of events, calling them “cap” – or lies – on his Instagram story. The Bengals beat the Chiefs on the way to the Super Bowl in 2022, leading to Cincinnati players coining Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium “Burrowhead.” A year later, the Chiefs edged past the Bengals in another epic postseason encounter and Kelce himself commented on the “Burrowhead” nickname: “‘Burrowhead,’ my a**.