The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs had been enormous favorites Christmas Day, however the video games aren’t performed on paper.
The Las Vegas Raiders visited Arrowhead and pulled off an enormous upset, taking down the Chiefs, 20-14.
Travis Kelce was not happy with the efficiency, saying his crew “performed Santa” and gave the Raiders the victory.
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“We handed that crew a win on Christmas. We actually performed Santa and gave them a gift,” Kelce mentioned.
“That was embarrassing. Everybody within the constructing is aware of how embarrassing that was. We acquired a brief week, so we’re gonna neglect about this s— actual fast.”
Raiders defensive again Jack Jones realized of Kelce’s feedback and wasn’t too happy.
“He mentioned they gave us that sport? Inform him to go watch that sport,” Jones mentioned Friday. “We took that sport.”
Kelce criticized his personal play, in addition to his teammates’.
“It isn’t only one man. It isn’t simply me enjoying like dogs— … All people’s on this f—ing factor collectively … We simply gotta deliver it collectively, man…
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“All people’s gotta simply f—ing do their job. Each single play, any person’s not doing their job. It is me, one after the other, it is all people on the crew. Whether or not that is prep, whether or not that is having the boldness and understanding of what the protection is in … how we’re choosing up blitzes, how we’re working routes versus sure overages, all the above.
“We present sparks of what sort of offense we might be. … It simply hasn’t been a well-oiled machine like we have been up to now, and we simply gotta get all people on the identical f—ing web page.”
Kelce additionally didn’t draw back from his argument with head coach Andy Reid that led to his helmet launch, admitting he was within the unsuitable and that he has to maintain calm.
“He’s searching for me, and I really like him for it. I didn’t return on the market and play good,” Kelce admitted. “He wished to see the hearth in me, and I reacted in a nasty manner. He wished to simply get the perfect out of me, and proper now I’m simply not enjoying my greatest soccer. And I gotta f—ing lock the f— in, be extra accountable for him, be extra accountable for my teammates.
“I gotta preserve my f—ing cool, as a result of, as a pacesetter on this crew, that’s not how you turn the momentum.”
The Chiefs fell to 9-6 and nonetheless are a win away from clinching the division and making the playoffs for a ninth consecutive season. They’ve made the AFC title sport 5 straight years.
The Raiders are the eleventh seed within the AFC with a 7-8 report, are nonetheless vying for a playoff spot and face the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.
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