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Travis Kelce Gave the Perfect Speech to America During Chiefs’ White House Visit
1 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Travis Kelce Gave the Perfect Speech to America During Chiefs’ White House Visit

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has long been a man of the people, from his zealous “fight for your right” post-AFC title win quote to his act of shotgunning a beer at a faux Cincinnati graduation ceremony.

The three-time Super Bowl champ further cemented his reputation as one of the country’s most lovable celebrities and was full of jokes during the Chiefs’ second consecutive White House visit on Friday. While it’s customary for the reigning Super Bowl winners to be honored at the White House, it’s nearly unheard of for an NFL player to take the podium and give an individual speech to the audience during the ceremony.

One year after Kelce hilariously tried to take over the mic at last summer’s White House ceremony, the Chiefs tight end was welcomed by President Joe Biden himself to say a few words.

“Travis, come here,” President Biden said. “It’s all you, pal.”

“My fellow Americans,” Kelce said, “it’s nice to see you all yet again. I’m not gonna lie, President Biden, they told me if I came up here I’d get tased so I’m going to go back to my spot, alright?”

The celebrations took a somber turn later in the ceremony, when Biden brought up the deadly shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade in February. 

“But then, [as] Kansas City was celebrating your incredible win, we saw pride give way to tragedy,” Biden said. “Amid the chaos this team stepped up … This team is exceptional. As a country, we have to do more to stop the tragic shootings before they happen.”

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who made controversial comments in a college commencement ceremony on May 16, was among the players in attendance on Friday. 

The Chiefs have won three Lombardi Trophies in the last five years and are seeking a historic three-peat this season.

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Chiefs Considering Not Using Harrison Butker on Kickoffs Due to New NFL Rules
30 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Chiefs Considering Not Using Harrison Butker on Kickoffs Due to New NFL Rules

The Kansas City Chiefs are among the first teams to publicly discuss schematic changes in the wake of the NFL’s new kickoff rules for 2024. They likely won’t be the last.

The league’s revised kickoff rules, approved by NFL owners back in March, generated a storm of controversy during its public reception. As part of the new format, kickers may be expected to defend the kickoff return more often, a wrinkle which has given Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub some food for thought.

Rather than use kicker Harrison Butker for all kickoffs this upcoming season, Toub said the team was considering employing a different player in the interest of Butker’s long-term health.

“I like to have somebody that can go back, is able to make a tackle,” Toub said on Thursday. “Butker is able to make a tackle, but I really don’t want him making tackles all year long. If you watch the XFL—we watched every play—I bet kickers were involved in probably at least 25 to 40 percent of the tackles… So we don’t want Butker in that situation.”

Toub compared Butker to safety Justin Reid, who Toub believed could be a bigger difference-maker in kickoffs.

“Justin [Reid] can cover, he can kick, he can go down there and make tackles,” Toub said. “He’s an extra guy that they’re probably not accounting for. A guy like Justin is a guy they have to worry about.”

Butker ranks behind only Justin Tucker as the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history and just capped off his seventh season in Kansas City, in which he connected on 33-of-35 field goals (a career high 94.3%) and was perfect on extra point attempts.

Earlier this month, Butker faced heavy backlash stemming from controversial comments he made during a college commencement speech.

It’s no surprise why the Chiefs would want to keep their star kicker healthy throughout the upcoming season as the team makes its bid for a historic three-peat. The radically changed, hybrid kickoff format is intended to incentivize more returns, though it comes at the cost of increased risk of injury for the kickers, among other variables. The new format will receive a one-year trial and be reevaluated after the 2024-25 season.

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Tom Brady Destroys Chiefs, Taylor Swift Fans During Netflix Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Tom Brady Destroys Chiefs, Taylor Swift Fans During Netflix Roast

The live Tom Brady roast on Netflix on Sunday night had a lot of wild moments, including many good one-liners from former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

While Brady took some pretty personal shots from former teammates and comedians during the show, the former quarterback closed out the night with some doozies of his own that saw him making fun of everything from Roger Goodell and the NFL to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

Brady also took a shot at the Kansas City Chiefs, a team he had a lot of success against in big games, and Taylor Swift fans:

The Brady roast was quite a night of telelvison but you have to think Chiefs fans are too busy celebrating three Super Bowls in the last five years to care too much about what Brady thinks of them.

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