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Taylor Swift fans have already made Travis Kelce highlight video edits to her new TTPD songs about him

Taylor Swift fans have already made videos using her songs about Travis Kelce on The Tortured Poets Department.

Well, that didn’t take long.

Swifties all jumped on the midnight release of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, and with an extra release of 15 (!) surprise songs, there was so much to take in through Friday morning.

Yet some Taylor Swift fans have already edited videos of Travis Kelce highlights both with her and on the football field with the Kansas City Chiefs given the lyrics in two songs — The Alchemy and So High School — that are almost undoubtedly about him.

Check these videos out and a round of applause for the creators who did a great job in a short amount of time:

9 Taylor Swift lyrics that may be Travis Kelce references from So High School and The Alchemy

These clearly sound like they’re about Travis Kelce.

If you woke up extremely early on Friday morning to listen to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, you found out that she released 15 extra songs to go along with the original track listing.

And you also found out that there were a pair of songs off the album that sounded like they were clearly about her boyfriend, Travis Kelce: So High School and The Alchemy.

Fans have already combed through and found the references, so we’ve collected them in one place. Here’s a look at some of the lyrics that could be Kelce references from those two tracks:

“I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you” (So High School)

Something a bit subtle, but the two of them have been in a ton of crowds, including at Coachella 2024 recently.

“Are you gonna marry, kiss or kill me? It’s just a game, but really I’m betting on all three for us two” (So High School)

Remember that video people unearthed in which he said he’d kiss Swift in the “Kiss, Marry, Kill” game? Yep.

Get my car door, isn’t that sweet? Then pull me to the backsеat (So High School)

Fans think this one is obvious.

You know how to ball, I know Aristotle (So High School)

You know you’re good at football. Almost too obvious.

I feel like laughing in the middle of practice to that impression you did of your dad again (So High School)

We assume that’s a reference to Ed Kelce?

So when I touch down, call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team, ditch the clowns, get the crown (The Alchemy)

Touchdown! Team!

These blokes warm the benches, we’ve been on a winning streak (The Alchemy)

Another set of sports references!

Shirts off, and your friends lift you up, over their heads, beer sticking to the floor, cheers chanted cause they said “There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league” Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me (The Alchemy)

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Hmmm. I wonder if that’s a sneaky Jason Kelce reference, but really — this is so obviously Travis.

I circled you on a map (The Alchemy)

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It was way too easy to get him going with this😂 #marriedlife #couplecomedy #taylorswift #traviskelce

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LOL. Clearly a reference to the “Taylor Swift put Travis Kelce on the map” meme.

Taylor Swift fans swoon over Travis Kelce references in 2 Tortured Poets Department songs

So High School and The Alchemy sounds like they’re about Travis Kelce.

The talk about Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, was that it would cover her relationships with Joe Alwyn and Matt Healy.

And it did. But the big surprise — beyond the fact that she then dropped 15 (!!) extra surprise songs to go along with it — is that there are almost undoubtedly references to her relationship with Travis Kelce.

There are two songs that fans are zeroing in on: So High School and The Alchemy.

So High School has a lyric — “Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me” that refers to Kelce’s old video in which he played that game and said he’d kiss Swift. The Alchemy has football references everywhere: “So when I touch down, Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team” and “Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me.”

Here’s some reaction:

Chiefs wish Kansas City Mavericks good luck in the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs

The #Chiefs wished the Kansas City Mavericks good luck in the ECHL’s Kelly Cup Playoffs in a social media post on Thursday.

The Kansas City Chiefs may not be the only team to bring the City of Fountains a title in 2024.

On Thursday, the Chiefs wished the Kansas City Mavericks good luck in the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs as they look to bring the city yet another championship to celebrate.

The Mavericks, who finished with an impressive 54 wins over the course of their 72-game season, have already won the 2024 Brabham Cup. They also set the ECHL record for most road wins at 29, and set their franchise record for most goals with 305 on the season.

Set to face the Tulsa Oilers tonight, the Mavericks are a No. 1 seed in the ECHL playoffs and may prove to have the mettle to compete for the league’s ultimate prize, the Kelly Cup.

Whether they win the ECHL championship or not, though, the Mavericks have had an incredible season, and have caught the attention of the defending Super Bowl champions, which is an honor all its own.

ESPN mock suggests Cowboys-Chiefs swap of 1st-round draft picks

The Dallas Cowboys are in the unenviable position of having several holes in need of filling and not many arrows in the quiver. After trading their fourth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers for backup quarterback Trey Lance, Dallas is set to go …

The Dallas Cowboys are in the unenviable position of having several holes in need of filling and not many arrows in the quiver. After trading their fourth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers for backup quarterback Trey Lance, Dallas is set to go over 80 selections between their third and fifth round slots.

Most Cowboys fans see this as a reason, an imperative really, to bail on either their first or second rounder in order to acquire another third or fourth round pick.

In a new mock scenario, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell has envisioned fair compensation for all 32 first round picks, and for the Cowboys, he plots out moving down in a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. He goes further though, also laying the ground work for a scenario where the Cowboys trade up in the first round, too.

Trade Details:

Chiefs get 1.24 (740 pts on Jimmy Johnson trade chart)
Cowboys get 1.32, 3.95, 5.159 (590+120+27.8 = 738.8 pts on chart)

The Cowboys are about to make a big financial splash, but it’s going to be on players they already have. CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons are due new deals that should reset their respective positional markets. Dak Prescott holds all the leverage in his negotiations with the Cowboys, as the quarterback is entering the final year of his deal and cannot be franchised before the 2025 campaign. Those three players have combined to make just under $48 million per year on their current deals; their new contracts could add up to $135 million per season.

The only way to make that work is to cut back elsewhere, which is why the Cowboys have let a handful of starters leave this offseason without replacements. They are going to need to draft well and draft often to thrive with such a top-heavy roster, so moving down and adding two extra picks is logical.

Trade details:

Cowboys get: 1.20, 4.119 (850+58 = 908 pts)
Steelers get: 1.24, 3.87, 5.174 (916.8 pts)

It’s rare to see two of the league’s most storied franchises come together on a trade, but there’s some logic here for both parties. For the Cowboys, this is a chance to move up ahead of the Dolphins and Eagles for interior offensive line help. Assuming that Dallas pushed Tyler Smith to left tackle on a full-time basis, it could be looking to add Graham Barton (Duke) — Mel Kiper Jr.’s top-ranked center — to play guard or center.

While it’s enticing to move up and get the better prospect, Dallas simply can’t afford to end up with less picks than they currently have. It Dallas did the Steelers trade as proposed and grabbed a center, they are likely okay on offensive line with TJ Bass starting at left guard.

The problem is they would only have 2.56 and 4.119 to fill the linebacker and DT holes, and if they did that they’d be waiting until the sixth round, again, to address running back, but that would now be in competition with adding a wideout to the mix, plus getting depth for any other position.

Of the three options, standing pat or moving back seem like the only sensible ones for Dallas.

Travis Kelce hosting Amazon’s Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? reboot will be exhausting

Only this time, it’s ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?’ And yes, probably.

When it comes to the saturation point of Travis Kelce content, the limit has yet to be found.

The future Hall of Fame tight end has seen his fame quotient multiply throughout the past year, most notably as the beefy beau of one-woman economy Taylor Swift. But his influence expanded beyond gossip rags and breathless fan Tweets. He won a Super Bowl, bombarded televisions with ads for State Farm and Pfizer and drove page views for websites thirsty enough to cover his Coachella appearance (it’s us, hi, we’re the problem, it’s us).

This led, naturally, to the demand for more Kelce. So, for the first time since E!’s non-beloved dating extravaganza Catching Kelce, he’ll be hosting a reality(ish) show. And since Jeff Foxworthy’s legacy cannot be approached, Kelce won’t be hosting Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; he’ll be hosting Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?

“I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons by hosting my very first one with Are you Smarter than a Celebrity,” Kelce said in the press release boasting Amazon’s newest avenue to funnel money toward the NFL’s next media rights deal. “The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format with everyone’s favorite celebrities to the screen, will definitely be entertaining. I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up.”

You know what? It’s … fine. I’m excited to see which celebrities show up to have their brains tacitly compared to an 11-year-old’s. It’s also a tried-and-true game show narrative, as Hollywood Squares was effectively tic-tac-toe that hinged on how stupid contestants thought various D-list celebs were. It’ll probably be inoffensive summer night viewing, the kind you watch at a family vacation before all the kids go to sleep.

And Kelce is a charismatic, likable person who’ll do just fine as host of a fairly basic quiz show. He’s not being asked to process Jeopardy! answers. The toughest thing he’ll have to do is explain the Pythagorean theorem to Logan Paul or whatever.

It’s just, hoooo buddy, this is so much Travis Kelce. Ah well. Can’t blame the guy.

Brian Hoyer explains why Rob Gronkowski was better tight end than Travis Kelce

Travis Kelce is a phenomenal tight end, but he isn’t Rob Gronkowski, per QB Brian Hoyer

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is widely regarded as the greatest tight end of all time, and one of his former teammates took the time to explain why.

Quarterback Brian Hoyer played with Gronkowski for four seasons and got to see his production firsthand. Gronkowski was an offense catalyst for New England for nine seasons, recording 7,861 receiving yards and 79 touchdowns. He immediately burst onto the scene, catching 17 touchdown passes in his second season in 2011. The touchdown catches are an NFL record to this day.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is certainly having a strong career in his own right, and he has started receiving comparisons to Gronkowski in terms of his playmaking ability. On top of that, the Chiefs are being compared to the Patriots as the next great dynasty. Hoyer was a guest on the “Pats from the Past Podcast” and made sure to give Gronkowski his flowers.

While Hoyer did not diminish Kelce’s efforts, he noted that blocking is something that separates the two.

“Having played with him, maybe I’m a little biased, but [Gronkowski is] the greatest tight end of all time,” said Hoyer. “Not only because of his size, speed, and when you think of a tight end’s ability to run routes and catch. But, because he was such a great blocker that teams had to honor that. And I think that’s what made him so dynamic.

“We look at Travis Kelce today, phenomenal tight end, but really, Travis isn’t blocking anybody. Rob would block like he was the right tackle. …Rob really changed the game in that matter because he was a lineman, who was the premier pass catcher at the same time.”

It’s hard to argue with Kelce’s accomplishments, especially with the Kansas City Chiefs primed to make another Super Bowl run in 2024. However, Gronkowski still reigns supreme as the best overall tight end, at least for now.

Patrick Mahomes reveals why Taylor Swift is like a ‘coach’ when she’s talking football

The Chiefs QB had a lot of praise for Taylor Swift.

Patrick Mahomes has heaped nothing but praise on Taylor Swift after his friend and Kansas City Chiefs teammate Travis Kelce started dating her last year.

Now, the quarterback has done it again in a Time 100 interview he did recently, talking about Swift being “the most down-to-earth person” among the famous people he knows. And when it comes to discussing football? Check out what Mahomes said.

“She’s never not working. Even when she’s taking her downtime, she’s working on something,” he told Time. “Shooting a music video or singing a song or writing a song. You can see it by how she talks. Even when she’s talking about football, when she’s learning it, you can see her business mind putting it together. It’s almost like she’s trying to become a coach. ‘Why can’t you try this, this, and this?’ She’s asking the right questions.”

Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce go to Coachella 2024 together? Here’s what reports say

Could we see the couple at Coachella this year?

We know that Travis Kelce will join Taylor Swift for her 2024 Eras Tour stops in Europe to some extent, and although they didn’t show up for the iHeartRadio Music Awards or the CMT Music Awards, there’s one thing they’re rumored to do together coming up.

There’s talk that they may show up to Coachella 2024, especially with her pal Lana Del Rey playing.

So … will they go together to take in the festival?

Here’s what’s been reported: US Weekly wrote “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are preparing to heat up the California desert later this month at Coachella, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly.

Here’s more:

“They both want to see Lana Del Rey and [Jack Antonoff’s band] Bleachers,” the insider says. (Both Del Rey, 38, and Antonoff, 40, are close friends and collaborators of Swift.)

Then there’s this from the Daily Mail:

DailyMail.com has learned where the power couple will be staying: at the very exclusive The Madison Club in La Quinta, California.

They chose the place because it is members only and not easy to get a membership, either, which will keep Average Joe and Jane looky-loos away.

Swift’s schedule appears to be free. Kelce will be coming off of the live New Heights show on Thursday So … we’ll see!

Eli Manning playfully taunts Patrick Mahomes with Gotham FC championship ring

Retired New York Giants great Eli Manning playfully taunted Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes using his Gotham FC championship ring.

Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes have more in common than just football.

Both have business ventures that extend to a variety of industries, and both have a vested interest in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

Mahomes’ wife is a former soccer player and the two share an investment stake in both Sporting KC (MLS) and the Kansas City Current (MWSL). The Current joined the NWSL in 2022 as an expansion team post-pandemic and the Mahomes’ joined the ownership group in 2023.

Manning has an ownership stake in Gotham FC, formerly Sky Blue FC, of the NWSL, something he began in 2022. Gotham FC has been around for some time under alternate names and was a founding member of the NWSL in 2013.

Finally, in November 2023, Gotham FC won its first NWSL Championship.

Gotham FC’s 20424 home opener is April 14 against the Current, so Eli couldn’t resist playing taunting Mahomes ahead of the opener.

“Hey, Mahomes. You may have one more of these than me, but do you have one of these? I don’t think so,” Manning said. “See you at the home opener April 14th. Let’s go, Gotham!”

Sunday’s home opener will be fun to watch, and the banter between Manning and Mahomes will be in jest, both wanting nothing more than to promote and support the teams they own.

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