Tag: Travis Kelce

WATCH: Chiefs release video highlighting Travis Kelce’s incredible football career

The #Chiefs released a video that showcased Travis Kelce’s incredible football career.

The Kansas City Chiefs are never shy when showing love to their players, and All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce was the latest recipient of the team’s admiration on social media.

Kelce, who has played for Kansas City since he was drafted by the Chiefs in 2013, was featured in a video released on Twitter that showed all of the high points in his football career, from his time at the University of Cincinnati to now.

While no single post to social media channels can encapsulate how much he means to Kansas City’s fans or the Chiefs organization at large, the video was a great way for the team to showcase some of the defining moments of Kelce’s career.

With the 2024 NFL Draft set to kick off next week, there is never a bad time for Kansas City to re-live some of the highest points in the Chiefs’ — or Kelce’s — storied history in the NFL.

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.

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!

Will Taylor Swift show up for Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast live show?

This would just be the coolest.

Admittedly, this feels like a longshot. But let’s play this out for just a second.

Thursday gives us a treat: after the latest taped episode of the New Heights podcast with Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, we’re getting a bonus edition with the New Heights live show at the University of Cincinnati, although it was moved into Fifth-Third Arena indoors (see below) due to inclement weather.

There have been special guests that we know have been announced like Bengals teammates Joe Burrow and Orlando Brown Jr. But … could Taylor Swift be one of those guests? After all, she’s not on tour at the moment.

For what it’s worth, an article on the university’s site says “don’t count on it.”

So … we’ll see. I highly doubt she would show up to this, but you never know!

Travis Kelce talks ‘enjoying it all’ with Taylor Swift question asked by Lil Dicky on New Heights podcast

Travis Kelce is enjoying life with Taylor Swift, as he discussed on the latest New Heights podcast.

Travis Kelce doesn’t seem to mind talking about life with Taylor Swift right now even with all the attention on him and the singer/songwriter.

On the latest edition of the New Heights podcast with his brother Jason Kelce, they hosted rapper Lil Dicky. It was Jason who brought up Swift fans — Swifties, as they’re called — and Lil Dicky asked how they were dealing with all the new attention.

“I’m having a blast in life, baby. Just flying high, enjoying it all,” Travis replied. “Bringing new lives to the football world, opening the football world to new things.”

Lil Dicky added that their relationship is like high school, with the best musician meeting the best athlete and they fell in love. “Anyone who hates on it is, like, a bitter loser,” the rapper added.

“I don’t know how I did it, because she wasn’t into sports,” Travis added, before they joked about knowing full well how he did it — by speaking it into existence.

Check out the clip around the 1:17:55 mark:

WATCH: Chiefs TE Travis Kelce shows off during offseason training

Kansas City #Chiefs TE Travis Kelce showed off his offseason workouts in a video that was posted to social media this week.

Videos of non-team-related workouts have hit social media over the last few weeks, with several Kansas City Chiefs stars keeping ready before OTAs.

Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce has a busy off-the-field schedule with his travels to different countries, podcast, and planning a concert in Kansas City called Kelce Jam.

He has never short-changed his commitment to improving his Hall-of-Fame-worthy play in hopes of adding another Super Bowl title. Kelce appeared in a viral workout highlight video the NFL’s official X account shared on social media.

The intense training in April is a welcome sight for the 34-year-old tight end as he prepares for his 12th NFL season. The four-time first-team All-Pro fell only a few yards short of another 1,000-yard receiving season due to missing two games in 2023.

He finished the year with 984 receiving yards and five touchdowns and, in the postseason, etched his name in history with the most playoff receptions and tying Jerry Rice for first in 100+ receiving yard games.

Joe Burrow to appear on ‘New Heights’ podcast with Travis, Jason Kelce

Joe Burrow’s going to be the special guest at UC for this event.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow doesn’t make a ton of appearances, but he’s usually good for at least one offseason podcast when he’s not prepping for the upcoming season.

This year, it appears that possible one-off podcast will happen with Travis and Jason Kelce.

Thursday, the “New Heights” podcast revealed that Burrow will be the special guest on the April 11 edition from the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium. The Bearcats and the podcast shared ticket information for the event.

Given the rivalry between Burrow’s Bengals and Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs over the last few years, the event should be a pretty interesting one for NFL fans across the board.

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Taylor Swift fans turned a Travis Kelce workout video into a hilarious meme

Travis Kelce is working on that dad bod, but Taylor Swift fans had fun with the video.

Travis Kelce is already getting into shape for the 2024 NFL season — despite the fact that he has quite a few months before the Kansas City Chiefs start training camp — as we saw in a recent workout video on Instagram.

It’s there that you can see him running up the road in a garage, speeding up on a treadmill and so much more. But of course Taylor Swift fans saw that and turned it into a hilarious meme — we’ve seen quite a few Taylor and Travis memes as of late, including the recent staring-at-the-lens lunch photo.

Here are the video and the memes:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5TkHvoutII/?hl=en

Travis Kelce says he’ll join Taylor Swift for Eras Tour in Europe; here’s how their schedules line up

A handful of Eras Tour stops overlap with Chiefs workouts this summer.

Travis Kelce has a busy summer ahead, and it’s one that will include some international travel based on his comments in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight. When asked if he planned on frequenting the Eras Tour to support girlfriend Taylor Swift, the three-time Super Bowl winner said, “Oh, you know I gotta go support. You know it.”

MORE: Travis Kelce reveals why the secret to his Taylor Swift relationship is mutual support

With the Kansas City Chiefs releasing their summer offseason workout dates, there are a few European destinations that might not get the excitement that comes with a Kelce concert appearance.

Here are the Chiefs’ offseason dates:

  • There’s a workout scheduled on April 15.
  • Organized Team Activities (OTAs): May 20 to 22.
  • OTAs: May 28 to May 30.
  • OTAs: June 4 to 7.
  • Mandatory Minicamp: June 11 to 13.

Assuming Kelce attends all of the offseason events, that would mean he likely would not attend these shows:

  • Stockholm, Sweden: May 17 to 19
  • Madrid, Spain: May 29 to 30
  • Lyon, France: June 2 to 3
  • Edinburgh, Scotland: June 7 to 9
  • Liverpool, England: June 13 to 15

Of course it’s possible he makes one of the dates that doesn’t directly overlap, but with so many shows taking place this summer, he might aim for a totally free stretch of days.