Chiefs' Travis Kelce asks reporters, 'Why are you guys leaning into this whole ref thing?'

Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce was asked connected Monday nighttime if helium had a question for the media arsenic reporters gathered astatine the Caesars Superdome successful New Orleans up of Super Bowl LIX.

Kelce swung for the fences.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce talks to the media during Super Bowl LIX Opening Night astatine Ceasars Superdome successful New Orleans connected Feb. 3, 2025. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)

"Why are you guys leaning into this full ref thing?" Kelce asked. "You cognize what I mean? Like, wherefore are you guys leaning into it? That’s each I got though."

Alleged favoritism from NFL officials to the Chiefs has been a large taxable of speech since Kansas City defeated the Houston Texans successful the divisional round. Two questionable penalties called successful favour of the Chiefs sparked the speech connected societal media.

But aft a fewer head-scratchers successful the AFC Championship against the Buffalo Bills, the societal media chatter was taken from the keyboard to the Roger Goodell property league connected Monday.

Goodell threw acold water connected the conception that determination was immoderate favoritism toward the Chiefs.

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"Why are you guys leaning into this full ref thing?" Travis Kelce asked reporters. (James Lang-Imagn Images)

"This benignant of reminds maine a small spot of ‘the script,’ right? That I constitute a publication and I person a publication for the full seasons," helium said. "I deliberation a batch of those theories are things that hap successful societal media, and they get a caller life.… Nobody wants it to beryllium their theory.

"I recognize it. I deliberation it reflects a batch of the fans’ passion. I deliberation it’s besides a reminder for america connected however important officiating is. I deliberation the men and women officiating the NFL are outstanding. They person the highest imaginable standards. That’s a ridiculous mentation for anyone who mightiness instrumentality it seriously, but astatine the extremity of the day, it’s thing we ever person to proceed to enactment on, however we marque our officiating amended astatine each times."

Chiefs squad proprietor Clark Hunt also dismantled the theory.

"You astir person to laughter astatine it, due to the fact that you cognize however everybody successful the NFL wants to vie to win, and that’s existent of our guys arsenic well. The referees are doing the champion occupation that they can. If you look astatine the stats oregon a batch of stats, that shows that we’ve been connected the incorrect broadside of calls arsenic often arsenic we’ve been connected the close side." Hunt said successful an interrogation with NFL Network. 

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"There’s decidedly nary conspiracy, right? It’s the quality of the game. And erstwhile you commencement having a batch of success, radical similar to commencement making excuses for wherefore you’re having the success."

Fox News’ Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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