Travis Kelce's Eagles rival Dallas Goedert reveals how he really feels about Chiefs star ahead of Super Bowl clash

Philadelphia Eagles prima Dallas Goedert had thing but praise for his Kansas metropolis Chiefs counterpart Travis Kelce this week. 

Goedert and Kelce volition beryllium pitted against each different successful the conflict of the choky ends during this Sunday's Super Bowl, which volition spot the Eagles look to enact revenge against the Chiefs pursuing their 2023 defeat. 

However, that didn't clasp Goedert backmost from gushing astir his rival successful the buildup to the showdown down successful New Orleans. 

'I deliberation the biggest happening is spending clip with him [Kelce], trying to prime his encephalon and his cognition of the game,' Goedert told reporters erstwhile asked astir his opponent's strengths during Super Bowl LIX Opening Night connected Monday. 

'He's spent truthful overmuch clip trying to fig retired the blistery spots of zones and past he's got conscionable specified a bully feel,' helium continued, hailing Kelce's footballing knowledge. 

'He could beryllium expected to beryllium doing connected happening but helium sees abstraction implicit determination and helium finds it, and past Mahomes does a bully occupation of getting the shot to him. He does everything well.'

Goedert's appraisal of his opponents wasn't constricted to Kelce arsenic helium went connected to admit immoderate of the NFL's large choky ends. 

Admitting to immoderate bias, Goedert credited the choky extremity presumption for past Super Bowl champions' success.  

'I'm biased due to the fact that I play choky extremity but you look backmost astatine each the Super Bowl winners and a batch of them person immoderate of the champion choky ends, whether it's Travis, Gronk [Rob Gronkowski], oregon [George] Kittle's been to this crippled a lot.' helium said. 

'So, evidently I worth the choky extremity position. I deliberation it's a cardinal portion to a squad and the much you tin do, the amended you are.' 

'I'm conscionable truthful grateful to vie against a feline that great,' helium added of Kelce. 

Goedert, the 49th prime successful the 2018 NFL Draft, arrived successful Philadelphia conscionable 3 months aft the Eagles hoisted the Lombardi Trophy astatine Super Bowl LII. 

However, the choky extremity made it to the NFL's top signifier erstwhile the Eagles returned to the Big Game successful 2023 erstwhile Philadelphia - including Kelce's brother, erstwhile halfway Jason - faced disconnected against the Chiefs. 

It was Kansas City who emerged victorious successful Glendale, Arizona with a 38-35 triumph - the archetypal of a imaginable Super Bowl three-peat. 

However, Goedert and the Eagles volition look to enact revenge Sunday and crush the Chiefs' hopes of a historical third-straight Super Bowl triumph astatine Caesars Superdome this weekend.