LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Travis Kelce brought home the hardware he promised to girlfriend Taylor Swift.
The Kansas City tight end finished with nine receptions for 93 yards, including a crucial catch in overtime, to help the Chiefs win their second straight with a 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.
One play after Kelce鈥檚 reception put the Chiefs on the 3-yard line, alone in the end zone for the winning TD, in the process helping Kelce keep his promise while sending Swift and everyone in her suite .
鈥淣ever a doubt in my mind,鈥� Kelce said. "We鈥檝e got the best quarterback in the league, we鈥檝e got the best offensive line in the league, and we鈥檝e got the most determination out of any team in the NFL and you saw all that tonight.
鈥淚 guess at this point I take it for granted, but I know we鈥檙e in every single game I鈥檝e ever played in, no matter what the score is or no matter how much time is left, that guy鈥檚 got magic in his right arm.鈥�
One night after Swift earned her fourth career Grammy for album of the year last week, Kelce said he told her he鈥檇 鈥渉ave to hold up my end of the bargain and bring home some hardware, too.鈥�
Swift flew halfway around the world , who also said during the Super Bowl week's opening night on Monday, 鈥淚 want this one more than I鈥檝e ever wanted a Super Bowl before in my life.鈥�
After the game, Kelce said it's on to the next feat.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to go ahead and enjoy this and everything that just happened,鈥� he said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I鈥檝e been able to go through three times now. It gets sweeter and sweeter every time.
鈥淵ou know the goal has always been to get three. But we couldn鈥檛 get here without getting that two, and having that target on our back all year."
Kelce鈥檚 vibe at the end of the game was an emphatic change after on the sideline during the second quarter, knocking the 65-year-old Kansas City coach a few steps back after teammate Isiah Pacheco fumbled inside the red zone.
Kelce ran over to Reid and screamed at him after the fumble.
鈥淵ou guys saw that?鈥� Kelce said. 鈥淚鈥檓 going to keep it between us unless my mic鈥檇 up tells the world. I was just telling him how much I loved him.鈥�
Reid said Kelce just wanted to be on the field. "There鈥檚 nobody I get better than I get him," Reid said. "He鈥檚 a competitive kid. He loves to play. He makes me feel young. But my balance is terrible.鈥�
This was the second sideline incident involving Kelce and Reid this season. During a game against the Raiders on Christmas Day, an angry Kelce spiked his helmet on the sideline, and when a staff member tried to hand it back to the tight end so that he could take the field, Reid grabbed the helmet and refused to give it back.
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