Travis Kelce fought tears back on the way back to the dressing room of Kansas City Chiefs while waiting to be reunited with Taylor Swift after the most humiliating evening of his career in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
The destroyed Chiefs tight end, 35, had etched misery over his face when the 'three-pittat' dreams of Kansas City ended in disorder with a brutal loss of 40-22 by the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 35-year-old must now decide whether he wants to continue to play from here. If this is the last time that Kelce is suitable for the chiefs, it is difficult to imagine a worse way for him to walk away from the game.
It could not have been further from last year's jubilant scenes with Swift, because the most popular pair of America kissed the field after a night of glory. This time, while Kelce was missing on the field, Swift was mercilessly through a stadium full of Eagles fans when she appeared on the Jumbotron.
She did not look impressed and President Donald Trump did not waste the chance to taunt his arch enemy about the truth of the truth after history by becoming the first sitting president who went to a super bowl.
Trump shared a post about Swift that was boosted from all over the stadium while he was welcomed when he appeared on the Jumbotron for the national anthem. It was a terrible night for Kelce, but it couldn't have become much worse for Swift, as Trump himself said.
Travis Kelce congratulates Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts after the Super Bowl
Taylor Swift looked up from the stands on one night of misery for Kelce and his team
Swift was with the Haim -Zussen, Ice Spice, Ashley Avignone and many of Kelce's friends
'The only one who had a more difficult night than the chiefs of Kansas City was Taylor Swift. She was booed from the stadium. Maga is very ruthless! “Trump wrote about Truth Social.
There was no immediate sign of the singer after the end of the game.
She had taken a seat in the stands to encourage him for what Kelce himself had said was the biggest game of his career. It ended in ruins, a merciless humiliation for one of the great characters of the NFL who was absolutely anonymous in the night. Kelce ended with four receptions for 39 Yards in New Orleans.
“We couldn't let it go offensive,” Kelce told reporters in the dressing room. “We just couldn't find that spark, that momentum couldn't find.”
Kelce said he believed during the break that the chiefs could turn the game around.
“100% believed,” he said. “Never lose doubt. I think there are many things wrong.
'Everything did not really go our way today. You don't lose so without everything becoming bad. '
For all his undoubtedly love for the game, Kelce must now wonder if he can avoid father season.
His level of performance has fallen this season, there can be no doubt about it, even although he thinks he has to block more for his attack and have to be complicated in the harder yards.
And after a week of carefully asking questions about his team that was on the edge of history, and his plans for the future with Swift, there was a surprising misstep when the few on Friday evening started with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes.
They have not violated team rules, but it is unprecedented to see players so close to the game. It exposed him to criticism after a candidly terrible performance – the same can also be said of his quarterback.
Mahomes was asked about the future of his good friend in the game.
“Kelce still has good football left in him,” Mahomes said. “It's about whether he wants to go through the grind of a different season.”
Kelce is expected to clarify his future on March 12, the start of the free office of the NFL. Reports on Saturday evening said that the future of Kelce can depend on the result of the Super Bowl.
There was little for Swift to cheer out of her suite in the stadium, where she was accompanied by Ice Spice and two of the Haim sisters to view Kelce's Big Night.
In the meantime, Trump had seen enough against the third quarter and left, but it was a successful night for him.
In addition to rubbing Swift's nose in the loss, he also met the families of the New Orleans Terror Attack victims on the field before the Super Bowl started.
While he was there, Kelce's teammate Chris Jones ran to Trump to shake his hand. It was as good as the night for Jones.
