Travis Kelce after OT loss: Chiefs 'have to man up'

[thabear04]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...have-to-man-up

The Kansas City Chiefs lost their fourth game in five tries after Sunday's overtime defeat at the hands of the struggling New York Giants.

Following the loss, tight end Travis Kelce called out his teammates to step up to the challenge down the stretch.

"We have to man up," Kelce said, per the Kansas City Star. "Nobody is pointing fingers but guys have to get called out and be more accountable, and that starts with myself."

The Chiefs failed to score a touchdown on 12 drives against a defense that had allowed 82 points in their previous two games and came in allowing 473.5 yards per game in their past three tilts.

"You have to go out there and make plays, but we didn't," Kelce said.

The tight end was the Chiefs best offensive weapon, with Kareem Hunt mostly stuck in the mud. Kelce went for 109 yards on eight catches. However, he also had a brutal interception on a bizarre play call with the score tied late in the fourth quarter.

The Chiefs were supposed to walk into MetLife Stadium and wallop a punchless Giants team that appeared on the verge of mutinying on coach Ben McAdoo. Instead, New York showed more fight than the team battling for a playoff spot.

"I saw this, not this outcome, but this effort and this attention to detail coming a mile away," Kelce said of the Giants' energy. "Just because of all the stuff you heard in the media with [McAdoo] challenging them. Our job is to go out there and match it. We fell short."

Sitting at 6-4 in a limp AFC, the Chiefs are still in prime position for a playoff spot. K.C. owns a two-game lead in the AFC West with matchups against the Bills, Jets, and Raiders on tap. A winning streak would wipe away the bad taste from Sunday's loss in New Jersey.

[OmahaChief]

They need to call out Peters for running away from ball carriers coming his way. Not sure I have seen a bigger pussy on the football field.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Sadly, this is the reason right here. This is all this team is content with. Didn't win a playoff game for 20 years, now this is the norm.

I dont buy that. These players might not even know who was playing 20 years ago. 23 years ago was the Montana era. They played hard in that era.

We can all see a lack of 100% effort by almost every player on the team. We got eyes, its on tape. Hunt and the coaches can see the tape too. Losing 4-5 with the talent we have playing lesser talent has to kill morale and effort in the locker room.

Players not giving their best effort happens first because of personal reasons. They just are not going to give 100% because of a myriad of reasons.

The major contributor either positive or negative is coaching. Just look at the Rams. Basically the same team. New coach, different effort and results. Its a hard physical game. The players need to buy in to the game plan and who is starting 100% in the NFL.

IMHO, whats going on is that they might like Andy as a coach and or as a person, but..... that a large % of the players dont like the game plan, scheme and/or the personnel starting.

Players told us publicly that they loved Grbac and Cassel. We found out later that was BS. Is this a situation where we have the locker room moving to starting Mahomes?

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by OmahaChief

They need to call out Peters for running away from ball carriers coming his way. Not sure I have seen a bigger pussy on the football field.

I get that Peters tackling attitude sucks, but if that's the guy you're choosing to single out in all of this, you need your head examined. He allows the rest of the secondary to focus on only half the field, I can live with his tackling.

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[bowener]

Originally Posted by OmahaChief

They need to call out Peters for running away from ball carriers coming his way. Not sure I have seen a bigger pussy on the football field.

He is pretty active on Twitter. As lame as this sounds, just get a bunch of fans to call him out on it in a somewhat respectful manner. Maybe just post endless GIFs of him being a bitch.

Originally Posted by loochy

Shaun Fing Smith.

Yep, that is the last guy I can think of that actually wanted to be nasty. Other than him I can't think of anybody in the last 15 years really.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by jspchief

I get that Peters tackling attitude sucks, but if that's the guy you're choosing to single out in all of this, you need your head examined. He allows the rest of the secondary to focus on only half the field, I can live with his tackling.

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He is capable of both tackling and locking his shit down. Until this season it wasn't an issue. It would be different to me if he was always a soft bitch like Dion, but he wasn't. He actually used to knock the shit out of people.

[Black Bob]

Man up? That is pretty ****ing ironic. He is the guy that should have got a slant in the red zone for a possible TD. He obviously had alligator arms too. He shouldn't get a pass for that. He pussed out and you could make an argument he cost us the game in some ways.

I have no respect for this jackass.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by bowener

I really wish the Chiefs could find at least one defensive player that is angry as **** all the time, and truly wants to harm opponents in a legal manner. Like Burfict but not ****ing reeruned. Kam Chancellor might be a good example. He isn't out of control, and it is clear that his intent is to obliterate you. Sean Taylor type player would be fantastic.

Watching these guys sluff around every Sunday acting like a bunch of pussies is getting really old. When was the last time our D had a badass that showed up every week to kick the shit out of the other team?

He went off the field with a ruptured achillies near the end of the season opener in NE.

[jspchief]

With all due respect to Berry and his football ability, he's not a badass or nasty player. Berry is a sniper, this team needs a dirty bomb filled with aids dipped nails, ebola infected puppy limbs, and nun porn.

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[Black Bob]

Can someone please make me a gif of Kelce's alligator arms?

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by jspchief

With all due respect to Berry and his football ability, he's not a badass or nasty player. Berry is a sniper, this team needs a dirty bomb filled with aids dipped nails, ebola infected puppy limbs, and nun porn.

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Suh?

[loochy]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Suh?

yes

or somehow mentally scar Allen Bailey into becoming a mean MFer
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[kcpasco]

James Harrison just so he can scare the living shit out of Fisher on a daily basis.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by jspchief

I get that Peters tackling attitude sucks, but if that's the guy you're choosing to single out in all of this, you need your head examined. He allows the rest of the secondary to focus on only half the field, I can live with his tackling.

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This! Peters tackling is the 100th worst problem we have to this team. Its just people displacing their feelings about the kneeling thing.

[scho63]

I don't need guys calling each other out in the press. Let them handle that in the locker room and the practice field.

Just fix the shit already!

We weren't as good as 5-0 and we are not as bad as 1-4

[thegame214]

Originally Posted by Black Bob

Can someone please make me a gif of Kelce's alligator arms?

Found one. Oops that's actually from the Pro-Bowl.

I couldn't find any alligator arm ones but did find plenty labeled the best TE in the league.

Hope that helps.