STEPHEN A. Smith sent a message to Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs edged out the Cincinnati Bengals. The Super Bowl champions needed a final-drive field goal from Harrison Butker to win 26-25 Sunday.
Kansas City was helped by a pass interference call on Cincinnati that got them into field goal range for the win. But their offense stuttered along with Travis Kelce a non-factor again for the second game in a row. The superstar tight end had just one catch for five yards.
That followed his three catches for 34 yards against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1. READ MORE ON FIRST TAKE Kelce's girlfriend Swift has been at Arrowhead Stadium for both games. Her presence in the suite has of course attracted the attention of cameras.
And Stephen A. Smith declared on Monday's First Take , "We saw more of Taylor Swift than we saw of Travis Kelce yesterday, on a Sunday afternoon. "That weren't supposed to happen yesterday - we were supposed to see more of Travis Kelce yesterday than we saw of her.
Most read in American Football "You've got to get to going, you've got 39 receiving yards in the first two games," he told the tight end. "Football season is here, you've got to take care of business." Patrick Mahomes finished with 151 passing yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
"Everybody is raving about Xavier Worthy," Smith added. "I'm not worried about him, he's fast and we'll find out what he can do. "He had two catches for 17 yards but Rashee Rice had five catches for 75 yards.
" "The Bengals outplayed Kansas City, give credit where credit is due. August 2024: Travis splashed out $59,000 ahead of Taylor's tour dates in Germany to make her "feel special. April 2024: Travis sends $27k worth of gifts including 11 flower deliveries in one day to mark release of 11th album.
February 2024: Travis splashes $16k on Valentine's gifts including an eternity rose sculpture, Hermes scarf and Dior beret. Earlier in month, sends more roses and stunning Bulgari earrings to commemorate her historic Grammys win. January 2024: Taylor shows her thoughtful side by ordering bespoke Louis Vuitton bags and jackets to celebrate Travis and Kansas City Chiefs pal Patrick Mahomes for breaking a post-season touchdown combination record.
December 2023: Travis brings some festive cheer by splashing out on some $5k Louboutin shoes, matching bag and a $23k Cartier watch. He also books luxury suites at hotels for when Taylor's Eras tour hits Europe. "Kansas City lucked out, but the pass interference call was the right call.
"What I'm thinking about is, you look at Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy with three receptions for 22 yards and they managed to win this game. "You're not supposed to win that game when something like that happens for you. "Patrick Mahomes, the Michael Jordan of this sport, is 17th in passing yards over the first two games of the season.
"He has not been spectacular." The Chiefs improved to 2-0 despite their struggles while Cincinnati fell to 0-2. "Cincinnati did play better but they weren't able to close the deal," Smith said.
Read More on The US Sun "If you're Burrow, it really does resonate because the man was about to be 4-1 against Patrick Mahomes and that got stolen from him. "I don't blame him for being frustrated now at 0-2 again.".
