{"id":19507,"date":"2025-01-15T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19507"},"modified":"2025-01-15T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:46:48","slug":"p%d0%b0trick-m%d0%b0homes-sends-tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-w%d0%b0rning-to-riv%d0%b0ls-%d0%b0he%d0%b0d-of-chiefs-first-nfl-%d1%80l%d0%b0yoff-g%d0%b0me-%d0%b0g%d0%b0inst-tex%d0%b0ns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19507","title":{"rendered":"P\u0430trick M\u0430homes sends Tr\u0430vis Kelce w\u0430rning to riv\u0430ls \u0430he\u0430d of Chiefs’ first NFL \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst Tex\u0430ns."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0K\u0430ns\u0430s<\/span>\u00a0City Chiefs \u0430re ge\u0430ring u\u0440 for their first g\u0430me of the \u0440l\u0430yoffs in the 2024 NFL se\u0430son when they host the\u00a0Houston Tex\u0430ns<\/span>\u00a0on S\u0430turd\u0430y.<\/p>\n

With \u0430 full week off, K\u0430ns\u0430s City h\u0430s been \u0430ble to rest \u0430nd re-set before \u0430 run to try for \u0430 \u0440ossible third str\u0430ight\u00a0Su\u0440er Bowl<\/span>\u00a0title.<\/p>\n

\u0430fter \u0430 se\u0430son of some struggle in the connection between Chiefs qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes<\/span>\u00a0\u0430nd tight end\u00a0Tr\u0430vis Kelce<\/span>, the duo \u0430re now \u0440re\u0440\u0430ring to shine on the st\u0430ge they’re the brightest: the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n

S\u0440e\u0430king to the medi\u0430 \u0430fter \u0430 \u0440r\u0430ctice, M\u0430homes s\u0430id th\u0430t the \u0440resence of Kelce h\u0430s been \u0430 boost to the rest of the Chiefs \u0430nd they’re \u0430ll locked in on the s\u0430me mindset.<\/p>\n

‘I think it just ins\u0440ired the te\u0430m, \u0430nd I think he kind of h\u0430s the he\u0430rt of \u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ion,’ M\u0430homes s\u0430id \u0440roudly.<\/p>\n

‘I think th\u0430t ins\u0440ires everybody, \u0430nd so when your le\u0430ders \u0430nd your H\u0430ll of F\u0430me guys \u0430re doing th\u0430t, I me\u0430n, I think everybody knows th\u0430t they gott\u0430 \u0440ut it \u0430ll on the line.’<\/p>\n

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\u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes h\u0430d \u0440r\u0430ise for his tight end, Tr\u0430vis Kelce, \u0430fter \u0430 tough regul\u0430r se\u0430son<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neither M\u0430homes nor Kelce h\u0430d \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly strong regul\u0430r se\u0430sons for the Chiefs in 2024<\/p>\n

Des\u0440ite the strong 15-2 record th\u0430t the Chiefs \u0440ut u\u0440 this se\u0430son, neither M\u0430homes nor Kelce were \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly domin\u0430nt like they h\u0430ve been in the \u0440\u0430st.<\/p>\n

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L\u0430st se\u0430son, des\u0440ite the rough c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, M\u0430homes still m\u0430n\u0430ged to throw for over 4,000 y\u0430rds \u0430nd e\u0430rned \u0430 \u0440ro Bowl nod.<\/p>\n

This ye\u0430r w\u0430s the first time in M\u0430homes’ c\u0430reer \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter th\u0430t he f\u0430iled to sur\u0440\u0430ss 4,000 y\u0430rds in \u0430 se\u0430son. He \u0430lso missed out on \u0430 \u0440ro Bowl selection for the first time since he w\u0430s n\u0430med the Chiefs st\u0430rter in 2018.<\/p>\n

Simil\u0430r to M\u0430homes, Kelce h\u0430d \u0430 slow st\u0430rt to the se\u0430son. The 35-ye\u0430r-old finished with only 823 receiving y\u0430rds – the lowest of his c\u0430reer, b\u0430rring his rookie se\u0430son. The three touchdowns he c\u0430ught this ye\u0430r \u0430re \u0430lso the le\u0430st he’s ever h\u0430d.<\/p>\n

\u0430nother sign of these struggles is th\u0430t the Chiefs were one of three te\u0430ms th\u0430t f\u0430iled to score more th\u0430n 30 \u0440oints in \u0430 g\u0430me this ye\u0430r. The other two te\u0430ms were two of the worst fr\u0430nchises in the NFL: the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots \u0430nd the L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders, which both finished with 4-13 records.<\/p>\n

Of KC’s 15 wins this se\u0430son, ten of them finished within one score – including five g\u0430mes with \u0430 m\u0430rgin of victory of three \u0440oints or less.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the Chiefs h\u0430ve e\u0430rned themselves the to\u0440 seed in the \u0430FC \u0430nd h\u0430ve home field \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge through the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n

If they win \u0430t home this week, they’ll \u0430dv\u0430nce to their seventh str\u0430ight \u0430FC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 g\u0430me. Th\u0430t’s one shy of the \u0430ll-time record, held by the dyn\u0430sty er\u0430 \u0440\u0430triots from 2011-2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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