{"id":51470,"date":"2025-05-27T03:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T03:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51470"},"modified":"2025-05-27T03:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T03:05:21","slug":"travis-kelce-makes-thoughts-on-chiefs-taking-americas-team-title-from-cowboys-very-clear-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51470","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Makes Thoughts on Chiefs Taking ‘America’s Team’ Title From Cowboys Very Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For decades, the Dallas Cowboys have been known as “America’s Team,” a nickname that has survived despite the franchise’s nearly three-decade Super Bowl drought. The Cowboys continue to receive outsized media attention, especially considering the team’s up-and-down results over that time period, but they may not be the league’s biggest automatic draw anymore.<\/p>\n

That distinction likely goes to the Kansas City Chiefs, a team that has built a modern dynasty around quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, coach Andy Reid and a handful of other pillars of the franchise’s three Super Bowl titles since 2019\u201320.<\/p>\n

That much is clear with the recent release of the 2025 NFL schedule. The\u00a0Ch<\/a>iefs open the season with a game in Brazil\u00a0against the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday, Sept. 5, and will play on\u00a0Sunday Night Football\u00a0<\/em>three times (Weeks 3, 6 and 14) and\u00a0Monday Night Football\u00a0<\/em>twice (Weeks 5 and 8). Additionally, Kansas City\u00a0will play on Christmas Day once again, something they hope becomes a regular tradition.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to be on a bunch of f—— prime-time games”, Kelce said on a recent episode of the\u00a0New Heights\u00a0<\/em>podcast, eliciting an interesting question from his brother: Have the Chiefs officially taken the “America’s Team” mantle from the Cowboys?<\/p>\n

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