Patrick Mahomes Finally Explained Why He Isn't Targeting Travis Kelce... | Pat McAfee Show 

Let me guess he's throwing to the open receiver and not forcing the ball because Kelsey isn't a prima donna

I remember when Juju had a career year playing with AB due to AB getting constantly doubled. Everyone knew AB was the best receiver. Juju just benefited from the constant coverage on AB

A lot of TE's are being ignored. Mark Andrews has nothing so far

Kelce is getting doubled almost every play.

This is going to be a weekly ritual for the rest of the season: Comb through every inch of game film and find ONE PLAY in which a call was made in the Chiefs' favor (doesn't matter if it's a bad call). Repeat that play four hundred times on the chat shows and claim that without that play the Chiefs would have lost. Ignore EVERY call that goes against the Chiefs (no matter how obvious), then shake your head in sadness and say the game is rigged and the officials are making sure the Chiefs win. The Chiefs could beat the Chargers 45-0 and one of you will say that a "missed holding call" or a "phantom pass interference" call would have changed the trajectory of the game. You all are ridiculous.

If you go back and watch the wildcard game, on the crossing route TD to Rice, there are 5 defenders on Kelce. It’s kind of insane

Gronk used to get tripled teamed and Tom would still throw to him and he’d catch it. Gronk > Kelce

Two high safeties also has two line backers sitting low watching the first down line which is where Travis always ate and people just down care anymore if you leave players wide open they just don’t want Travis to beat them but teams are still losing so obviously it’s not working but they sleep well at night knowing at least Travis didn’t get 100 yards

Fantasy owners: it’s all Taylor Swifts fault!!!

Nobody mentions the three first downs as a result of penalties on the falcons final drive. Bad calls happen to every team, people are just tired of the level of attention the Chiefs are getting.

Pat Mahomes is the definition of a class act

Didn’t call it on the commanders did they? Same play almost

Doesn’t matter if he’s not throwing it to Travis

Bruh, the ref thing is so played out. Watch ANY game and pay attention to the OL vs. the DL. There's an absolutely insane amount of holding that isn't even called any more. Those guys are straight up tackling guys to the ground who beat them, now. It's only called/not called when convenient.

This situation is just to keep Travis and Taylor in the news. Football is a game. If there is one move that will always win the game, the defense will catch on. So you need to find something new to win the game that the defense doesn't expect. I'm not a chiefs fan, but I think this is more proof of how good the chiefs players and coaching staffs are. They knew giving the ball to Travis would win games. They rode Travis as far as they could, but they needed to find other ways to win games before defenses catch on too much, and they did.

Come on man Mahomes will target Kelse in due time Kelse will be in the game every week the Chiefs have more weapons now and time will tell GOOOO CHIEFS

Y'all act like if they did call it, and the Falcons score on the one yard line, your telling me you don't think Mahomes is gonna score a TD in the 4th with 4:00+ minutes remaining, come on sun

Just consider Kelce and Rice a single entity The less open Kelce is, the more yards Rice gets. The less open Rice gets, the more 1:1 Travis will be getting.

HOLD ON.... Isnt it almost time for the inevitable breakup? I bet when Taylor Swift has a fight with you, it carries over onto the field. Hahaha I am probably right about this ..

ARE WE PLAYEN FOOT BALL OR ŴALKEN THRUOGH THE TOLIPS WITH TRAVIS? 😮😢😂😅 🤡 BOZO

There's going to be a game where they sleep on Travis and he'll have a monster game and get his mojo back.

Reid called the timeout. Spags just got the refs attention

Yeah no is talking about the refs giving the Falcons 60 yards on penalties the last drive guess people don't actually watch the games

I hate the chiefs and I hate chiefs refs. Club of jokes is what they all are

Gosh I wish they’d talk about a random penalty from every other game on a Thursday!! Get over it!!

Lombardi is trash.. what are you doing pat

Xavier Worthy is loosening up those defenses now

We're already at the "Chiefs aren't the same" point in the narrative and we're 3-0. Normally we at least lose A game before that starts.

can you imagine him retiring because he is getting triple teamed all game every game never getting the ball and rice ends up with 2000 yards noah gets 1000 because they refuse to guard either of them and Travis is just like this shits boring im out.

Poor Mr. Pfizer

They failed to mention the 2 drives the refs flagged the Falcons down the field on bogus calls.

Didn't have Chuck stirring the pot with Lombardi on my bingo card but I am loving it

KC was the only team in the postseason last year to have a TD taken off the board due to penalty, and it happened to them twice, both on horrible calls. The refs owe them some makeup calls 😂

ive been telling ppl who are complaining travis kelce isnt getting anything and its hurting their fantasy n sayin he fell off but like if they watched film even once instead of game highlights they'd know hes got 2 or 3 on him and its mainly a DB who is better at jumping the ball against travis kelce or any TE for that matter

Andy called the timeout losers, the refs didn't see it.

Its like Gardner not getting interceptions. Is that because he sucks or is that because quarterbacks aren't stupid enough to throw to him?

Highest paid TE with a 2 year deal that’s been in the league since 2013. Do your time, play winning football and enjoy your CTE in retirement.

Got to love Chuck.

Travis is also 34…

"Teams have to adjust. If they don't, I mean, Rashee's gon' have 2,000 yards." Three-peat talk to me 😂🔥

It's always rough for TEs... This year seems especially rough, with all the old head kings having trouble-- kittle, Kelce, Andrews... Times are shifting

People, Travis Kelce can't throw himself the ball so when Patrick is clearly not playing well, why is everybody blaming Travis? Plus, They are all trying to bring the new players up to speed so Patrick and Travis are putting priority in letting Patrick build rythym with them. Travis is not slowing down or doing too much off the field, the Chiefs all know what they need to do to get this 3Peat. Travis isn't complaining and they're undefeated, so why are you people looking for there to be a problem that's not there?

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BAD CALLS IN THE LEAGUE!!! Everyone just wants to focus on the chiefs!! Bring attention to other teams who are getting bad calls!!!! Ffs

Get over this Ref stuff. It is getting annoying that people are always saying the refs are on the chiefs side. NO, THEY ARE NOT! GROW UP MACHO BROS AND CHADS/BRADS.

Kermet frog knows 2 things; white man cant jump; it aint easy being green.

When will people learn to stop giving them so much bulletin board material? That is one of the main factors to why so many championship teams drop off after a few titles. Losing the drive. Due to so many having Chiefs Derangement Syndrome, constantly talking down performance, accomplishments, and whining about refs, and girlfriends, the Chiefs, somehow, STILL have underdog mentality (internally) going for a threepeat. So, all the whiners, keep it up! Kelce is washed, Mahomes overrated, Rice couldnt catch last year, Sneed was the real reason defense was top 5, Jones is slowing down, Butker is a terrible person...... .... yes.... keep it flowing! I know you will, you can't help it.

So you are going to ignore all those calls that went the Falcons' way on their last drive?

This Sunday I will be looking at the game closely and see how many times Patrick Mahomes is going to throw to Travis. Travis be wide open looking for the ball but Mahomes fake like he doesn't see Travis . He is double covered but still catch the ball . Andy Reid should design plays for Travis

He hasn't been good the way we expect him to be but he does help the team a lot. People just look at the numbers and say he's awful but he has given them a lot of help. The best play by the Chiefs offense thus far in the passing game was probably the bomb to Rashee against the Bengals. That play was created due to Kelce. Kelce runs to a post route, both receivers are on go routes. Kelce instantly loses Logan Wilson, who is Kelce's defender. So Kelce is wide open. Vonn Bell as the safety on the left has to close in on Kelce but CTB thinks Vonn Bell is back there for the deep ball so if Rice runs a comeback if the play extends, CTB is there to cover that, and comeback routes are definitely easier to catch the ball than go-routes. And he thinks they have Vonn Bell deep to cover the go-route. They get confused leaving Rashee wide open for a deep go-route ball. Mahomes makes the pass and the credit is gonna be given to him and Rice but the reason that play worked is because Kelce in a second lost Logan Wilson and created the confusion in the Bengals secondary but won't get mentioned for it. He does help in these kinds of things that people don't really see.

Travis isn't getting the ball or his usual TV coverage when TS isn't in the box.. Camera was on Kelcey's play, going to TS's reaction and then back to Kelcey. That was his double coverage. He is just arm candy for TS and he knows it. My guess, Chiefs will be in playoffs, but not going to SB. Even Mahomes is somewhat off his game this year. There are so many young faster teams with more natural inborn football smarts, in much better physical shape, great defenses and sharp young really strong QB accurate arms out there this year. Those old duffs on Chiefs can't keep up with these young kids without ref's help. Just throwing you all a bone to chew on.

Don’t worry he’ll go off this week since the NFL conveniently suspended one of the few safeties in the league that can shut Kelce down… Chiefs are winning since the refs and the league are making sure Kelce stays relevant so Taylor Swift doesn’t break up with him. 😝

I know exactly what play Pat is talking about. I was watching it and literally said to myself, "They're triple teaming Kelce."🤣

Why do people comment on games they DON'T watch? The Spagz time out was not flagged because Andy had already called TO to an official and Spagz then signaled to another official. This narrative is out of ignorance and shows a bias based without facts. The PI should have been called in the end zone, but this last Monday night's Bangles Commanders game had the EXACT PI in the end zone not be called on the Commanders, when it was clear PI. The Falcons 2nd TD drive was extended because of a fantome RTP call on Jones, but nobody is talking about that one, because these are all judgment calls, that even out over the game. Inconsistent flags are a issue with part time Refs making split second decisions without the 8K slow motion we have access to after the fact.

How about terrible chris jones roughing the paseser call. How about the terrible reid PI. Nobody talks about all the bad calls. Just the ones that benefit the chief's

Anyone heard from kittle? He's got sooo much production

Andy actually had already called a timeout and spags didn't realize it and started panicking and tried calling a timeout when that happened. That's why they didn't throw a flag. The PI is a mystery though. I do know there were 2 PI calls against the chiefs on the falcons final drive that were definitely not PI and the falcons still didn't get it done. Please keep crying though. The tears are delicious

@BostonConner or Connar I don't know how it's spelled I'm drinking rum but I understand and love felling like a Pat's fan big friggin shat out to Pat's fans...green bay fans poop them selves...I've not pooped myself but that's neither here nor in my pants...keep a tight ass day day

Do you all remember playoff Kelce? ya. And, he owns my Chargers. Yes, he'll have 160 and 2 TDs Sunday.

The Chiefs also barely won during the regular games last year, and lost a few because of receivers dropping balls but still won the Superbowl, so….

There’s a rule in place for when someone calls a timeout that isn’t supposed to. Maybe this guy should go read it. Also, from what I heard, Andy Reid called the time out, but the official didn’t see him… 🤷🏽

You are 100% right that it's not evening out the chiefs are -34 yards from it being even. Right in the middle of the pack

So you mean a tight end doing tight end things. Wow. Gronk had numerous games with 1-2 catches just out there blocking.

How about that bogus pass inference on the chiefs when the receiver ran over the chiefs DB. Literally bulldozed him while he had established a position. It would have been a clear charge in the NBA.

Did Spag calls for time out? He called out the ref that someone (Coach Reid) is calling a timeout.. Thats two different things..

Def should’ve been flagged for PI. The narrative around the Spags timeout is incorrect tho; there’s a an angle showing the referee not grant Spags a TO, but then looks down the sideline to Andy Reid and only grants the timeout once Reid signals for it (Also there’s literally no penalty if a referee incorrectly grants a timeout when it comes from an assistant)

Remember the one rule whatever Lombardi says, the opposite is true. Every single take.

Patrick isn't throwing to Travis period he isn't trying you can see it during game period. They aren't playing well at all It's not Travis.

Chiefs always start the season slow…Barring major injuries they will pick it up

Ok, so they get 1st and goal at the 1, they probably run to the outside from the gun. If Aunt Jane had balls she's be Uncle John.

It's part of the chiefs plan. Also to make kelce healthy for later on. They ared trying to see if they can win with limited kelce throws. Chiefs are way ahead in their schema and being creative which is why they are winning. Everyone just does the status quo and predictable and uses.

Hmm KC has an incredible TE and DCs probably are trying to make sure they aren't getting eaten alive by Kelce.

Lombo just refuses to pronounce names correctly 😂 “morris” = “Moses”

Because Mahomes isn't throwing past the line of scrimmage more than twice a game. Seriously, his average depth of target is about a yard.

The refs a re a joke! For individuals that make 6 figures a year for maybe 20 actual week of work… 20 days to get technical… they need to be held accountable for their actions or lack of actions. They do not call every game the same way, and they do call a fair game towards both team on the field.

I think Travis needs another booster

As a Chiefs fan, it was pass interference. Just like it was the week before against us. I've been saying for years the refs need to be consistent and the best way to do that is to pay them to only do this job. Give them accountability, turn it into an actual profession.

Lombardi said they put Moses in at left tackle. I think Moses would do better than Wanya Morris

If you didn't already know why he wasn't getting targets then you arnt a football fan. You try catching a ball with 3 defenders hanging off of you. If you actually watched the games you'd see pat IS indeed looking for an open kelce. He's not gonna throw it to him if he's not open

He's taking a lot of beating these last 4-5 years dude isn't superman 😂😂😂

reading these comments i wish i could just skip election season. get a life ppl. AND idk why TK is even being so hard on himself. his coverage is the reason rashee rice is popping off insane. it’s a team sport.

Does no one think this could be strategy to preserve Kelce's health for later in the season and post-season? I have to believe that he has a lower threshold of hits he can take this year, so maybe they're letting the younger guys cook knowing Kelce will always be a prime target in key moments.

We all know why… we are tired of seeing Taylor swift on the big screen period…..

No, he isn't. I bet he isn't ok with it, but he is going with it! Travis is used to be doubled covered! He finds ways to get opened! Let them play! Patrick wants to throw the long ball! His stats were not good last year, and he is trying to get better this year! Patrick is collateral damage and accepting it like a good guy! We have a good little runner in Steele! He is awesome, not hurting there with Pacheco out from the last game!

Spags was telling the ref that Andy called a TM because he thought the ref didn't see him.

I think you should say they're hoping for a lot of weapons.Worthy work to do I don't know

One thing not many are talking about is : the less Travis has to do before post season, the better. He no longer cares about those 1,000 yard seasons. H/ Brown isn't even in the game yet.

Travis came out in that commercial for a movie, I thinking he’s been catching something from the diddler

Cheifs are winning games because the zebras. Not because of anything else 💯

It's one thing when fans say this stuff. But when host of shows say this stuff, they show their ignorance. Those penalties go for all teams. Do they watch the chiefs?

Yeah, let’s not mention all the bad calls at the refs did against the Chiefs. The Chiefs are fifth most penalized team in the NFL.

And we won’t talk about your coach having multiple allegations with him deflate gate , and spy gate … yeah we will wait on the league to say some buddy

Makeup calls to extend drives after didn't count?

Defenses just started focusing on Travis this year? Ok if you say so pat.

Because the refs won't throw the flag Pat!? ☠️☠️☠️

kelce is the greatest TE of all time, its a wonder they dont send all 12 at him

What about the hands to the face to jones or the dumb roughing penalty.

Issue is they called us on couple plays we got a penalty on us. That were “ tacky” that the booth guys are like.. idk what that call was

people cant see their own confirmation bias...well beyond the arena of sports

When you don’t have someone to stretch the defense deep it’s going to be hard to get him open. It’s also no secret he is getting older, of course he’s not the same as he was in his prime. It’s a long season too I’d rather have him nice and healthy come playoffs

80 penalties a game these days but they dont call that PI... 🤔