“Hey media, the f*ck?”: Pat McAfee says Travis Kelce was too polite to the media regarding the refs favouring the Chiefs comments

Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce admitted that the storyline has been the fact that the Chiefs seem to be getting more slack from the referees during Super Bowl Opening Night. ESPN analyst Pat McAfee thought Travis was too nice to the media and said what he thought Travis wanted to say. Kelce and the Chiefs are trying to become the first team in the NFL to three Super Bowl wins in a row, but their streak has been tainted with controversy over the close calls the Chiefs had in the AFC Divisional Round and the AFC Championship Game.

Pat McAfee said he thought Travis Kelce was too polite to the media

Travis Kelce, a Kansas City Chiefs star, addressed controversial topics during Super Bowl opening night, including his proposal to Taylor Swift and his NFL retirement timeline. His controversial comments on the Chiefs-refs conspiracy theory this postseason became the most headlined topic. Kelce criticized the NFL media for "leaning into the whole ref thing" during Kansas City's run to the Super Bowl, as Kansas City drew a series of calls that kept it winning in playoff games.

ESPN analyst Pat McAfee said he thought Kelce was too polite to the media and let the reader wonder what he might really want to say. “Travis always tries to keep it positive,” McAfee said on his show on Tuesday. “But he was just like, ‘Hey media, the f---?’”


“Like this is allowed to be an internet thing, but to actually start promoting this is absurd,” continued McAfee. “And I know that refs stink, so there’s going to be situations where maybe there’s a time like, ‘Hey, this ref’s daughter, massive Swiftie.’ And maybe that’s going to happen, and hopefully they get to the bottom of it. But I appreciate Travis just being like, ‘Yo, come on. Let’s use our brains here.’ The amount of people that have to keep this secret would be impossible.”

NFL and Chiefs executives have attacked the viral narrative of Kansas City getting a friendly whistle on Super Bowl opening night, but the heated controversy is likely to persist. The Chiefs are looking to make their third consecutive Super Bowl win against the Philadelphia Eagles despite growing criticism. Patrick Mahomes and his team have to wade through the incoming noise to secure their three-peat hopes.

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The Chiefs are poised to break history by recording their first three-peat in the Super Bowl era as they are set to play the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LIX. Having repeated their win two years ago and despite controversial calls, they might be considered the greatest dynasty in NFL history.