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Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce lamented the team being eliminated from the playoffs with a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that included a devastating injury to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
After losing Mahomes to a torn ACL, the Chiefs will start quarterback Gardner Minshew for the rest of the season. Despite having nothing left to play for - at least in terms of the playoffs - Kelce made it clear the Chiefs will be getting his best from now on.
“It’s an honor to be out there in a uniform, playing for the guys around you and playing for your family,” he said on the latest episode of "New Heights." “I’ll tell you what, man — if there’s a game to be had, I’m gonna go out there and I’m gonna love playing in it. No matter if it’s a playoff game, a game that gets us into the playoffs, or a game that seems like it doesn’t have any implications at all.”
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The tight end also offered a similar message for fans. They can expect his - and the team's - best over the final three weeks of the regular season.
“Things, when you need them the most, just weren’t falling for us, and you’ve got to go back to the drawing board, and we got three games left. I know we’re still talking about this game, but the integrity of who you are as a professional, as a player, you got to love this," he said.
"And Chiefs Kingdom, we’re going to give you everything we got. There’s no question about that. There’s only one way I do things. There’s only one way coach [Andy] Reid does things. And if we’re going to go out there and play some football, we’re going to do it the right way, and keep trying to get these things fixed and end on the highest note that we can.”
Kansas City closes out the season against the Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders.
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