{"id":8833,"date":"2024-09-27T22:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2024-09-27T22:57:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:57:39","slug":"patrick-mahomes-issues-crazy-challenge-to-chiefs-teammate-travis-kelce-amid-tes-struggles-to-start-the-2024-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=8833","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes Issues Crazy Challenge To Chiefs Teammate Travis Kelce Amid TE\u2019s Struggles To Start The 2024 NFL Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Mahomes has issued a challenge to\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0teammate\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0amid the tight end\u2019s early-season slump.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce is not playing his best football at the moment, although the Chiefs aren\u2019t worse off for it as they have been winning games, but fans are beginning to worry that he might be past it.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, meanwhile, continues to shine in his position under center. And, this Friday, he laid out a challenge to his favorite teammate that has nothing to do with football.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterback came across a tweet showing him and Kelce in their college days, with their former schools \u2013 Cincinnati and Texas Tech \u2013 set to play each other as conference opponents for the first time on Saturday. He told Kelce\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PatrickMahomes\/status\/1839783919450743053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he would revert to the hairstyles shown<\/a>\u00a0in the photos but dared the TE to go first.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ll bring the hair back if you do too! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tkelce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQ4Eh9xM6A\">https:\/\/t.co\/vQ4Eh9xM6A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickMahomes\/status\/1839783919450743053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans do not believe it\u2019s a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201crespectfully\u2026..don\u2019t do it,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0one advised.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPlease don\u2019t,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0another begged.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo!!!! We like Kelce\u2019s hair!!! We like your hair the way you have it now\u00a0@PatrickMahomes. Don\u2019t touch the hair!!!!!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0someone else ordered.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPatrick that would be bad luck, keep the championship hair \ud83d\udcaa,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a user added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDon\u2019t you dare\ud83e\udd23,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0someone laughed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-patrick-mahomes-explains-why-travis-kelce-has-been-playing-so-badly-this-season\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patrick Mahomes Explains Why Travis Kelce Has Been Playing So Badly This Season<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mahomes has attempted to explain why the game has been so difficult for Kelce this season.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s crazy because teams still \u2014 the respect factor they have for Travis is just unreal,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, via ProFootballTalk.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s well-deserved, but we\u2019re calling a lot of plays for Travis, and it\u2019s like two or three people are going to him. So, I mean, he understands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think that\u2019s the great thing about him is he wants to make an impact on the game, but he wants to win at the end of the day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kelce has admitted he needs to play better but isn\u2019t letting his form get to him as \u201cthat\u2019s football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Patrick Mahomes has issued a challenge to\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0teammate\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0amid the tight end\u2019s early-season slump. Kelce is not playing his best football at the moment, although the Chiefs aren\u2019t &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8835,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions\/8835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}