At Super Bowl 2024, Travis Kelce had a run-in with his coach Andy Reid and Tom Brady broke his silence on this controversial assault on the Chiefs.
It was one of the most anticipated words, not for nothing he won seven Super Bowl titles and will receive a salary of $375 million dollars for ten years as a commentator for Fox Sports. Tom Brady broke the silence and spoke about Travis Kelce ‘s assault on head coach Andy Reid during Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory in the 2024 Super Bowl.
The first half of Super Bowl LVIII was a show for the San Francisco 49ers and Chiefs defenses. Only 13 points were scored and Kelce’s lack of activity caused him to explode against his head coach. Although the video went viral in a flash because the tight end approached Reid yelling in such a way that he touched him and almost knocked him down, Brady thinks this was a normal situation.
Andy Reid nearly fell on the field at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, but he downplayed the encounter with Travis Kelce by saying, “He keeps me young. He tested that hip. He caught me off balance, normally I grab him a little bit but he didn’t have any feet under me.” Fortunately for them, the Kansas City Chiefs took a 25-22 victory against the 49ers in the 2024 Super Bowl .
Before Tom Brady analyzed the most controversial action of Super Bowl LVIII, Kelce did not want to talk much about his assault on Andy Reid and said in a press conference that “oh, did you see that? I’ll keep it between us unless my microphone is on and I tell the world. I was just telling him how much I love him . ”
Andy Reid and Travis Kelce at Super Bowl 2024. (Photo: Getty Images)
“ There are always little family issues . Of course, I don’t mind watching it. I was a part of a lot of those things. You’re thinking, emotions are so high. You’re definitely not focused or balanced. You’re not in a meditative state. At that point, you’re completely set on going after it and winning, so I think a lot of the things that are said during games, people should just let them fly, ” Brady began by saying on the ‘ Vamos’ podcast about the action between Kelce and Coach Reid. The spiciest part of TB12’s analysis was yet to come.
Brady breaks silence and defends Kelce for assault on coach Reid
Under the premise of understanding how far emotions can go in the NFL grand final , Tom Brady finished defending Patrick Mahomes ‘ star teammate by saying that “I actually think Coach Reid handled it incredibly, like he always does. He just said, ‘I was a little off balance, and Travis is a great competitor. ‘ And I love that because it speaks to his leadership ability. Some coaches would get so sensitive and all that: ‘You embarrassed me for doing that. ‘ You’re a competitor, you’re an athlete. You go out and you have the credibility that Travis has, you’ve had that All-Pro experience and you’ve won Super Bowls, I know certain players who would die if they walked off the field in those moments . “
What will happen to the Chiefs after the Travis Kelce-Andy Reid clash?
After winning the third title in the Patrick Mahomes era , fourth in team history, nothing is going to break in the Kansas City Chiefs locker room after the Travis Kelce and Andy Reid clash, according to Tom Brady . “This also speaks to the confidence that Coach Reid has in himself because he doesn’t take it personally at all. He doesn’t look at that and feel like someone has offended him . He takes it for what it is and doesn’t make it more than it is, and he doesn’t see that as someone trying to like him or belittle him; Travis isn’t trying to do either of those things, Travis is just trying to get excited and stay in the moment , and you could see the level of intensity that he had ,” TB12 concluded on the ‘Vamos’ podcast.