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Travis Kelce's immaturity again proves costly for Kansas City Chiefs

By The Sports Xchange
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) gets ready on the field before facing the New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on January 16, 2016. Photo by Kelvin Ma/ UPI
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) gets ready on the field before facing the New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on January 16, 2016. Photo by Kelvin Ma/ UPI | License Photo

Once again, the immaturity of tight end Travis Kelce caused problems for the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC divisional playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Kelce was the only Kansas City offensive player that produced anything in the way of yards, as his five catches went for 77 yards. But he dropped two passes and was so upset after one of them that he shoved Steelers cornerback to the ground, drawing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty. That slowed the Chiefs offense and cost them 15 yards in field position and they ended up kicking a field goal.

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"Yeah, you can't do that," said head coach Andy Reid, who has spent a lot of time in the last two seasons talking to Kelce about controlling his temper and frustrations. "That's the obvious. It followed a ball that he wasn't satisfied -- he felt like he should have caught. Those are the little things like that when you're playing here against good competition you can't have things like that. You learn from that."

Or maybe not. After the game, Kelce blasted the officiating for a holding call that wiped out a successful two-point conversion play that would have tied the game. The call went against left tackle Eric Fisher, who pulled down Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison.

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"That wasn't a hold on my guy Eric Fisher," said Kelce. "I hope (Fisher) doesn't go the entire offseason thinking it was his fault. It was just getting our jugulars ripped out because the ref felt bad for James Harrison falling on the ground.

"No. 51 (referee Carl Cheffers) shouldn't even be able to wear a zebra jersey ever again. He shouldn't even be able to work in a damn Foot Locker."

Sounds like Reid will be having even more conversations with his Pro Bowl tight end about his maturity.

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