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Tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs was fined a total of $21,615 for actions during and after last week's 18-16 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to media reports. Kelce was fined $12,500 for his postgame comments about referee Carl Cheffers, who penalized Chiefs tackle Eric Fisher for holding on a two-point conversion that would have allowed Kansas City to tie the game with less than three minutes left to play.
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The Chiefs went for two again after the penalty but failed to score.
"Ref No. 51 (Cheffers) shouldn't even be able to wear a zebra jersey ever again," Kelce said in part after the game. "He shouldn't even be able to work at (bleeping) Foot Locker."
It was reported earlier this week that Cheffers will be the referee for Super Bowl LI.
Kelce also was fined $9,115 for shoving cornerback Ross Cockrell of the Steelers to the ground after a play was over during the game.
Earlier this season, Kelce was ejected from a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and later was fined $24,309 for throwing a towel at an official who penalized him after a play.
