New York Times Defends Sad Travis Kelce

Football fans across the nation are debating the performance of Super Bowl champ Travis Kelce this week.

However . . . 

GLIMPSES OF KELCE SEEMINGLY SAD ON THE SIDELINES REVEAL DEEPER IMPLICATIONS REGARDING HIS CELEBRITY LIFESTYLE!!!

Again . . . For one of the most successful people on the planet . . . The dude doesn't seem very happy as of late and that might be indicative of something more important than mostly meaningless early season performance. 

Nevertheless . . .

Here's the NYT sports section taking up his cause . . .

So why are Kelce’s stats so poor?

“Are we not allowed to say that he’s out of shape, that he’s been partying all offseason?” NFL analyst Todd McShay said Monday on “The Ryen Russillo Podcast.” McShay continued: “He’s been jet-setting around with the most famous person (Taylor Swift) probably in the entire world, that he’s drinking, going to the U.S. Open and he’s got cocktails in.

“He’s one of the best to ever do it. … He’s not in the same shape. He’s not the same. I don’t see the same explosiveness. I see him wearing down a bit.”

McShay is incorrect. While his offseason itinerary was crammed — with filming national commercials, guest starring in the new FX series “Grotesquerie” and flying to Europe several times to attend Swift’s concerts — Kelce was diligent about training, though his routine was different. Wherever Kelce was, one of his three personal trainers — Alex Skacel, Andrew Spruill and Laurence Justin Ng — usually was with him. Since the Chiefs began training camp in mid-July, Kelce has not missed a practice. He is healthy and has been on the field a ton, playing 85 percent of the Chiefs’ offensive snaps (164 of 193).

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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