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Travis Kelce reveals one of the biggest regrets of his Kansas City Chiefs career

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Travis Kelce regrets not having won a Super Bowl with Alex Smith, his first quarterback

Travis Kelce is about to go to another Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, but a ring he couldn’t win will stay with him for a long time.

Kelce is known throughout the NFL for his cohesion with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, but the tight end, 35, played with a different quarterback, Alex Smith, for the first four seasons of his career. in the NFL.

However, they failed to win a Super Bowl and the Chiefs traded Smith after the 2017 season to the Washington Redskins to make way for Mahomes’ emergence.

Since then, the Chiefs haven’t looked back and Mahomes has led them to three Super Bowl titles. They face the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, where the win moves them into next month’s marquee game in New Orleans, and a win there would make them the first team in NFL history to record a “three-peat” Super Bowl .

But Kelce will always regret the fact that he didn’t win a Super Bowl with Smith, such was the influence the quarterback had on him early in his career.

“I wanted to get Alex a Super Bowl,” Kelce told ESPN. ‘He was a great leader to me, he showed me how to do it the right way.

Travis Kelce regrets not having won a Super Bowl with Alex Smith, his first quarterback

Kelce played four seasons with Smith before being traded to make way for Patrick Mahomes.

Kelce played four seasons with Smith before being traded to make way for Patrick Mahomes.

‘I wanted to go out and get him one or at least keep fighting for him. I felt guilty for not being able to get him one.

Kelce added that even in 2017 there was a lot of excitement around Mahomes.

The Chiefs selected him with the 10th pick in the 2017 draft and he spent his rookie season as Smith’s backup.

Kelce continued: ‘At the same time, everyone knew what we had in Pat.

“I was excited to have a new wave of energy and enthusiasm on offense, a guy with a big arm, a guy who could do it all.”

Speaking last weekend, before the Chiefs beat the Texans to advance to the AFC Championship game against the Bills, Kelce all but said he thinks Mahomes is better than seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady.

‘He is a superstar both off the field and on the field. I consider him family,” Kelce said. There’s one common denominator for the Chiefs throughout my entire career and that’s Andy Reid, but it really took off when Patrick Mahomes came along.

“I know everyone knows this, but what I see in the building, their leadership, their ability to relate to everyone, motivate them and be accountable, is unique and unlike anything else,” Kelce continued.

“He’s the best he’s ever done it.” Otherwise, you won’t be able to change my mind.

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