Stephen A. Smith Connects Taylor Swift to Travis Kelce’s Slow Start

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith gave a stern warning to Travis Kelce about his underwhelming begin to the soccer season. 

Following the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, September 15 — wherein Kelce, 34, solely caught one cross for 5 yards — Smith, 56, stated the famous person tight finish must be involved about his girlfriend getting extra TV consideration than him. 

“We noticed extra Taylor Swift than we noticed Travis Kelce,” Smith argued on the Monday, September 16 episode of ESPN’s First Take. “On a Sunday afternoon. Every other time, that’s relevant. That ain’t imagined to occur yesterday. You’re imagined to see extra Travis Kelce yesterday than we noticed of her. That’s not occurring.”

By way of the primary two video games of the season — each Chiefs victories — Kelce has 4 receptions for a complete of 39 yards and no touchdowns. Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Bengals marked the primary time Kelce didn’t have three or extra catches in a recreation since September 2018.

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“You gotta get it going, bro,” Smith continued. “You bought 39 receiving yards within the first two video games. Come on now. Soccer season is right here. Honeymoon’s over. Let’s deal with our enterprise, OK?”

Smith stated it’s a minor miracle the Chiefs are undefeated by the primary two weeks of the season, regardless of Kelce’s lack of manufacturing. 

He boasted, “You’re not imagined to win that recreation when one thing like that occurs to you on the offensive aspect of the ball.”

Kelce and Swift’s high-profile relationship didn’t forestall the tight finish from garnering practically 1,000 receiving yards final season, serving to the Chiefs on their strategy to a second-consecutive Tremendous Bowl. 

Throughout a January press convention, Kelce stated he and Swift have been greater than outfitted to deal with all the consideration that has come their approach. “So long as we’re pleased, we will’t take heed to something that’s exterior noise,” he boasted. 

It was a busy offseason for Kelce and Swift, 34, with the NFL star touring to a number of abroad stops on her “Eras Tour” and the couple having a date on the U.S. Open males’s singles last earlier this month. 

Kelce additionally made some main profession strikes off the sphere, internet hosting the upcoming Prime Online game present Are You Smarter Than a Movie star? and filming a job within the upcoming Ryan Murphy-produced collection Grotesquerie, which premieres September 25 on FX. 

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In an interview with CBS Mornings, Kelce stated the summer season is “an excellent time to get away from the sport of soccer, to type of recharge and equipment up for the subsequent season.”

Regardless of his issues about Kelce’s on-field efficiency to date, Smith has a historical past of supporting Swift being in attendance to look at her boyfriend compete. 

“She’s going to assist her dude,” Smith stated on First Take in January. “To point out up at a soccer recreation and the cameras are on her — that ain’t her fault!”

The Chiefs return to motion on Sunday, September 22 after they journey to Atlanta to tackle the Falcons on NBC’s Sunday Night time Soccer.