But Kelce, 34, played down the rift after the Chiefs achieved an overtime victory to make it back-to-back Super Bowl wins. “I got the greatest coach this game has ever seen, he’s unbelievable,” Kelce said.
“He’s one of the best leaders of men I’ve ever seen in my life, he’s helped me a lot in the past, with channelling that emotion, channelling that passion. “And I owe my entire career to that guy and being able to control and being able to control how emotional I get, and I just love the guy.”
Reid also played down the incident. The veteran NFL coach joked to CBS: “He keeps me young. “He tested that hip. He caught me off balance – normally I’d give him a little bit but you know what, I didn’t have any feet under me.”
It is not the first time Kelce has suffered a similar meltdown. On Christmas Day, Kelce had another run-in with coach Reid, and was spotted slamming his helmet to the floor during a 20-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.