Taylor Swift arrives at Highmark Stadium to watch a playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce scored a touchdown, which was news in itself. He hadn’t scored since Nov. 20.
Then he made the internet go crazy.
After scoring, Kelce seemed to blow a kiss to the suite level of the Buffalo Bills’ stadium, then did the heart hands in that direction.
If you’ve been living at the bottom of the ocean since the start of the football season, Kelce is in a relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift, who was at the game Sunday and in a suite, which has been a regular occurrence during Chiefs games this season. You don’t need to watch Chiefs broadcasts long to get a shot or 17 of Swift cheering on Kelce.
Kelce’s family, including his brother and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, were in the suites as well. So it’s possible Kelce wasn’t just giving Swift the heart sign.
But it certainly caught the attention of everyone, including Swift’s many, many fans. One of the biggest stories of the NFL season got even bigger with one well-timed gesture.
George Kittle is obviously excited to return to the NFC Championship game after he helped the San Francisco 49ers win in the Divisional Round on Saturday. But he’s even more excited because the Niners knocked out the Packers in the process.
“The fact that we helped the Bears a little bit makes me a little happier,” Kittle said. “Da Bears.”
Kittle has lived across the midwest, from Wisconsin to Iowa to Oklahoma, but he grew up a Bears fan.
There was a point when it looked like the Packers could pull off their second big upset in a row on Saturday. One week after embarrassing the Cowboys with a 48-32 win in Dallas, the Pack got out to a 21-14 lead late in the third quarter. But San Francisco’s defense stiffened in the fourth quarter and they outscored Green Bay 10-0 in the final 15 minutes.
Kittle did his part to help the 49ers with four catches for 81 yards. He also scored the team’s first touchdown of the game.
The 49ers will take on the winner of Sunday’s matchup between the Lions and the Buccaneers.
