{"id":80594,"date":"2024-01-30T07:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T07:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nflklinh.playsetmusic.com\/?p=80594"},"modified":"2024-01-30T07:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T07:18:40","slug":"ravens-justin-tucker-breaks-silence-on-travis-kelce-kicking-his-stuff-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/ravens-justin-tucker-breaks-silence-on-travis-kelce-kicking-his-stuff-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens\u2019 Justin Tucker Breaks Silence on Travis Kelce Kicking His Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers knew the AFC Championship battle between the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0and the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0would be intense even before it started.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1968088156-e1706579959785.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Justin Tucker\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During pregame warm-ups, Chiefs tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0and quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0butted heads with Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. In\u00a0a video\u00a0posted by NFL Network\u2019s James Palmer, Tucker is seen stretching by the Chiefs stars.<\/p>\n<p>While Mahomes warms up, Kelce kicks Tucker\u2019s ball and flings his helmet away. In\u00a0another video, Mahomes kicks Tucker\u2019s holder out of his way. Both videos quickly went viral on Twitter as fans debated who was in the wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Was Tucker trying to play mind games with the Chiefs? Was Mahomes and Kelce\u2019s reactions out of line?\u00a0Speaking to reporters\u00a0on Monday, January 29, Tucker addressed the incident.<\/p>\n<div id=\"5a763e7184379b224e87936387d59f44\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPalmerTV\/status\/1751676291248468390\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Travis Kelce told Justin Tucker he needed to move because their QB Patrick Mahomes had to warm up. So Kelce kicked his ball away and threw his helmet. \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFF0DC1yA7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pFF0DC1yA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPalmerTV\/status\/1751676291248468390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the five-time All-Pro, it\u2019s routine for kickers to warm up on the opposite side of the field about 90 minutes before kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been doing the exact same thing for 12 years, never really had a problem with anybody,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cThat\u2019s just kinda the way we\u2019ve always done it, the way kickers around the league have always done it. I saw Patrick there trying to warm up and get some drop backs. He asked me while I was on the ground stretching if I could move my helmet. So, I happily got up and I moved my helmet out of the way. At least, I thought it was enough out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then Travis comes over and just kicks my stuff, throws my helmet. I thought it was all just some gamesmanship, all in good fun but they seemed to be taking it a little more seriously\u2026 It\u2019s not like I\u2019m out there trying to be problematic. I\u2019m just trying to get ready for the football game just like they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Ravens Star Justin Tucker Holds No Grudges With Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes &amp; TE Travis Kelce<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Tucker elaborates on pre game incident with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@tkelce<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickMahomes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PatrickMahomes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ravens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Ravens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rrIsjWyvSl\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rrIsjWyvSl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Coleman (@sportswcoleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportswcoleman\/status\/1752043561434906796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Overall, Tucker says the whole situation was not a big deal. While the playoffs create an \u201cintense environment,\u201d the 34-year-old found it \u201ckind of silly\u201d that a moment before the game started was being discussed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if you just see the whole interaction and then you just see us at the coin toss, we\u2019re all dapping each other up and then we just get on with the football game,\u201d Tucker said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Chiefs eliminating the Ravens from the playoffs on their own home turf, Tucker took the 17-7 loss with grace. He called Mahomes and Kelce \u201ctwo of the best players that have ever played the game at their respective positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Chiefs Face the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">See you in Las Vegas, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/49ers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@49ers<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CzFwBeItk7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CzFwBeItk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1751799840500047957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next up, the Chiefs travel to Las Vegas to try and beat the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 Super Bowl. Naturally, the intensity of the environment will reach a fever pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Niners came back from a 17-point deficit to defeat the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0in the NFC Championship game and know they have their work cut out against Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Niners quarterback Brock Purdy\u00a0told reporters\u00a0after the game, \u201cWhat a challenge. You\u2019ve got Mahomes, what he does, their team, they\u2019re special. They\u2019re winners,\u201d Purdy said. \u201cThey\u2019ve proven that over however many years he\u2019s been there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to go back and play them is going to be sweet, going to be special for all of us. I wasn\u2019t here obviously in \u201819. You could just tell the guys that have been here \u2014 like, anybody \u2014 it would be special for them to play these guys. I\u2019m excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CM3P493IhIQDFRJQwgUdwcgP-Q\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers knew the AFC Championship battle between the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0and the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0would be intense even before it started. During pregame warm-ups, Chiefs tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0and quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0butted&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playsetmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}