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News Now: In 21 Seconds Kansas City Chiefs Tight End… Travis Kelce was taught a big lesson Of His Life That He Would Never Forget.
What do you do when you’ve made a mistake and let your team members down? Many of us might give in to disgust or self-recrimination, but in a playoff game this year, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce showed how quick thinking and adaptability can make up for even a bad screwup. If you’re founder or other business leader, you should keep it’s a great lesson to remember for the inevitable moment when you have a screwup of your own.
Kelce, who’s perhaps best known for his romantic relationship with Taylor Swift, co-hosts a podcast with his elder brother, former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce. The show often includes a segment called Teach Tape, in which they go over the video of a play in detail, sharing their extensive knowledge about what’s going on on the gridiron. In last week’s episode, the brothers took a close look at one of Travis’s catches from the Chiefs’ playoff game against the Baltimore
Ravens in January. The unlikely catch has been called “UNREAL” on YouTube–and it helped Kelce set a new record for most off-season catches. It’s worth watching the 21-second play to see Kelce leap sideways away from a defender and catch the ball a moment before falling to the ground.
It was a much-admired catch, and a fan of the show sent a video clip to the brothers to ask them to analyze it. Kelce’s comment? “This is me being an absolute idiot and just being in the right place at the right time.”
He went on to explain that the original play had a “kill” option in it. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had called two plays in the huddle–a first play, and then a second play that he might switch to if conditions looked right, using a secret signal to tell the other team members about the changed plan.
Mahomes did indeed decide to change the play, and he gave the signal, but Kelce missed it. “I was thinking it was a different play,” he said.
It was a much-admired catch, and a fan of the show sent a video clip to the brothers to ask them to analyze it. Kelce’s comment? “This is me being an absolute idiot and just being in the right place at the right time.”
He went on to explain that the original play had a “kill” option in it. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had called two plays in the huddle–a first play, and then a second play that he might switch to if conditions looked right, using a secret signal to tell the other team members about the changed plan.
Mahomes did indeed decide to change the play, and he gave the signal, but Kelce missed it. “I was thinking it was a different play,” he said.