The Chiefs Locker Room Video Says Everything You Need to Know About Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce

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Lately I find myself talking to more and more people who say they can't stand Patrick Mahomes. Which I chalk up to one reason and one reason only: 

Overexposure. 

Mahomes is in his sixth AFC championship game in his six seasons as a starter. Plus he's challenging the one record everyone thought could never be broken, Most Product Endorsements. But Peyton Manning is proving he plans on taking that one to the grave. So that's a formula for getting large segments of the population to grow sick of your shit. It's the inevitable outcome of winning and incessantly prattling on about bundling with Jake from State Farm. 

This is just one man's opinion, but I like the man. I enjoy watching him play tackle football. I think he's an exemplary teammate. He plays with an edge. Commands a huddle. Puts up with bullshit he shouldn't have to:

So yeah, he can quarterback my team anytime. My Chiefs problem has nothing to do with Mahomes. It's with Maauto. 

My People's Exhibit No. 100,000 in the case against Travis Kelce was this locker room video after the Bills game. Mahomes is fired up. He's defiant. Proudly pointing out that the Bills wanted Kansas City in their own building and they got more than they bargained for. Repeats what (I assume) Andy Reid said about how this isn't over and they're coming back next week for more. The perfect postgame pep talk. Short. Concise. On point.  

So therefore, Kelce had to get the last word in. Of course:

I've said before and it bears repeating now: The most dangerous place in America is between Kelce and a TV camera. Especially if Mahomes is in front of it. Not content to merely hijack every one of his QB's on field interviews to spew his worthless gobbledygook, he tried to steal the mic from him at the White House celebration, but Mahomes wouldn't give it up. At that point, I wanted Biden to put the Medal of Freedom around Mahomes' neck in appreciation from a grateful nation. So now he's stepping on Mahomes' postgame punchline. Because he hates the thought of someone else - someone who's better at football - keeping the attention off of him, even for 20 seconds. 

We all know that guy. The one that has to make everything be about him. Some coworker, family member, casual acquaintance, or friend of a friend. They typically don't have a relationship going with the biggest pop star in the English-speaking world to draw attention to themselves. But even if they do, it's never enough. Regardless, one of the chief tools of their trade is getting the last word in.

You might think I'm making too big a deal out of nothing. But this is something. To prove it, let's turn to the experts:

Relationships Relearned - In a conversation, “getting in the last word” means one person may badger, bully, coerce, and overwhelm the other person to be the last voice you hear in the conversation. It doesn’t even need to be anything meaningful for someone to fight to the bitter end to be the last one speaking! …

There are many reasons why people attempt at all costs to get in the last word. It really can be summed up in one word: aggression. The person who is attempting to get in the last word doesn’t really care about what the other person thinks or feels. They only care about themselves. …

Common reasons people demand to get in the last word include:

Arrogance: An arrogant person may not be able to accept they are wrong or that someone else might have an equally valid opinion.

Bullying: For some people to feel better about themselves, they must humiliate, discredit, embarrass or coerce others to concede.

Egotistical/Selfish: The egotistical person wants to be right and be in the center of the attention so they can feel important.

In Kelce's case, I'm going with D) All of the Above. 

And just watching this video is enough to make me do something I never thought possible: Root for Baltimore this weekend. For as much as I couldn't stand Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Terrell Suggs:

… and John Harbaugh giving birth the demon spawn Rosemary's Baby that was Deflategate in 2015, I can tolerate that franchise in the Super Bowl than give another two week's worth of exposure to Travis Kelce. And listen to him trying to finish his quarterback's sentences with his nonsense. Help us Ravens, you're our only hope.