Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has been known to be one of the most passionate players in all of football. Unfortunately, that passion may have gone overboard after an altercation at practice with one of his teammates on Saturday.
Chiefs beat writer Nick Roesch posted a video of Kelce catching a touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes in practice on Saturday, and some extracurricular activities ensued shortly after the catch.
Chiefs linebacker Jack Cochrane appeared to give Kelce a shove after making the touchdown catch over him, which led to Kelce throwing a punch at Cochrane.
https://twitter.com/Nicolas_Roesch/status/1685306314061443073
The two continued to push each other after Kelce’s punch, but luckily both players were separated quickly and things did not escalate from there.
The punch seemed to be pretty unwarranted, and fans certainly had their opinions of the incident on social media.
Winning a chip then punching your teammate, thank you for starting this trend dray! 🤗 https://t.co/Ygvb7gDhLA
— Kyle Daniel Magnaye (@kyledmagnaye) July 29, 2023
listen, i wish i could punch people at work more than most people but like, stop acting like a child when you get paid more money than god
he’s your TEAMMATE. find a better way to communicate https://t.co/P6WGA52RKN
— JKM 🦋 (@juliakatmorse) July 29, 2023
Closed fist to the helmet is crazy😂😂 tryna break ur hand https://t.co/AniXPXYI8R
— Dane (@Dane_the_wiz) July 29, 2023
punching someone who is wearing a helmet, smartest travis kelce moment https://t.co/PeqRSzxCq4
— big content guy (@bigcontentguy) July 29, 2023
I will never understand why football players throw punches to the head while they wear helmets haha https://t.co/FIiepO8yqd
— Taylor Nash (@taynash10) July 29, 2023
Compton had his helmet on, so truth be told it probably hurt Kelce’s hand more than it did Compton. Regardless, it isn’t exactly the best look to be punching teammates over a rather insignificant late shove.
This actually isn’t the first time this training camp that Kelce has been seen throwing punches at a teammate. A similar video emerged from Friday’s practice that shows Kelce losing his cool on second-year cornerback Dicaprio Bootle.
Dicaprio Bootle giving Travis Kelce a little extra after the play. #Chiefs #ChiefsCamp. *Note – this video is not be used without permission from KSHB 41* pic.twitter.com/f0MJyPhreG
— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) July 28, 2023
We see things like this emerge at training camps across the league all the time, so it may not be a huge concern. However, it seems very clear that Kelce’s temper is pretty short with his Chiefs teammates.
