Arrowhead Pride
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On the other side, the defense was furious. Linebacker Drue Tranquill’s facial expression was one of anger. Safety Justin Reid was also seething. Linebacker Leo Chenal, though, said he would use his frustration as fuel.
“We want to remember this, possibly the next time we play them,” Chenal said. “We’ll definitely remember the feeling and how much it hurts.”
The Chiefs will get the rematch — with revenge on the agenda for both teams — Sunday night when the Bills visit Arrowhead Stadium for the AFC Championship Game.
The Bills, the Chiefs’ most consistent AFC challenger in the last five years, stand in the way of Kansas City’s search of an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl victory. The two-time defending champs will try to eliminate the Bills from the postseason for the fourth time in five years.
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“If I had to make a team from those guys of the teammates I remember and will always remember, Travis is absolutely first-team on that list,” said Smith, who retired in 2020. “He’s in the huddle. Travis is a guy who gives energy. Every interaction with him you like. You always feel better after talking to him.
“There aren’t many teammates you would say that about. Some relationships are so unique. Some people are so magnetic and you love being around them, and Travis is one of those guys.”
Smith isn’t the only teammate to feel that way about the 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end. Others describe him as what most might expect — a bold, larger-than-life personality.
“He’s pumping us up every time we’re walking out on the field, [like], ‘Let’s go boys, let’s go,’” said linebacker Leo Chenal, now in his third season with the Chiefs. “Every time somebody makes a play, he’ll call him out specifically or go on the side after a play: ‘That’s great, that’s great. Keep it going, keep it going.’
“He’s so personable, but at the same time he’s a great leader.”
“We watch the Chiefs, and I think there is Chiefs fatigue in the public generally,” said Sky Sports NFL’s Neil Reynolds on Inside the Huddle.
“They have become the Patriots. Only Tom Brady and Bill Belichick went to more consecutive AFC Championship Games, they hit repeat and reset like the Patriots.
“Now, everybody thinks they get calls every week. I think Patrick Mahomes got a couple of calls in his favour he probably should not have got.”
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