Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce recently tried to shut down accusations that his team was afraid to face the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs.

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce denied that the team intentionally lost its Week 18 game to ensure that the Cincinnati Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention.

The Cincinnati Bengals are not one of those teams, seeing their playoff hopes fade away after the Broncos blew out the Chiefs’ second-stringers in Week 18. Amid unfounded rumors that the Chiefs purposefully gave up during their loss to Denver to ensure the Bengals would be eliminated,

Chiefs fans also will be able to buy a jacket in the style of the Travis Kelce jacket that was worn by singer Taylor Swift.

The Bengals closed the campaign with five straight victories and could have featured the league's MVP winner for the regular season had they made the playoffs.

The Cincinnati Bengals didn't get another shot at the Kansas City Chiefs this season because they fell short of the playoffs at 9-8. Along the way, fans pointed out on social media that the Chiefs did

Tight end Travis Kelce talked about Cincinnati fans saying the Chiefs threw the season finale to block the Bengals from the postseason.

Due to this latest honor, Kelce made a bit of NFL history. This now marks the second time that the former Cincinnati Bearcats star has won the challenge, with the first coming in 2020. In doing so, Kelce is now the first two-time winner of the challenge in its 10-year history, according to the Chiefs' website.

Chiefs star Travis Kelce has slammed back in expletive fashion over the suggestion that Kansas City lost to the Broncos to avoid playing the Bengals in the NFL playoffs