Before heading off into their bye week the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a 28-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
During the contest, star tight end Travis Kelce suffered a bone-crunching hit from Bills defensive back Cole Bishop that had the three-time Super Bowl champion catching his breath. Kelce admitted “it knocked the wind out of me” and revealed he was forced to get checked out at halftime.
“It knocked the wind out of me. It caught me – I got kind of sandwiched in there. You know you’re OK, but you gotta just kind of …” Kelce said while pretending to try to catch his breath.
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“’Go into the blue tent. You got the wind knocked out,’” he said recalling what an official told him to do during the latest episode of New Heights. “Why do I go into … No, it was at halftime. I had to get evaluated in the locker room. I just said, ‘Why, what is this?’
“‘What day is it?’ F—ing Sunday,” he continued. “What? … Before a concussion or after a concussion, I don’t know who we played last week. We’re in Week 9. Are you kidding me? You’re gonna make me sit here and f—ing … Who did we play last? The Commanders.”
The hit from Bishop on Kelce wasn’t flagged on the play – though the league has a habit of calling such a hit on a defenseless receiver.
In this case, the NFL saw fit not to offer any punishment at all, opting not to fine Bishop for his actions.
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