The Kansas City Chiefs bounced back in style from their Week 5 loss, steamrolling the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football in Week 6, 30-17. For Travis Kelce, it was a much-needed, feel-good win. But let’s just say the spotlight wasn’t only on his stat line. The veteran tight end had fans holding their breath after pulling off an unintentional headstand in the second quarter while catching a pass from Patrick Mahomes.

Travis Kelce was tackled on the play, and that resulted in him flipping and landing on his head. It sparked an instant concern about his health. Fast forward to now, and the player himself has cleared the air on how he’s feeling.

On the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, his brother and the Philadelphia Eagles‘ legend, Jason Kelce, asked him how his head was feeling. “He caught me with a Charley horse on my thigh,” Travis Kelce started. “I got a charley horse more than I got anything going on with my neck.”

It all unfolded in the second quarter when Kelce hauled in a pass and tried to leap over Lions Rock Ya-Sin for the score. Instead, things took a rough turn with the flip. But the silver lining? Kelce landed just short of the goal line. And the Chiefs punched it in for a touchdown on the very next play.

Kelce wasn’t hurt, but it could have ended badly; especially knowing his history with concussions.

• Back in 2017, he suffered a head injury while playing against the Texans. He was initially cleared to play but showed short-term memory loss at halftime.
• In 2018, he missed the second half of the Wild Card Round loss to the Titans with a concussion.

“Damn it, Travis. You’re on the f–king 1-yard line. Get in the goddamn end zone. Stop jumping, man,” Kelce said sarcastically after watching a video of himself flipping and falling on his head. That’s in line with how the Chiefs have been talking about the incident. In fact, the team QB Patrick Mahomes couldn’t help but poke some fun at the TE.

The Chiefs later shared a slow-motion clip of Travis landing on his head on their Instagram handle. “Had to slow this one down for y’all,” the caption read. And you could bet Mahomes didn’t shy away from teasing his friend.

He re-shared the clip in his IG story and wrote, “You good? @killatrav,” with a few laughing emojis. Kelce might’ve had a solid game against the Lions, but he has a different challenge on his hands now. He must not only endure the teasing from his QB but also from his brother, Jason.

Jason Kelce joins Patrick Mahomes in trolling Travis Kelce

The Chiefs played a great game against the Lions, and so did Travis Kelce. The tight end led the Chiefs’ passing game, as he caught six receptions for 78 yards. But one of his standout moments came on his first catch of the night when he got mobbed by a bunch of Lions defenders, only to be pushed forward by his big offensive linemen, who helped drive the pile at the end of the play.

And let’s just say his brother loved that moment. “Take a look at this photo where you’re being helped up by like five different Detroit Lions,” Jason Kelce said on the podcast while showing an image of his brother being wrapped up by the Lions’ defenders. In his response, Travis Kelce explained what was actually going on through his mind at that time.

“You know what this is, this was the first catch of the game,” Kelce said. “I get hit by one guy, and I kind of slide off of him. And now I’m just like, I’m getting pinballed, but I’m keeping the feet moving, and then I get held up. And then once I get held up, the stampede is coming. I think I locked eyes with Trey Smith about to come in and clean the pile, and I was just like, ‘hit me, m———–!'”

Long story short: Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and the Lions was many things. It was full of chaos, drama, a brief scuffle after the game, and a couple of insane moments involving Travis Kelce. As things stand, the TE has 28 catches for 321 yards and two touchdowns this season so far. Let us see if the TE can give us some more moments like this against the Las Vegas Raiders.