TRAVIS Kelce fired a warning to his Kansas City Chiefs teammates with their season on the line.
The tight end faces the unfamiliar position of missing out on the playoffs unless the Chiefs can make a late-season surge.
The Thanksgiving loss to the Dallas Cowboysleft them 6-6 this season.
And Kelce admitted the team is “fighting for our lives.”
He said, “It’s tough to be part of this reality right now.
“We are 6-6 and we are fighting for our lives to find a way into the playoffs.
What’s real is that we still have a chance, baby, and that’s all that f***ing matters to me.
“We have got a chance and we keep coming to work with the mentality and the sense of urgency that we need to have to get this s*** fixed.
“I’m sure everyone is sick of us saying it but we’re a few plays away form being a one seed in my mind.
“And maybe that’s a bit extreme.
All the losses are within one score and there’s a handful of plays within those games that are determining the outcome.
“It’s plays like my drop against the Eagles, it’s penalties that are keeping us behind the sticks.
“It’s coming away with three points instead of touchdowns in some games.
“It’s crazy, you watch the film and you see what’s real and what’s real is we are this f***ing close.”
Kansas City faces the resurgent Houston Texans in a Sunday night game under the lights.
Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing for the clash at Arrowhead Stadium.
“My kind of football, baby,” Kelce said.
“Especially after a weekend of rest. Go out there, fly around on the ice man. That’s why I love those games more.
“Something about being in the cold and sweating, I feel my most athletic self. I don’t know why that feels like my sanctuary. It hits those lungs a little different.
