Mecole Hardman reveals what Travis Kelce did at half-time of Super Bowl in locker room

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You only had to look at the Kansas City Chiefs sideline during the first half of the Super Bowl to see all was not well.

Trailing to the San Francisco 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs were at risk of blowing the chance to become the first team in 20 years to win the Super Bowl back to back.

The Chiefs did go on to turn it around, bouncing back to draw level and then win the game in overtime.

To get to that point, there was an intense discussion at half-time. Unsurprisingly, tight end Travis Kelce was at the heart of it.

Travis Kelce ‘flipped a few things over’

It was Mecole Hardman who caught the Super Bowl winning touchdown, ensuring the decision to bring him back from the Jets was a smart one.

Hardman spoke to The Pivot podcast and explained how Kelce tried to shake the team up at half-time.

He said: “We get to half time and Trav flipped over a few things and he was like ‘we got to get right’.

“And he was so mad at the play calls and the situations, why are we so conservative, give us a play and we [will] go out there and play.

“He said all that man. He said to the whole locker room lets go and win this, we playing around too much.”

Elaborating on Kelce, Hardman said: “He said call some ____ing plays. Let us go to work. We ain’t calling the plays we should be calling.

“When we get to the locker room he was flipping tables and a training bike over and saying this is what you want to leave out here, now let’s go and get this. His leadership was top notch, the way he led it was off the charts.

“You could see the difference in the second half the catches he made, how he gets open, you could feel the energy and the energy is contagious.

“He’s the spark, he’s the glue that holds everybody together.”

As an established key player for the team, Kelce has earned the respect of the team and coaches to speak in that way, and Hardman says he was grateful for it.

The wide receiver said: “The team as a unit, when we get to those situations and you got those playmakers like Trav and Pat, and on the other side, Sneed and Chris Jones, the element of experience, we know what we got to do. The little things matter.”

Kelce an inspiration

Hardman added that Kelce’s leadership was levels above what it was when he left the team for the Jets, and described his pre-game speech as Ray Lewis-like.

Kelce’s emotion during the game was clear to see, when he was seen shouting at head coach Andy Reid.

This became a big talking point, with the audio set to remain unreleased, while Reid played this down to the tight end’s competitive spirit.

It sounds like Kelce’s words and actions played a part in ramping up the Chiefs’ performance levels. With a history-making Super Bowl on the line – you can understand his emotion.