WATCH: Furious Travis Kelce shoves Andy Reid, screams in Chiefs HC's face after costly fumble
Travis Kelce was furious with head coach Andy Reid after the Kansas City Chiefs lost a golden opportunity to score in the second quarter of the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Kansas City had begun in their own half and a deep throw by Patrick Mahomes got them into the red zone. From there the least they would have expected would have been a game-tying field goal.
Instead, Isiah Pacheco was handed the ball on first down and as he was trying to get some extra yards, he was stripped and the ball ended up in the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. It was a frustrating end to that play and as the offense came out Travis Kelce was boiling.
He clearly felt that he was not being given enough opportunity and trust by his head coach. He had been taken out for that play and was not having it. The tight end shoved his coach, nearly sending Andy Reid off his feet. He was also seen screaming in his coach's face.
Travis Kelce and Chiefs offense struggles to get going in first half despite Andy Reid's best efforts
More than that particular play, what would have been frustrating for the Chiefs was how their offense struggled in the first half of Super Bowl 58. They started with two punts and when they finally had an opportunity, they coughed it up in the red zone.
The San Francisco 49ers did a great job of limiting Patrick Mahomes by keeping him from running. They sacked him early and got an intentional grounding call against him.
On defense, the Chiefs did not do much better either. The only reason the lead was just 3-0 late in the second quarter was because of self-inflicted wounds. Christian McCaffrey fumbled the ball once and penalties by Trent Williams wiped out some gains.
But L'Jarius Sneed lost his cool, just like Travis Kelce had done earlier, and copped a personal foul penalty for shoving Brandon Aiyuk. That put the 49ers in a good position and a great trick play got the score to 10-0.
This score was a fair reflection of how the first half unfolded. The Chiefs were not in the game and if they intend to come back, they will need cooler heads to prevail.