Amid unfounded rumors that the Chiefs purposefully gave up during their loss to Denver to ensure the Bengals would be eliminated, Travis Kelce delivered a fired-up message to Cincinnati saying that he wasn’t “scared of f---ing nobody” and that having the Bengals in the playoffs would have been “fun.”

Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs have had a nice, long resting period before their first NFL playoffs game. After securing the AFC's No. 1 seed and a bye week in the postseason, the Chiefs elected to rest their starters for the season finale against the Denver Broncos.

With the Cincinnati Bengals needing the Denver Broncos to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs, some NFL fans thought that the Chiefs deliberately tanked their Week 18 game to eliminate the dangerous Bengals.

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce denied that the team intentionally lost its Week 18 game to ensure that the Cincinnati Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention.

Despite the Chiefs eliminating the Bengals by losing in Week 18, Travis Kelce wanted Cincinnati in the playoffs, he says.

The Cincinnati Bengals needed a scapegoat. They found one in Lou Anarumo. As the Bengals' franchise struggled to put together a solid explanation for having mis

Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt then caught wind of that and sent a reply during his Instagram stories: It’s all silly noise, really. But if nothing else, it shows that this rivalry is alive and well, no questions asked. Read all the best Bengals coverage at Cincinnati.com and Bengals Wire.

Tight end Travis Kelce talked about Cincinnati fans saying the Chiefs threw the season finale to block the Bengals from the postseason.

In the postseason, Travis Kelce looks like the greatest pass-catching tight end in NFL history again. Just like the Chiefs planned.

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce broke a record set by legendary #49ers WR Jerry Rice in Kansas City’s divisional-round playoff win over the #Texans