On Wednesday’s episode of FanDuel TV’s Up & Adams, host Kay Adams spoke to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver and kick returner Nikko Remigio about a pivotal moment in the AFC Championship Game. He reflected on a moment during the game when Travis Kelce pushed him to be great.
“Trav (Travis Kelce) had came up to me earlier in the game, and I had fair caught that first punt coming out the gates, and he was like, ‘That’s not being great, bro,” Said Remigio, “So I knew going into this next opportunity that I had to make something happen. So I took a peek down the field and saw that the guys were, it was going to be tight, and it was going to be a quick play, and you know, just made it happen.”
#Chiefs WR @nikkoremigio on what Travis Kelce told him after he fair caught the first punt of the AFC Championship game
“That’s not being great bro…”
Remigio took the next punt for 41 yards
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Remigio took Kelce’s message to heart and used it as motivation to return his next punt for 41 yards. The Chiefs capitalized on six plays after Patrick Mahomes punched it into the endzone. It was the fourth-longest postseason punt return in franchise history. His 41 total punt return yards in the game ranked fifth-most in a postseason game in team history.