LAS VEGAS — Imagine what the reaction would have been if Terrell Owens had screamed into the face and bumped his coach during a heat-of-the-moment tantrum in the middle of the Super Bowl .
Or Antonio Brown. Or A.J. Brown . Or Tyreek Hill .
I’m guessing the reaction would have been much different if a high-profile, super-charged and competitive Black player unloaded on his coach with the same tacky irreverence that Travis Kelce demonstrated with his blow-up on Andy Reid in Super Bowl 58 .
Instead, after the Kansas City Chiefs claimed their back-to-back Super Bowl crown , Kelce pretty much laughed off the incident. And Reid squashed the whole thing, too.
“I was just telling him how much I love him,” Kelce said.
Yeah, right. He hurled his helmet in frustration. Screamed like an idiot. Nearly knocked his 65-year-old coach to the turf with an aggressive bump. He put hands on the man, which is technically assault. And maybe it would have been even worse if a teammate, running back Jerick McKinnon, didn’t come over to escort Kelce away with a bear hug.