Travis Kelce is setting the Chiefs' standard ahead of Super Bowl LVIII - ESPN

ANDY REID WAS aiming to share some of his wisdom with the Kansas City Chiefs in their locker room during the AFC Championship Game.

He couldn't finish his message because Travis Kelce intervened each time.

«Travis would just cut him off with a big yell and say, 'Yeah, sounds about right, let's go,'» linebacker Drue Tranquill said.

Kelce doesn't necessarily interrupt Reid every week. He was just as amped as ever for the game against the Baltimore Ravens. During the week, he said he wanted the Chiefs to win as much as he has ever wanted a victory.

His actions on game day suggested those words weren't hollow. He egged on the Baltimore crowd when he was booed during warmups. He tossed Justin Tucker's equipment when he felt the Ravens kicker invaded the pregame space of Patrick Mahomes.

He put on one of the best performances of his career with 11 catches for 116 yards and the game's first touchdown. After the game, which the Chiefs won 17-10 to vault them into Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers, he shared an emotional hug with his brother Jason on the field and high-fived Chiefs fans.

It was an extreme display for anyone, Kelce included. But Kelce is always the Chiefs' energy source.

«I think it brings a ton,» Mahomes said. «It's the energy. People don't even see it at practice. The energy that he has… we have to get him out of practice just to give him a rest and he wants to be out there for every single play.

»That mindset, when you see the Hall of Fame tight end and he wants to be the guy working the hardest, it raises everybody's standard. It raises the standard of how you practice. It raises the standards of how you prepare because you know that guy that's done it at the top level wants to continue to do it