Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes: Travis Kelce's NFL Super Bowl 58 Speech Was 'Pure Emotion'

Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones all gave speeches ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs' 25-22 overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, but only one player had his teammates in tears before the big game.

Of the three players who spoke, Kelce's speech—sandwiched between that of Jones and Mahomes—was the most emotional. And while the star tight end's exact words will remain between the team, Mahomes indicated that it was one of the most emotional speeches he has ever heard.

"I mean, pure emotion. You can't fake the amount of emotion that man has and then like you said, had people tearing up," Mahomes said Tuesday during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show. "Then I have to go last. I'm like, 'Man how do I even follow that?'"

Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer provided further insight on Kelce's speech, reporting Monday that it started with the now three-time Super Bowl champion "pounding his chest (literally) and having trouble getting his first few words out."

"It went to a joke about why the Niners' fire alarms went off during Super Bowl week, waking a bunch of players up. And in the end, it moved some of the people in the room to tears," Breer wrote.

Kelce added of his speech postgame, according to Breer:

"I think it was more of a passionate rah-rah than something sad. I just told everybody, 'We got what it takes. We got the formula. Those guys don't have it.' I ate a little bit of my words, knowing that [the Niners] had a lot more in them than I even imagined. But I was still right, baby. Chiefs got the formula. We knew what we had in this locker room, and we took it from there."

In the end, that speech helped the Chiefs overcome a 10-3 deficit to secure a victory over the 49ers in overtime thanks to a Mecole Hardman touchdown.

Kansas City became the first team since the New England Patriots in 2004 and 2005 to win back-to-back Super Bowls, and now the franchise is in the beginning stages of a dynasty spearheaded by Mahomes, Kelce and head coach Andy Reid.