Travis Kelce: 'I Love' Chiefs Being NFL's No. 1 Villain amid Super Bowl 3-Peat Quest

As the Kansas City Chiefs try to pull off the first three-peat in modern NFL history when they meet the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, they know that success breeds contempt, and they're not shying away from it.

During this week's episode of the New Heights podcast, Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce told his brother Jason that he and his teammates have embraced the "villain" role as they go after their third straight Super Bowl title.

"I love it. Yeah. I love it," Kelce said. "... I'm just, I'm enjoying doing this with the guys together, the guys that we have in there, because it's like it just makes us even more of a family."

The Chiefs went 15-2 this season to earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC and defeated the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills on their way to reaching the Big Game. Many had expected this to finally be the year that star quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills finally got over the hump, but Kansas City sent them home from the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five years.

Kelce added that he feels the outside noise has helped galvanize the team amid its quest for a three-peat.

"You just circle the wagons," he said. "When s--t, you know, people are saying whatever they want and you just band it together and it just makes you more appreciate more of what you have because people want what you have."