Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce, boyfriend of pop music icon Taylor Swift, was dealing with a “pretty big illness” before his team’s Super Bowl loss on Feb. 9, according to reports.

Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach shared the news during an upcoming episode of the NFL podcast The Insiders. Veach made it clear he wasn’t “making excuses” for the Chiefs’ loss, but acknowledged that Kelce was “battling a pretty big illness” before the game in New Orleans.

Veach joked that Kelce’s condition didn’t have much impact on the outcome, as the Philadelphia Eagles rolled to a 40-22 win.

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