ANDY REID has admitted he does not “understand a rule” after Teair Tart SLAPPED Travis Kelce.
The Kansas City Chiefs star was struck by the defensive tackle during the defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Travis Kelce was SLAPPED by Teair Tart[/caption]
Andy Reid did not understand why the Chargers’ defensive tackle was not ejected[/caption]
Tart, 28, was allowed to stay in the game as the referee claimed it was not a “disqualifying action”.
The slap came during the third quarter of the game in Brazil on September 5.
Kelce, 35, was slapped on the helmet, and then the pair both pushed each other in the bust-up.
The referee threw a flag into play and called for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on the Chargers’ man.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, 67, is hoping that the NFL investigates why Tart was not removed from the field.
He is planning on speaking on the NFL to discuss the rule but remained tight-lipped as to avoid a fine.
Speaking to Sports Radio 810 WHB: “I’ll work out that with the league.
“I can’t get into all that. I don’t have enough money to do all that.”
This is because he can not understand why Tart was not handed a harsher punishment despite hitting Kelce.
He added: “I don’t understand that rule.
“I guess it’s open-hand, fist, whatever, I don’t know. I don’t know what their decision was on that.
“But he definitely got hit in the head pretty hard, whether it was an open fist or a closed fist.”
Tart was not removed from play because he hit Kelce with an “open hand” rather than a “closed fist”.
Former NFL referee Terry McAulay insisted that doing so is not enough for Tart to be disqualified from play.
Why was Tart not removed?
Teair Tart was judged to have committed any of the following in the incident with Travis Kelce…
As stated in the official NFL rulebook, a player will be automatically disqualified if they receive two penalties in the same match for committing any of the following unsportsmanlike conduct offences, or a combination thereof:
- Throwing a punch, forearm, or kick at an opponent, even if no contact occurs.
- Using abusive, threatening, or insulting language or gestures directed at opponents, teammates, officials, or league representatives.
- Engaging in baiting or taunting actions or words that could provoke hostility between teams.
He said on YouTube: “Because it was an open hand contact to the head that was not a disqualifying action.
“On this one, they felt that it was just an open hand blow to the head, not a closed fist, not a punch, and they did not disqualify in this case.”
Tart has since poked fun at the slap on Kelce.
The Chargers star osted a carousel on Instagram from this weekend’s game, openly mocking the Chiefs.
The caption read, “I’m too swift with it even in Brazil”.
The 27-21 defeat was the worst possible way for the Chiefs to start the 2025 season.
They had been hoping to lay down an early marker and reclaim the Super Bowl title in February.
The Chiefs will have the chance to install some much-needed confidence in Week 2.
They take on last season’s Super Bowl tormentors the Philadelphia Eagles in a chance for revenge.
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