Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is used to taking hits over the middle of the field from linebackers and safeties, but what he's presumably not used to is getting straight-up slapped in the face by defensive linemen.
That exact scenario played out, though, midway through the third quarter of Friday's Week 1 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers in San Paulo, Brazil, as Kelce was blocking Chargers defensive lineman Teair Tart on a third-and-1 that resulted in a Patrick Mahomes 11-yard gain.
Kelce and Tart were locked up all the way to the whistle, and as the Chiefs Pro Bowler gave him a subtle shove as the play ended, Tart retaliated by forcefully slapping Kelce right across the facemask.
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