Amid unfounded rumors that the Chiefs purposefully gave up during their loss to Denver to ensure the Bengals would be eliminated, Travis Kelce delivered a fired-up message to Cincinnati saying that he wasn’t “scared of f---ing nobody” and that having the Bengals in the playoffs would have been “fun.”

The first two worked out in the Bengals' favor, however, with Kansas City playing its backups in the regular-season finale, Denver was able to blow K.C. out with ease, handing the Chiefs a 38-0 loss. This led to red-hot Cincinnati getting eliminated.

Chiefs star Travis Kelce has slammed back in expletive fashion over the suggestion that Kansas City lost to the Broncos to avoid playing the Bengals in the NFL playoffs

Travis Kelce scoffed at the notion that the Chiefs rested their starters in order to keep the Bengals out of the playoffs.

There were a lot of tin-foil hat wearers in the NFL in Week 18. With the Cincinnati Bengals needing the Denver Broncos to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs, some NFL fans thought that the Chiefs deliberately tanked their Week 18 game to eliminate

Look: Cam Taylor-Britt Responds to Travis Kelce After Chiefs Star Says He Wanted Bengals in Playoffs. The rivalry continues, even with the Bengals' season over.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ quest for a spot in the AFC playoff field came up just short last weekend, with the Denver Broncos grabbing the No. 7 seed following a win over the Kansas City Chiefs.