With Travis Kelce, the Parrrty Comes Second to His Savvy Playmaking

Off the field, Travis Kelce’s life is unscripted.

Yes, sometimes it may seem as if the always playful Kelce is reading prepared lines so he can play the role of a goofy frat-party boy — the N.F.L.’s Midwestern version of Rob Gronkowski. But Kelce, the five-time All-Pro tight end for the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, insists that is not true.

For example, after last season’s A.F.C. championship game, he stole the postgame show by leaning into a CBS microphone to shout: “You’ve got to fight, for your right … to … parrr-tay!”

It was a line that might have appeared in character, delivered right on cue.

“Nah, it was all instincts,” Kelce said this week.

Then, after the Chiefs won…