Travis Kelce Recalls How He & Taylor Swift ‘Fell in Love’: ‘Happened Very Organically’

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By: Julio Marchi

On: August 12, 2025

Travis Kelce Recalls How He & Taylor Swift ‘Fell in Love’: ‘Happened Very Organically’

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Travis Kelce is gushing over Taylor Swift in the new issue of GQ.

The Kansas City Chiefs player opened up about their love story, saying it happened “organically” despite being in the public eye.

“When there is not a camera on us, we’re just two people that are in love,” Kelce insisted. “It can be perceived as something else because of how much it is talked about and how much we are tracked whenever we do go out, but I would say that it’s as normal of… It happened very organically even though from a media standpoint it was being tracked. It still happened very organically.”

“When I say organic, we fell in love based off the people we were sitting in a room together with,” he elaborates. “We are two fun-loving people who have the morals to appreciate everyone for who they are. We share all these values. It kind of just took the f**k off.”

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The Super Bowl champ found common ground with the Grammy winner because of their careers.

“I hadn’t experienced somebody in the same shoes as me, having a partner who understands the scrutiny, understands the ups and downs of being in front of millions,” he said. “That was very relatable, seeing how exhausted she would get after shows. She may not think of herself as an athlete. She will never tell anyone that she is an athlete. But I’ve seen what she goes through. I’ve seen the amount of work that she puts on her body, and it’s mind-blowing.”

Kelce praised her Eras tour as well, saying, “To go out on a stage, on a computer, essentially, for three hours… The (Eras tour) floor is literally — I’ve seen underneath that thing. It is a football-field-sized computer. You take that into Singapore, where it is scorching hot, and all of a sudden you’re feeling the fumes from the computer and you’re feeling the fumes from the sun and you’re doing a show for three hours with a lot of energy, bringing it every single song. That is arguably more exhausting than how much I put in on a Sunday, and she’s doing it three, four, five days in a row.”

He also revealed Taylor is now a big football fan.

“I sort of made her a football fan,” he explained. “She is the most engulfed fan now. She knows what the injury reports look like. She understands what special situations are, third and short — all these things because she just naturally loves to hear about my job.”

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While Travis is set to play football another season, he said, “I want to leave it better than where it was when I started,” adding of Taylor. “And I see her having those same values.”

The GQ article comes hours after Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast posted a promo featuring Taylor. In the clip she announces her new album “The Life of a Showgirl” is on the way.

In another clip, the pair teased Swift’s first appearance on “New Heights,” set to drop on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.

All pass types in Madden 26

There are three main passes you can throw as a quarterback: standard, lob, and bullet. However, there are some other, more specific passes that are also available to throw: high pass, low pass, and throwing the ball away. Each of these passes requires you to press/hold a different button to throw it, and all of them alter your base pass in some way.

The standard pass is called a “touch pass” in-game, and it’s the most generic pass you can throw. Alternatively, a lob pass puts more air under the ball, making it slower but also letting it travel farther, and the bullet pass adds extra speed on your pass, which gets the ball to its destination quicker but can lead to some inaccuracy.

The other kinds of passes are the high pass and the low pass. These are fairly self-explanatory, and if you choose to throw either one, your pass will reach its target at a higher or lower point than normal. There’s also the “throw away” pass, but this just launches the ball to either sideline, avoiding an errant throw to the defense.

How to throw each pass in Madden 26

Now that you know a little more about the different passes in Madden 26, you can look below to see how to throw each pass:

Touch Pass: Tap and release the button of the receiver you want to throw to

Bullet Pass: Tap and hold the button of the receiver you want to throw to

Lob Pass: Quickly tap the button of the receiver you want to throw to

High Pass: Hold L1/LB when throwing a pass

Low Pass: Hold L2/LT when throwing a pass

Throw the ball away: Press down on the right joystick (R3)

All of the passing controls in Madden 26

Understanding the difference between tapping and holding a button is key to figuring out how to throw each kind of pass. For example, if you tap a receiver button for too long, you’ll throw a touch pass instead of a lob pass. However, if you hold that button for a little longer, it’ll result in a bullet pass.

If this is your first time dealing with these passes, you can hop into a training session in Madden 26 and practice offense using passing plays. From here, continue to try out each kind of pass until you get the hang of the timings.

Best situations for each pass in Madden 26

Using a bullet pass to quickly get the ball to a receiver

Finally, once you understand how to throw the different passes, you’ll need to know when to use them. For the most part, each pass has a specific situation it’s intended for, which you can see below:

Touch Pass: The touch pass is the pass you’ll probably use the most in Madden 26. It’s used whenever you need a standard pass that doesn’t require any extra strategy. Crossing routes, screens, and basic timing patterns will make the most out of the touch pass.

Bullet Pass: As we mentioned earlier, a bullet pass can lead to inaccurate throws because you’re going to lose the arc of the ball’s trajectory. As such, you want to use a bullet pass on short passes, or in tight-window throws.

Lob Pass: A lob pass is perfect for long balls where you need some extra air to put the pass over a defender’s head and right into your receiver’s arms. You can also use a lob pass for a crossing route in the middle of the field if there are some defenders in the way.

High Pass: High passes are best for taller receivers who can exploit a smaller defender who’s near them. Give him a jump ball and let him Moss the other guy.

Low Pass: A low pass is mostly used when you need to fit a ball into a tight window when you’re throwing to a smaller receiver, like hitting a guy coming across the field low and away from the defender. Put it where only your target can come down with the ball.

Throw the ball away: The throw-away ball should only be used when you see no open defenders and no scrambling lanes for your quarterback. Make sure to start the throw-away pass before a defender reaches you, though. Also, get out of the pocket before you do it, or else you’ll be hit with an intentional grounding penalty.

Figuring out when to throw each kind of pass in Madden 26 mostly comes with practice. Get into games, see when and where a certain pass will work out best, and then remember how the play unfolded so you can try it again in the future.