Keegan-Michael Key took no prisoners during his opening monologue at Thursday’s NFL Honors.
Key hosted the NFL awards show, which aired live from Las Vegas three days before the 2024 Super Bowl, and featured some of the biggest names in sports, including Bill Belichick, Aaron Rodgers and, of course, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I was targeted.
There was no avoiding the topic of Swift and Kelce’s relationship, which has been one of the NFL’s biggest storylines this season.
“I think they’re both great and I’m happy for them,” Key said at the beginning of his monologue. “But Travis Kelce, you know this isn’t the first time a player has dated a singer. There’s Russell. [Wilson] And Ciara. There was Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson. And, of course, there was Peyton Manning and Brad Paisley. ”
But the Swift and Kelce jokes don’t stop there, with Key using the celebrity couple to poke fun at a great NFL coach who is currently unemployed.
“Who would have thought Taylor Swift would play in more playoff games than Bill Belichick?” Key said as the camera panned toward Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kraft was seen smiling.
The funnyman then used Browns quarterback and former Jet Joe Flacco as a setup to take aim at one of the NFL’s other biggest news items of the season: Aaron Rodgers.
“Joe Flacco is a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year. It’s really crazy, it’s like everyone has Flacco fever. And coincidentally, Flacco fever is something Aaron Rodgers is vaccinated against. It’s also a disease that I don’t have,” Key said jokingly.
The NFL celebrated its top players Thursday night while presenting the league’s biggest award.
Among the top finishers, Lamar Jackson won NFL MVP honors, Christian McCaffrey won Offensive Player of the Year and CJ Stroud won Offensive Rookie of the Year. Obtained.
This will be Key’s third time hosting the show, following in 2017 and 2021.
