The Denver Broncos attempted to use dirty tricks to provoke the Kansas City Chiefs before their Monday night game.

Posted by Kevin Kietzman Has Issues, Sep 17, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 6 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 30%

Kevin Kietzman Has IssuesSep 17, 2026

… A couple things really stood out. Travis Kelce was ripped off in a Ponzi scheme and the dude that committed the crime is going to prison for 11 years. But that's only half the story. Why in the world is the Republican swamp involved in this thing? Before the game Monday night, the Broncos tried some dirty tricks to get under the Chiefs' skin. Stan Weber joins us to talk about the matchup with the Colts Sunday night and we preview the KU, KSU and MU games Saturday.

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None of the sources report the Broncos trying to provoke the Chiefs before the September 14 game, and no authority has examined or dismissed the allegation. The one related story describes Sean Payton painting the Chiefs' logo on Denver's own practice field to motivate his players, which is not provocation of the opponent.

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Context. A September 9 Yahoo report says Sean Payton painted the Chiefs' logo on the Broncos' practice field as motivation for his own team, something he has done with opponents' logos before.[2]

Context. Post-game coverage of the September 14 Monday night game (Reuters, AP, USA Today, Denver Post, Kansas City Star) describes the Chiefs' 31-10 win, Walker's rushing, and Denver's missed tackles and turnovers, but none reports any pregame provocation or dirty tricks by Denver.[1][3][4][5][6]

Context. The claim's wording ('dirty tricks to provoke') is not in the passage's source material, and the only pregame 'tricks' story describes motivation for the Broncos rather than provocation of the Chiefs. The claim is an unsupported allegation with no authoritative dismissal in the record.[2]