KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce didn’t blame fill-in quarterback Matt Moore for the incomplete pass on third-and-3.

The tight end refused to entertain the idea that Chiefs coach Andy Reid had made the wrong decision to punt on fourth-and-3, down 31-24, with 5:13 to play in the fourth quarter.

Kelce was adamant when asked where Kansas City, now 5-3, can improve on offense without MVP Patrick Mahomes.

“I have to be better for Matty Moore there at the end, coming back to the ball,” Kelce said sullen-faced from his locker after 31-24 loss. “Better for my teammates.

“I’m just disgusted with how I played.”

Moore replaced Patrick Mahomes against the Broncos on Oct. 17 after the league’s reigning MVP dislocated his right kneecap. Kelce said then that he had never caught a pass from Moore, who had not even thrown Kelce a pass in practice.

Against the Packers, in their first game after practicing together, Kelce caught four of eight targets, totaling 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. The 29-yard endzone lob Kelce hauled in from Moore in the second quarter not only signified the Chiefs’ first points of the night. It also kicked off a 17-point quarter that sent the Chiefs into halftime with a 17-14 lead.

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But had Moore and Kelce connected on either of two targets from Green Bay’s 10-yard line before halftime, that lead would have been 21-14 rather than settling for a field goal.

Had Kelce fended off the arm of Packers cornerback Chandler Sullivan on third-and-3, Kansas City wouldn’t have needed (chosen?) to punt on fourth-and-3. The Packers would not have been able to bleed the final 5:04 of the clock as Kelce and the offense watched helplessly from the sideline.

Kelce regretted the missed opportunities.

“Have to catch the ball when I’m in the end zone,” Kelce said. “I should’ve caught the ball on third-and-whatever.”

On the four targets he did secure, he netted three first downs and a score. But as a four-time Pro Bowl tight end with a 70.4 percent career catch rate, Kelce expects more from himself than catching half the balls thrown his way.

He expects himself to rise to the occasion on plays like third-and-3, down a score, with 5:13 to play on Sunday Night Football against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

Kelce left Arrowhead disappointed.

“We’ll look at film and figure out how to get better,” Kelce said. “But I have to be better for my team in the fourth quarter.”

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