From a touchdown to Taylor Swift, Mahomes and Kelce connected on all 11 targets and had a day to remember when they needed it most in the …

BALTIMORE — Travis Kelce dismounted the trophy ceremony stage and reunited with Taylor Swift.

“Family?” she asked, their arms around each other’s waists.

“I’m trying to find my brother,” the tight end told the international pop star after his Kansas City Chiefs had triumphed 17-10 over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game.

Swift pointed to Kelce’s mother, Donna, and his father, Ed. She explained that brother Jason — also the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting center the past 13 years — was “lagging behind.” Then they located Jason closer to midfield and approached, with Swift stepping aside to give the brothers a moment.

“That was fun to watch,” Jason screamed over the rancor of the Chiefs’ fourth Super Bowl berth in five years. “Finish this motherf***er.”

“F*** yeah,” Travis responded, in tears. “Goddamn, I love you.”

Travis Kelce asked Taylor Swift where Jason was. Then, he and Jason had an emotional reunion

“Finish that motherf***er,” Jason told him as Taylor stepped aside to give them their moment. pic.twitter.com/NBk485uFaF

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Plenty has changed for the Kelces in the year since the Super Bowl in which the brothers’ teams faced off, the Super Bowl in which their mother so thoroughly leaned into the public spotlight.

Swift wasn’t in the picture then. Jason wasn’t on the brink of retirement, nor had he received a, well, non-football accolade from People Magazine. And yet, a year ago — like three and four years ago — the Chiefs were riding a similar recipe to the biggest stage.

Because even as Travis Kelce’s 34th birthday came and went this season, the Patrick Mahomes-Travis Kelce playoff connection is as lethal as ever.

Kelce caught all 11 of his targets from Mahomes on Sunday for a game-high 116 receiving yards (121 from scrimmage) and the game-opening touchdown in their sixth consecutive conference title game appearance. In a matchup of top-three quarterbacks and top-three defenses, the Mahomes-to-Kelce magnetic field was the separator.

Now, as the Chiefs ready for a Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers, the most successful quarterback-receiver duo in NFL postseason history is positioned to decide yet another big game. They’re confident, too, that they’ll deliver.

“When the lights get brighter, he plays better,” Mahomes said of his tight end. “That’s the true mark of a champion, and that’s what he is.”