Travis Kelce dropped the easy touchdown.
A sold-out stadium, perfect weather in sunny London, and Taylor Swift performing to an adoring public.
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Almost 90,000 fans packed into world-famous Wembley Stadium on Sunday, with England's 2024 Euros run on pause and Swifties Tube-ing all over the city to see the biggest pop star on the planet in person.
When Kelce made his surprise appearance at a buzzing Wembley, it should have been so easy for the boyfriend who also plays tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bend the knee.
Present the ring.
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Propose to Queen Tay Tay, finally.
But the question that hasn't gone away still persists, nine months after "Swift and Kelce?" first dominated social media and took over the TVs of NFL fans across the globe.
"This was NOT on my bingo card," tweeted one Swiftie, after a grinning Kelce appeared in his Royal Ascot best and shared a stage with the "Tortured Poet" who currently rules the world.
When Sean Penn and Madonna were a real thing back in the Material Girl's 1980s glory days, the odd pairing was cemented after just six months.
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Kelce and Swift are even odder on paper -- he's a jock and a dude; she can seemingly do no wrong and is the great uniter on a fiercely divided planet -- and the initial months of their incredibly public relationship were surrounded by questions of authenticity.
Was it for real?
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Was it all an act for her next album promotion or a Marvel superhero move tie-in?
Was she really into ... him?
Swift clearly has been, since night three of her Wembley takeover devoted part of its set to a future Pro Football Hall of Famer who's teamed with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid to create a new NFL dynasty.
Sure, Kelce looked a little out of place and was overshadowed -- just like the dapper gents that Madonna proudly stepped over when she was taking over the world in 1984.
But when the 34-year-old football player from Ohio stretched out his hands, badly danced and applied last-minute makeup to Tay Tay, Kelce finally had the perfect opportunity.
Despite carrying the pop queen off stage, Kelce never bent the knee, while the ring that millions are waiting on again failed to appear.
“When are you going to make an honest woman out of her?” Jason Sudeikis jokingly asked Kelce earlier this month, in a no-filter question that would have made Ted Lasso proud.
With Prince William having already made his special appearance and set the set stage for Sunday with a proud selfie, Kelce could have taken over Wembley with one huge question.
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He smiled and played his part.
But the Chiefs' All-Pro tight end dropped an easy TD with all the Swifties watching.