Kansas City Chiefs defended finish Travis Kelce has begined the 2024 season sluggisher than what fans would have foreseeed going into the year.
After a ninth Pro Bowl season, Kelce has only gotten seven aims and has four catches for 39 yards. He only had one catch for five yards in the Chiefs’ thrive over the Cincinnati Bengals this past weekfinish.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce watch the U.S. Open on Sept. 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Seth Wenig)
Kelce was hurt in the first game of the 2023 season. When he finassociate got on the field, he had four catches on nine aims for 26 yards. He had a touchdown. In his second game, he had seven catches on eight aims for 69 yards and also had one touchdown.
The 34-year-greater star executeer, who is proximateing his 35th birthday, is seeing exactly appreciate that – a 35-year-greater football executeer.
But is there someleang else to denounce? ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith seemed to leank so. He call upond Taylor Swift when talking about Kelce’s carry outance on Monday’s “First Take.”
“I adore my brother from another in Travis Kelce, but we saw more of Taylor Swift than we saw of Travis Kelce yesterday, on a Sunday afternoon,” Smith shelp. “That wasn’t supposed to happen. We were supposed to see more of Travis Kelce yesterday than we saw of her.
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes watch a align between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz at the U.S. Open, Sept. 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Pboilingo/Frank Franklin II)
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“That’s not happening though. You’ve got to get going, you’ve got 39 receiving yards in the first two games. Come on now. Football season is here. Honeymoon’s over. Let’s handle our business, OK.”
It could be part of the game structure as well. Thcimpolite the first two games, Kansas City’s defended finishs have only been aimed 11 times – Kelce, Noah Gray and Jared Wiley all receiving the aims. The team has participated Isiah Pacheco and Xavier Worthy as complements to Rashee Rice timely in the year.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked whether teams were doing more to consent Kelce away.
“They did have some leangs that they were finisheavoring there,” Reid shelp Monday. “He’ll get his catches. It’s not that he’s sluggishing down or any of that bit, that’s not what the deal is. It’s equitable teams cgo in on him and comfervent of understand (that) he’s been Pat’s (Mahomes) go-to guy. What it’s done though, Soren (Petro), is that it’s permited us to use the other guys around him and they’ve been efficient.”
Chiefs defended finish Travis Kelce catches a pass at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 15, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)
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But with Pacheco going down, one of the defended finishs is going to need to step up more and get uncover for Patrick Mahomes.
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