Following the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ 22-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night time, Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes instructed that the lackluster numbers produced by Travis Kelce throughout the season’s first three weeks had been associated to how defenses schemed towards the All-Professional tight finish.
Throughout a Monday look on “The Ryen Russillo Podcast,” well-known NFL analyst and former ESPN persona Todd McShay referenced Kelce’s relationship with leisure famous person Taylor Swift whereas discussing why the 34-year-old recorded simply eight catches for 69 yards and nil touchdowns over Kansas Metropolis’s three victories.
“Each present I watch, each pregame present, halftime present, postgame present, weekday present, each broadcast I look ahead to the previous few weeks, it’s like, are we not allowed to say that he’s out of form, that he’s been partying all offseason?” McShay stated about Kelce, as shared by Jaclyn Hendricks of the New York Submit. “He’s been jet-setting round with essentially the most well-known particular person in all probability in your complete world, that’s he consuming, going to the U.S. Open.”
Kelce and the Chiefs insisted throughout last season that his spending time with Swift brought on no distractions for the membership, and Kansas Metropolis finally received Tremendous Bowl LVIII in February. This previous offseason, Kelce accepted a high-profile performing gig, was named the host of Amazon’s “Are You Smarter Than a Movie star?” present and acquired a deal reportedly worth more than $100M from Amazon’s Wondery for the “New Heights” podcast that he hosts together with his brother, former Philadelphia Eagles middle Jason Kelce.
“The protection and the respect he will get is similar,” McShay continued whereas talking about Travis Kelce. “The athlete shouldn’t be. Now, is he going to work himself into form through the season? Yeah, I’m certain he’ll. He’s an unbelievable competitor. He’s among the finest to ever do it and he nonetheless finds a technique to make a play or two right here and there and exhibits up in some clutch moments, however he’s not the identical man proper now.”
Some made similar comments final fall concerning the Chiefs’ passing assault not being the identical as in earlier campaigns. Kansas Metropolis silenced such chatter when it mattered essentially the most, and McShay believes Travis Kelce will “in all probability work himself again into form by Week 8, 9, 10 this season.”
The Mahomes-Kelce connection will subsequent have a chance to begin clicking when the unbeaten Chiefs play on the 2-1 Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday. As of late Tuesday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Chiefs as 8.5-point favorites for that matchup.
