Arrowhead Report's Tucker Franklin and Jordan Foote discuss Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's recent performances including his big game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
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00:00One guy from this offense who does have a big personality. We know he's got a personality. We've seen it Travis Kelsey
00:06This dude is on fire right now. He's the best Titan in the league Patrick Mahomes called him out
00:11I think Andy Reid called him that it's not disputed
00:14I don't think at this point that Travis Kelsey is falling out another hundred plus yard reception game or not reception
00:21Holy cow, if you had a hundred
00:23What a day Patrick Mahomes would be having
00:26A hundred fifty nine receiving yards. Am I am I right on that? That's off the dome. Oh
00:31Ten catches. I know that because he was averaging fifteen point nine yards a catch like that's that's insane
00:40And Tyree cool was right there with them nine catches. I think for a hundred and thirteen
00:44The only difference is Tyree kill got two touchdowns and Travis Kelsey didn't get any there's a really interesting clip
00:50I'm gonna play later on in the show about
00:52Their relationship with Patrick Mahomes and how Mahomes has developed a relationship with them
00:55I I think that that's just awesome. But Travis Kelsey is playing out of his freaking mind
01:03and
01:05The thing is there is no way to stop him one-on-one
01:09And if you double Kelsey, then you're leaving somebody else open and still Kelsey can find soft spots in zone coverage
01:16even if you double team him, I mean
01:18It's really scary and
01:20It can be death by a thousand paper cuts where he'll catch a ball for ten yards and then he'll have five
01:26Then he'll have seven then he'll have 44 like he did
01:31Then he'll have 23 or whatever and he just he has a wide catch radius
01:38He's a tall guy. He can block he can run after the catch. He is a matchup nightmare
01:45I mean, it's I know that Hill's probably the most explosive threat in the league and I think Kelsey called him that or something similar
01:52But I think Kelsey is like the game wrecker if you will on like that that Chiefs offense
01:59So let's go ahead and see you see it. Let's go ahead and hear what Patrick Mahomes said about
02:06Tyree kill and Travis Kelsey both had big games on Sunday. This is what he had to say about them 30, huh?
02:12God
02:13Yeah, no, it's uh, they're two special players
02:16They're both they really understand the offense
02:18They know how to get themselves open and they're hard guys to cover one on one
02:22And so whenever they're working like that
02:23We're at hard offense to stop and you see guys that when they get their number called to they make plays as well
02:28And so I think it's a combination of everything of them being as skilled as they are then being as smart as they are
02:32And then other guys whenever they get their number called making plays as well hear that from Pat
02:38Both of those receivers combined get over well get 30 targets right on
02:43Which is crazy to think about
02:45That's 30 of his passes right there going to those two receivers, but you can't blame him for how reliable those two guys are
02:53No, and Tyree kills the fastest guy in the NFL
02:57Kelsey's probably the fastest tight end and the biggest game wrecker. Like we've said, I mean, it's they're so reliable
03:02They always show up and Hill I wrote in my column last week like earlier in the year the
03:09Connection may not have been there on deep balls, but Hill's numbers were still fantastic. Like he had seven touchdowns in
03:16Seven games or in eight games or whatever it was then he added a couple more and Kelsey has
03:21Already scored more touchdowns this season than he did a year ago
03:25I mean, it's it's kind of a pick your poison thing and
03:28McCall Hardman has played a little bit better in Sammy Watkins absence and that guy's gonna be back soon
03:34Probably after the bye week, so I don't know what
03:37Opposing defense they're gonna do because the Chiefs this time last year
03:42We're just starting to put the pieces together and I think now they're waiting to kind of get to the playoffs
03:48I think and like if this is a coasting mode where they're eight and one heading into a bye then I'm pretty scared for what's
03:54Coming after that, right? I think what I really like about Travis Kelsey is he is a very good situational receiver
04:02He knows where the sticks are
04:03He knows when the Chiefs need a first down and he finds open space in the defense to get a first down
04:09There's a play I can't remember. Forgive me for not recalling this play exactly
04:16Kyle Shanahan or Sean McVay style, but
04:19Pastor my home is like rolling out. He finds Kelsey kind of sidearm throw a little bit
04:25Kelsey has two guys on him. So catches it gets a first down
04:28That's just that's just who Travis Kelsey is Travis
04:31Kelsey is going to be there to haul in a pass for a first down keep the drive alive and he was that a few
04:36Times early in the game when the Chiefs were kind of struggling to get their rhythm going
04:41They looked weird. They looked out of sync
04:43They got two field goals
04:44I think on their first two drives and Travis Kelsey was the big reason why they got those field goals because he kept drives live
04:51Yeah, and my home's almost looked a little bit off on those first few drives and I think it was partially the wind
04:58I mean there was a deep ball to hill in the corner of the end zone
05:01There was a deep ball to hill in the other corner of the end zone
05:04I think there was one too. I think it was Robinson. I mean there were several throws where
05:10usually he makes those and
05:13It used to be earlier in his career that people would say he's just amped up because it's primetime or whatever
05:18but I think really the wind did play a huge role in this game, but
05:22The players will kind of downplay that and Kelsey was that stabilizer as he usually is kind of keeping drives alive and keeping them
05:30being productive
05:31It's interesting Patrick Mahomes did not have a tight end before he came into the league
05:36The Texas Tech didn't run a tight end sets
05:38No surprise if you ever watched a Texas Tech game when he was there they just
05:43Ball downfield you can't blame him. But this is what he had to say about his relationship with with Kelsey and how it's developed
05:52Really when he came into the league
05:54Patrick Mahomes is given a great situation with Alex Smith
05:57Tyree kill all these weapons at his disposal and now Travis Kelsey really growing with him
06:04And this is what Kelsey or this is what Mahomes had to say about his relationship with Kelsey
06:10No, I mean, it's it's something that I would never take for granted
06:13I mean
06:14Coming to this offense and I'd never played with a tight end before and then to get the best tight end in the league
06:19I mean, it's it's special and it's something that I always have a guy that I know where he's gonna be in
06:23He's gonna continue to work
06:25Jordan after hearing what Pat had to say about Travis Kelsey. Does that just get you fired up? I
06:31Wish Kelsey was like 25 like my homes and he's already 31 because that means he probably only has like five more
06:40Even if five elite years left
06:42But I mean if those two are together
06:44The chemistry is always gonna be there Kelsey's a smart enough player that I am really really really amped up about what the future holds
06:51for those two