Travis Kelce's Slow Start: Is It Time to Worry About Him?

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00:00Where are we buying?

00:05Well look, we're sticking with the theme today and the theme is Travis Kelsey.

00:09I mean, this is just where we're at.

00:10So Travis Kelsey, statistically speaking, has been a massive disappointment.

00:15He is tight end 24 after three weeks, a stat line for him, eight receptions on 12 targets

00:22for 69 yards.

00:23That looks like a game for Travis Kelsey of old, but instead that's pretty much the month

00:27of September.

00:29What does that mean?

00:30Well, maybe Travis Kelsey at this stage in his career is done.

00:33He's 35 years old.

00:35He might not look like the Travis Kelsey of old, but I think defenses are starting to

00:40realize that Rushie Rice is the bigger problem you need to worry about if you're stopping

00:43the Chiefs.

00:44And I think they're going to come to that realization quickly.

00:47The numbers for Travis Kelsey against the charges for his career, we talked about it

00:50before, right?

00:5118 games, 100 receptions, eight touchdowns.

00:54I mean, this is a team where Travis Kelsey typically feasts against the chargers and

00:59especially the Los Angeles chargers in the last couple of years.

01:02Now, if it doesn't happen today, then perhaps we can really start to have that conversation.

01:09This could just be a veteran just trying to shake the dust off.

01:12And I know he's got a lot of other interests.

01:14We see him doing TV shows.

01:16We see him doing podcasts and there's a lot of chatter about, oh, Travis Kelsey didn't

01:20prepare enough.

01:21And look, Travis Kelsey is a professional.

01:23I think it's a big load of nonsense.

01:25I think he's had some bad games.

01:26I think he's had some double coverage.

01:28Is he the same player he was five years ago?

01:31No.

01:32Only Matt Stryker gets better with age.

01:34Everybody else tends to decline.

01:36But with Travis Kelsey, you have nothing to lose because tight end has been so bad that

01:40if you roll this dice today, make that trade, and today's the breakout game, all of a sudden

01:45you have a top five tight end the rest of season.

01:48And this was just four weeks ago, the quote greatest tight end class fantasy has ever

01:54seen end quote.

01:56And now it looks horrendous.

01:58So eventually things will perform back to the mean.

02:02And I think Travis Kelsey's opportunity to do that today is very high.

02:06So I'm buying Travis Kelsey.