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On this episode of GET UP, the crew discusses the evolving role of Travis Kelce as he enters the 2025 NFL season at age 35. With the Kansas City Chiefs aiming for a historic third straight Super Bowl title, can the veteran tight end still be a major contributor?  🏈 Is Kelce still the best tight end in the NFL? 🏈 How will Mahomes and Andy Reid adjust his usage? 🏈 Could rising stars like Rashee Rice or Xavier Worthy take pressure off him?  We break down:  Travis Kelce’s stats and performance in 2024  Kansas City’s offensive scheme going into 2025  The chemistry between Mahomes and Kelce  What Kelce’s leadership means to the locker room  #TravisKelce #Chiefs #ChiefsSuperBowlRun #PatrickMahomes #NFL2025 #GetUp #ESPNGetUp #Kelce2025 #KansasCityChiefs #SuperBowlRun #AndyReid #XavierWorthy #RasheeRice #NFLDebate

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00:00Doubt the Chiefs! You can disrespect the Chiefs! You're going to have to deal with the Chiefs!

00:06It is a dynasty!

00:10We continue our divisional takes in the AFC West, focusing on the Kansas City Chiefs,

00:14whose revenge tour begins week one against their division rival Chargers,

00:19and the Chargers should be good this year.

00:20Casey coming off a very disappointing performance in Super Bowl 59

00:24as the Eagles dominated the game in New Orleans.

00:26This season, Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelsey looking to have a bounce-back season

00:29after finishing with a career-low 823 receiving yards,

00:33as well as three receiving touchdowns last year.

00:38Kimberly, can Casey win a Super Bowl with Travis Kelsey playing a small role?

00:44I think they are going into this season understanding that Kelsey has to play a smaller role.

00:52Andy Reid talked about how Travis may not know that he's getting older, but I do,

00:58and I have to be mindful of overuse, you know, monitoring the type of snaps, how often he's used.

01:05I do think that Travis, he admittedly will say, I regressed last season.

01:10He came in and said, I feel like I let guys down.

01:13He lost some weight, something I aspire to do.

01:16He lost some weight. He feels good.

01:18But I think they don't need Travis Kelsey of old.

01:22Like, every year the Chiefs offense sort of retools, and they find new ways to win.

01:28I think him on the field is paramount, but you don't need every throw to go to Travis Kelsey.

01:33You need him there in key spots, and it could be a small role, and they could still be successful.

01:38Yeah, I don't think that they can win with him having a small role.

01:43Smaller.

01:43Okay, smaller, and as you had said, smaller, but I think situationally he has to be huge.

01:49It has to be big on third down.

01:52It has to be big in the red area.

01:53It has to be big in the fourth quarter.

01:55It has to be big in two-minute situations.

01:58It can't be one of those situations where Travis is, can't get off the line of scrimmage,

02:03is just standing there watching Patrick throw the ball to a bunch of wide receivers

02:07that can't make plays in crucial situations.

02:09And that's not to say that these wide receivers won't step up this year,

02:12but he has to be big in those situations I'm talking about.

02:16And when you're talking about preserving him for down the road, you know, as far as Andy,

02:20like, monitoring his reps within games and then from week to week, he has to be big come November, December,

02:26because you know they're going to be playing January football.

02:28Yeah.

02:28So he has to be bigger then than even in September.

02:32So, look, I think maybe if they can get through the regular season and get to the dance with him playing a smaller role,

02:39but I think once they get to the postseason, he has to have as fresh as legs as possible,

02:44and they have to utilize him to really control the middle of the field and be a chain mover

02:48to complement everything else that they've tried to put around Patrick this year,

02:52which is namely a better offensive line, a lot of speed at running back,

02:57and really Xavier Worthy needing to take that next step and become Tyreek Hill light on the outside.

03:03But, Pat, look, there's no way.

03:05They just don't have someone else who can do the things that Travis can do

03:09in terms of knowing the game the way he knows it and knowing it situationally the way he knows it.

03:13He just needs to be locked in and understand that that's going to be what his role is going to be.

03:17I'm surprised he came back, but he's got a lot of pride.

03:19He all knows that he did not play well last year.

03:22They got killed in the Super Bowl.

03:23He was not a factor.

03:25He's a hauler.

03:26We all know how great he is.

03:27I'm going to expect him to come back with a little purpose,

03:30a little chip on his shoulder, and a good performance.

03:32If anybody thinks the Chiefs are not the best team in this division by far,

03:37they're not paying attention.

03:38They never lose to the Chargers.

03:40They never lose to the Raiders.

03:41They kill the Broncos at home year after year after year.

03:45They win the division with two, three games to go,

03:48which gives them a chance to handle the end of the year properly with bye weeks and all those things.

03:53You want to tell me that Buffalo, the Ravens, we can go through the teams,

03:56that they are a little more vulnerable against a real good team,

03:59and in January we're finding that out?

04:01I'll buy that.

04:02I'll buy that.

04:02But there is absolutely no way with that guy, a quarterback, who had a –

04:06listen, he's got a chip on his shoulder too.

04:08You're telling me that – and Reed, that they're not going to come back with –

04:11they're going to kill the Chargers in Sao Paulo that first game of the year,

04:14wherever they're playing.

04:15When they're playing that first game, they're playing it somewhere.

04:17They're some dopey place that the NFL is trying to put the game in.

04:20Easy, easy, easy.

04:21I mean, they will – you know I'm right.

04:24They make them travel 10 hours to play week one.

04:27Can I just –

04:28I'm just going to say this though.

04:29Okay, go ahead.

04:29Can I say the doggy's point?

04:31I was there last month in KC, sat down with Patrick Mahomes,

04:34sat down with Chris Jones, sat down with Andy Reid,

04:36and talked about the chip on their shoulder,

04:38how they got embarrassed by the Eagles in the Super Bowl,

04:40and how Andy Reid wanted to see guys come back in the offseason,

04:44who was going to take accountability, coaches and players alike,

04:47who was going to come in here and say what we put on the field last year

04:50wasn't good enough.

04:51That said, they were 5-1 in the division, 8-0 at home.

04:56And we would all agree their offense was not that great.

05:01Travis completely regressed.

05:03This season, I expect their offense – you don't think their offense is going

05:06to be better?

05:07You don't think it's the better Chiefs team?

05:08No question.

05:09So, I think the key word is smaller.

05:13Because here's the thing, if you're using him in those situations,

05:17those are key situations, but you don't have to overload him

05:21from the standpoint of snaps and all of that.

05:23Right, right.

05:23So, I think there's a way to do it where the role is different,

05:27but he's still vital.

05:29Yep.

05:29All right, let's dive into this division,

05:31because the AFC West is absolutely loaded.

05:33Specifically, I want to look at the quarterbacks.

05:35Obviously, we talked about Patrick Mahomes, the top of the heap,

05:38but then they've also got Justin Herbert, Bo Nix, Geno Smith,

05:41who signed with the Raiders this offseason.

05:44So, Lewis, coming to you on this,

05:45and you can see all the quarterbacks up there right now,

05:48is the AFC West now the best division in football?

05:51Because I've heard a lot of people are really high on the Chargers

05:54and the Broncos coming up this season,

05:56and even that the Raiders could potentially make some noise.

05:59Yeah, no doubt.

06:00Look, I think you could definitely easily see three teams coming out of there,

06:03and you're sitting there going, man, the fourth team could wind up beating

06:06some teams that are obviously division winners, I think,

06:08throughout the rest of the league.

06:10No doubt, look, Kansas City has leveled up their football team.

06:13They are better this year than they were last year in every way,

06:15namely the offensive line.

06:16When you talk about the Chargers,

06:18they have to open up this offense on the outside

06:21and become more of a vertical-throwing passing team.

06:23And they have done that.

06:24Look, they draft Trey Harris out of Ole Miss,

06:26Keiondre Lampert-Smith out of Auburn,

06:29and go along with Ladd McConkie.

06:31They've got some juice now.

06:32They've got some juice,

06:33and they arguably have maybe a top three, top four offensive line,

06:36a bunch of running backs.

06:37Justin Herbert, you know how Darbaugh feels about him,

06:40and one of the best defenses in the NFL.

06:42Let me clarify on one thing, Kimberly, before you jump in here.

06:44Is the AFC West the best quarterback division in the NFL?

06:48No.

06:49No.

06:50Now that?

06:51No.

06:53Simply put, no.

06:54I'm going to take you to the AFC North,

06:56where three of the quarterbacks there last season,

06:59you can make a case all three could have been MVP last year.

07:02Joe Burrow literally carrying that team on his back.

07:07The parallel touchdown passes in the end zone.

07:11Lamar Jackson, you can make a case that he should have been MVP too.

07:14Josh Allen winning his first MVP.

07:17That to me is, excuse me, excuse me.

07:20Aaron Rodgers, sorry, not Josh Allen.

07:22Aaron Rodgers in that division.

07:23I do think he is a good quarterback.

07:26I still think he still has potential for a playoff team.

07:31I think when I look at the AFC North,

07:33and I look at the teams that could make the playoffs,

07:37I see the same way you said about the AFC West.

07:39You can make a case for all three of those teams.

07:42I would put the Bengals, Lamar Jackson, and the Ravens,

07:46and the Steelers as teams that I would bank would be in the playoffs

07:51over, let's say, the Raiders or the Chargers.

07:56I don't understand the Justin Herbert of it all.

07:58I think he's very talented.

08:00But when we talk about these upper echelon quarterbacks,

08:02we're still waiting for the Justin Herbert to kind of take over.

08:06And we've kind of been waiting for a long time,

08:08whereas I don't think you're seeing it from other quarterbacks.

08:11Yeah, I think what will help him this year is that they know

08:15that they just can't ground and pound their way to becoming a team

08:20that's going to eventually represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

08:23They're going to really dethrone Kansas City.

08:25They need more.

08:26Look, Ladd McConkie was a great find for them last year,

08:29but they need more than that.

08:30And that's why they went out in the draft and they hit it big

08:32with some big outside-the-numbers, down-the-field-wide receivers

08:37that can go along with what is a dynamic backfield

08:41and a top-three, top-four offensive line

08:42and a championship-caliber defense.

08:45And, look, I think the pressure –

08:47look, if you want to talk about pressure being on coordinators this year,

08:49there is no more of a coordinator than Greg Roman

08:53that has more pressure than Greg Roman has this year,

08:55given everything that they have given him in this football team.

08:58And I think for that reason, look, Justin Herbert has to take a step

09:03where I think they'll be looking at a new offensive coordinator in 2025 –

09:06or rather, 2026.

09:08And when you're looking at Denver –

09:10look, is there – let me ask you this.

09:12If you were to name –

09:12Denver's going to be better.

09:14They're going to –

09:14Is Sean Payton a top-three coach in the NFL?

09:17Yeah.

09:18There's no question about it.

09:19What he did with Bo Nix, there's only maybe one or two other coaches

09:22who could have done that, who could have brought him along.

09:24And they have a championship-caliber defense.

09:26And they've gotten better on the perimeter.

09:28They're going to the playoffs.

09:30Kansas City's going to the playoffs.

09:31The Chargers are going to the playoffs.

09:33So I think those three guys are going to level up as well.

09:37All right, Matt Doug, I need you to get in this.

09:38Well, number one, I think –

09:39I'm with Kimberly.

09:41I think the AFC North's got better quarterbacks than the AFC West.

09:44And I'm going to make that assumption.

09:45We know the Browns don't have one at the moment,

09:47that Rodgers is going to have a decent year.

09:494,000 yards last year, 20-something touchdown passes, better system.

09:53Can I ask you this question?

09:53I think he's going to be better.

09:54Who is he better than in the AFC West?

09:56Which quarterback?

09:57He's better than Geno Smith.

09:58Is he?

09:59Oh, God, yes.

10:00Is he?

10:01Are you sure?

10:02Life on the line.

10:03You want Geno –

10:04Are you sure?

10:05Life on the line.

10:05You want Geno or Aaron Rodgers.

10:07Do I want last year's Aaron Rodgers or three years ago's Aaron Rodgers?

10:11You pick.

10:11Hey, Matt, wasn't he 29th in QBR last year?

10:16I don't know what – I didn't pay attention to that QBR.

10:18He did throw up a 4,000 yards, and he 3,900 yards, Rodgers.

10:21I think Rodgers is better than Geno Smith.

10:23I think –

10:24And if Geno's not good, why would Seattle get rid of him?

10:26That's another thing.

10:26I think Molly's asking an important –

10:28Why didn't the Raiders sign Aaron Rodgers?

10:30The Steelers, you mean.

10:31The Raiders sign –

10:31No, he's saying why didn't the Raiders go out and get Aaron Rodgers

10:35Yeah, they could have gotten Aaron Rodgers.

10:36That's his –

10:37I think Molly's asking a good question, though,

10:39which is how do you quantify better?

10:41Yeah.

10:41Because do –

10:42When you talk to me about the Raiders –

10:44Like, I've been covering Geno Smith.

10:46I was there with the Jets when he was drafted.

10:48I've seen his whole career.

10:50I think he's an upgrade at quarterback.

10:52But when you talk about the Raiders,

10:53it is a lot of hoping that Pete Carroll will do what he's done

10:58throughout his career,

10:58that Geno will continue to ascend.

11:02But it's not a sure thing.

11:03This is a new offensive coordinator in Chip Kelly.

11:05This is a new quarterback, a new system, new players.

11:07So you can't really bank on the Raiders.

11:09That's my only –

11:10That's my only pushback.

11:12And Aaron Rodgers in Doggy's defense

11:13think he will be better in the system with the Steelers

11:16and the fact that he's a year healthier

11:17from last year coming off of that.

11:19Remember, Herbert was not bad,

11:22was putrid against the Texans.

11:25Also against the Jaguars.

11:26Chargers are going to be better.

11:27He was there, 27 –

11:28Well, he was so bad in the game.

11:29Mad dog.

11:30He was terrible in the game.

11:31Oh, he was terrible against the –

11:33I can't believe you're high on Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers.

11:37I'm not high on him.

11:38You asked me who had a better division with quarterbacks.

11:40So really, so straight up, you would take –

11:42right now, you take Aaron Rodgers over Geno Smith.

11:45Oh, God, yes.

11:46I'm not going near you.

11:47Lewis, what's your number in this segment?

11:48I'm not going near you.

11:49What's the date today?

11:50I'm writing them all day.

11:51Write it down for me.

11:51I got it.

11:52By the way, guys, good boy, Stephen A.

11:54He's got Twitter fingers.

11:55Oh, gosh, Stephen.

11:56Lewis, this is for you.

11:57Stephen A., do you have, like, TVU's everywhere?

12:00Find something at you.

12:00Do you want to just come on TV with us?

12:03My bad at Lewis Riddick ESPN.

12:05He's still foggy.

12:06Just getting up.

12:07Slow motion this morning.

12:08What do you mean you're just getting up?

12:09It's 1041.

12:11My bad.

12:12Especially inexcusable since you're sitting in a very important seat.

12:15Stephen A., that's not your seat.

12:16Your seat's actually mad dog.

12:17That's okay.

12:18You'll learn about the news video.

12:19There's no seat cushion in this one.

12:21He said there's only one Stephen A., baby.

12:25There's multiple Lewis Riddicks.

12:26We could not handle more.

12:27We could not handle more.

12:28This man.

12:29Just phone in.

12:31Do the show.

12:33I mean, he watches it enough.

12:34Come and do it.

12:34Phone a friend.

12:36Okay.

12:36Coming up, Tom Brady thinks player rivalries aren't what they used to be.

12:41Do we agree?

12:42And what is the real reason behind?

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