Travis Kelce reached a brand new take care of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs that makes him the highest-paid tight finish within the NFL. The long run Corridor of Famer shall be in Kansas Metropolis for no less than two extra seasons till his age-36 season.
Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach is assured Kelce will proceed enjoying at a excessive stage over the subsequent two years — even perhaps longer.
“Every so often you’ve one in every of these guys which are outliers – and definitely Travis (Kelce) is a type of gamers,’ Veach mentioned Monday. “It is humorous, it is not even Might but and in the present day we had an opportunity to get on the market in Section 2 and guys have been on the market working round. Travis was the primary man in line, and he regarded like he was 28 years previous.
“Once more, the percentages of somebody enjoying this far into their 30s could be very low, however it does occur, and it occurs with unicorns within the occupation, and Travis is a type of.”
Kelce had 93 catches for 984 yards and 5 touchdowns final season, his lowest yardage complete since 2015 and lowest landing complete since 2019. The nine-time Professional Bowl tight finish additionally was in his age-34 season, making some questioning if Kelce was beginning to decline.
The postseason modified that narrative. Kelce completed with 32 catches for 355 yards and three touchdowns because the Chiefs received their third Tremendous Bowl title in 5 years. This included 11 catches for 116 yards and a landing within the AFC Championship recreation, and 9 catches for 93 yards in Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
There’s nonetheless some historical past to be made for Kelce as he climbs up the report books on the all-time tight finish listing. Kelce has 11,328 receiving yards in his profession, simply 514 yards away from passing Antonio Gates (11,841) for third all time. Kelce is 3,800 receiving yards away from passing Tony Gonzalez (15,127) for essentially the most receiving yards by a good finish in NFL historical past.
The Chiefs imagine he can get there. Kelce is displaying no indicators of slowing down.
“We’ll actually rejoice this with him and hopefully we will journey this factor even longer,” Veach mentioned. “We’ll simply have to attend and see, however he is proven no indicators of slowing down. Everybody notices the sort of postseason he had; he simply discovered an additional gear. These particular gamers are all the time capable of finding that additional gear and once more if anyone can do it, Travis can.”