New Chief TE Travis Kelce

[TribalElder]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2013/profil...lce?id=2540258

OVERVIEW
In high school, Kelce was a three sport star, but his best sport was always football. He was a three-year letter winner at quarterback, and earned All-Lake Erie League honors after totaling 2,539 yards of total offense and 31 total touchdowns as a senior. Kelce’s uncle Don Blalock played football at Purdue and grandfather Don Blalock played football at Ohio. Travis is the younger brother of former Cincinnati Bearcats and current Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.


In his first year on campus, Travis redshirted. In his redshirt freshman year, Kelce participated in 11 games as the tight end. He caught one pass for three yards. Kelce also played some quarterback, strictly in a Wildcat role. He logged eight carries for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Kelce did not play in 2010, as he was suspended for a violation of team rules. Upon his return in 2011, Kelce caught 13 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns. In his senior season, Kelce put himself on the NFL prospect map, as he caught 45 passes for 722 yards and eight touchdowns. He was selected to the All-Big East first team for his play.
ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS Kelce has an ideal tight end frame. Athletic for his size, with great strength, and the ability to stretch the field vertically. Very physical run blocker, generates power from the lower half, and will move defenders off the ball. Plays with leverage. Wide catching radius, can adjust and make the difficult catch. Tough to bring down after the catch. Light feet, and has lined up in numerous different positions.
WEAKNESSES Suspended for an entire season for violating team rules. Only one season of production. Doesn't have blazing speed. Not a tremendously explosive athlete. Doesn't come out of his breaks all that well.
NFL COMPARISON Rob Gronkowski
BOTTOM LINE Kelce has been a tremendous run blocker throughout his career for the Bearcats, but really elevated his game as a receiver in his senior season. He isn't a tremendous athlete, but he does a lot of things very well. It's a deep tight end class, but Kelce's play suggests that he should be highly sought after.

[493rd]

Originally Posted by Ming the Merciless

i just feel sad

A traitor, coward, and loser in action. Were you sad when Mahomes was drafted too?

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

It's time to bring this up again.

Postseason receiving yards:

1. Jerry Rice: 2,245
2. Travis Kelce: 1,903

Postseason receiving TDs:

1. Jerry Rice: 22
2. Travis Kelce: 19

Every postseason since 2019 Kelce has had 3 TDs or more.
When we 3-peat, he will at least tie Jerry.

He'd need a 2020 postseason performance to break the yards record. Possible, but unlikely.

[Mosbonian]

Funny reading all the posts in this thread....a lot of people whi dissed this pick are still around....

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Traitors , losers and cowards. Matt Barkley. 🤣

to be fair, I didn't want Barkley

I also was decidedly meh about this pick at the time, but I came around before the season started.

[Easy 6]

Trav can still magically teleport to the open zone, but he's looking much slower after the catch these days, ngl

He can hang around and be productive for another year or two if he wants to, but I bet he wants that threepeat then just ride out with Tay Tay under his arm

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Trav can still magically teleport to the open zone, but he's looking much slower after the catch these days, ngl

He can hang around and be productive for another year or two if he wants to, but I bet he wants that threepeat then just ride out with Tay Tay under his arm

That would be my move. But it wouldn't surprise me if he hangs around for another season.

[suzzer99]

Travis Kelce might have the most insane four-year playoff stretch of all time.

From 2020-23, this is the game log:

Total, 13 games: 113 receptions, 1,271 yards, 13 TDs pic.twitter.com/123etNnBWI

— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) December 28, 2024

Kelce's last 13 postseason games would be one of the greatest 16 or 17 game regular seasons a tight end has ever had.

[-King-]

I'd like to come in this thread and say I was 100% right in my initial assessment of Kelce.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by 493rd

A traitor, coward, and loser in action. Were you sad when Mahomes was drafted too?

You feel sad when we're only up a touchdown and have had the best winning percentage at any point of the NFL season going for a 3rd consecutive Super Bowl.

Go kill yourself. Please.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

The shit ****ery at QB. Matt Barkley available. Third round.

We take this ****stick at TE.

You think this is good? Really?

Shut the **** up you loser

[Otter]

The best part about stupid people is that they don't know they're stupid or when to shut up.

On drafting possibly the greatest QB of all time:

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Set phasers to AIDS

Feel free to go through the rest of the thread to realize the ass hat you're dealing with who will still actually claim he has some credibility.

[493rd]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

You feel sad when we're only up a touchdown and have had the best winning percentage at any point of the NFL season going for a 3rd consecutive Super Bowl.

Go kill yourself. Please.

You’re like 30 bro . Yah, I’ll go kill myself. Who the **** says that aside from an insecure adolescent? Nobody who’s accomplished anything in life says such a thing to another human. You must be a real winner, NOT. I pay your taxes, bitch. You should be thanking me.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Trav can still magically teleport to the open zone, but he's looking much slower after the catch these days, ngl

He can hang around and be productive for another year or two if he wants to, but I bet he wants that threepeat then just ride out with Tay Tay under his arm

I hope he comes back for at least another season. But I’ve seen that contemplative look on his face more than once on his face this year; the same look we saw on Rothlisberger’s/Jason Kelce’s/Tony G’s/etc. I have this feeling this is it for Travis.


And just for the record, I think he could still be effective for another 2-3 seasons.

[493rd]

Originally Posted by Otter

Shut the **** up you loser

RealSNR is a guy who failed at life. Say your piece to him then ignore him.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by 493rd

RealSNR is a guy who failed at life. Say your piece to him then ignore him.

He's the guy wearing the lampshade on his head at the office party who thinks people are laughing with him instead of at him.

It's amusing in a cringe way.