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Through the first two weeks of the season, Travis Kelce has been relatively uninvolved in the Kansas City Chiefs offense.
Kelce has just four catches for 39 yards on seven targets so far this season, and in Week 2 had his first game with one catch or fewer since 2018. (He did also have a long catch negated by penalty.) The last time the future Hall of Famer had three or fewer catches in back-to-back games came in 2021, but he at least totaled 12 targets in those two contests — one of which was a 48-9 win where he sat out much of the fourth quarter.
It’s early, obviously, but Kelce’s two catches and 19.5 yards per game, 57.1% catch rate, 9.8 yards per reception, 5.6 yards per target and 42.9% success rate would all obviously mark career lows if sustained through the rest of the season.
Given his massive role in the Chiefs offense over the last decade-plus, it’s worth examining what exactly has happened so far, and what we might expect to happen over the rest of the year.
One thing that’s interesting to note is that Kelce has played 89% and 91% of Kansas City’s…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-09-20 15:50:09
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