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Since\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0has come to the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs, tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0has been his go-to guy.<\/p>\n
Often seen as the No. 1 weapon defenses have to stop, Kelce and Mahomes have a wavelength similar to\u00a0Tom Brady\u00a0and Rob Gronkowski, where at times, the pair are unstoppable.<\/p>\n
However, Kelce is getting older, and many expect that the 2025 season will be his last in the\u00a0NFL. Having led the Chiefs in yards, targets, and receptions in each of the last three seasons, general manager Brett Veach says don’t expect that to continue in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe numbers won\u2019t be the same,\u201d Veach said via\u00a0The Kansas City Star. \u201cI mean, you have to acknowledge a certain aspect of that, right? I don\u2019t know if I look at it in terms of, like, expectations for yardage or touchdowns or catches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that when he\u2019s on the field now, he makes us better. And I think that he\u2019s also a guy that makes the people around him better. And when you have a guy that\u2019s that connected with a\u00a0quarterback, it\u2019s almost like a little bit of him and Pat (are) a conductor for everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n
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So to us, it feels like Kelce will be transitioning away from being “the guy” on offense, to the one who helps coach his team on the field, and to open up the field for his teammates.<\/p>\n
After all, the offense will eventually have to get used to playing without the future Hall of Famer tight end, right?<\/p>\n
With a receiver unit that includes Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Marquise Brown, and Juju Smith-Schuster, along with fellow tight ends Noah Gray and Jared Wiley, the 2025 season could see Kelce – who seems to be poised to play this one more year before riding off into the sunset with sweetheart\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0– take a step back and allow others to flourish.<\/p>\n
And going by Veach’s words, that is precisely what is going to happen.<\/p>\n
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