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Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid reveal how Travis Kelce finally got loose
The Kansas City Cheifs beat the Los Angeles Chargers 17-10 in Week 4 and superstar tight end Travis Kelce had his first excellent game of the 2024 season, leading the team with seven catches for 89 yards. After the game, both head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes talked about how the soon-to-be 35-year-old showed up in a big way when the team needed him and why the TE was able to finally have a big game.
“Yeah. They played quite a little bit of zone out there and Kelce did a nice job of just getting in windows,” Reid said postgame. “Then when they did play man, he was able to do a nice job there. There wasn’t as much double team as maybe you’ve seen or settling on him as much as he’s seen, so he did very good.”
“Well, I really don’t care what anybody thinks,” Reid continued. “I watch what the defense does and how they respect him. I take it off of that and I watch Trav every day, so I get to see him and how he works. He never wants to come out in practice, and the game, he’s all in all the time. So, I don’t know, I don’t worry about all that.”
Mahomes also talked about Kelce’s big afternoon and why they needed him in the Chiefs-Chargers Week 4 tilt more than the previous games.
“I think it’s a mixture of everything,” Mahomes said. “Obviously, with Rashee Rice going out early, you’ve got to put Kelce back in that situation where he is getting a high volume of catches. And then the Chargers were taking away some of the outside stuff, leaving the middle of the field open and we were able to get it to Trav in some of those zone coverages. But I mean the whole Kelce thing in general hasn’t been a worry to me. I know whenever we need him he’s going to make plays and that’s what he did today.”
The biggest takeaway from Mahomes’ comments, though, is that fans will likely see a lot more of Kelce moving froward than may probably expected this season.
