Todd McShay, a establisher NFL Draft analyst for ESPN, didn’t mince words when he assessed Travis Kelce’s carry outance over the first three weeks of the season.
While Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes deffinished Kelce’s sluggish begin and pointed to other defenses being setd for Kelce, Awful Announcing remarkd that McShay shelp Kelce’s off-field utilizes are wearing on him.
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Chiefs firm finish Travis Kelce hots up for the Cincinnati Bengals game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 15, 2024. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
“So, I don’t comprehend this, and maybe it’s a political leang, maybe it’s enjoy the NFL, and maybe I’m gonna thrived up getting a phone call from the league office. Maybe it’s Taylor Swift, I don’t comprehend,” McShay shelp on “The Ryne Russilo Podcast.” “But enjoy when you’re staring at someleang so clear… Cris Collinsworth is, truthful to God, my preferite analyst out there to watch; most esteemed analyst, I leank, in football for anyone that has half a brain…
“Every show I watch, every pregame show, halftime show, postgame show, weekday show, every expansivecast I watch for the last scant weeks, it’s enjoy, are we not permited to say that he’s out of shape? That he’s been partying all offseason? He’s been jet-setting around with the most well-comprehendn person, probably in the entire world. That he’s drinking… going to the U.S. Open, he’s got cocktails in…”
Chiefs firm finish Travis Kelce reacts after a first down aobtainst the Baltimore Ravens at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, on Sept. 5, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)
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McShay then contrasted the 2022 preseason with the 2024 preseason to present that Kelce isn’t as locked in as he was. He then pointed to Kelce sitting on the bench seeing downcast while watching film on a tablet as him not being the same executeer he has been.
“There’s no debating that his body type is separateent,” McShay compriseed. “He’s not in the same shape. He’s not the same. I don’t see the same bombness. I see him wearing down a bit in-game. It’s OK. He’ll toil himself back into the shape. It’s not the first guy ever who’s not quite in the elite shape that he was.
“And now you’re sitting here, and you’re deffinishing him, too. Is there some comfervent of message I’m not getting from the league that you’re not permited to say he’s not in the same shape, he’s not able to produce at the highest level right now? And he’ll probably toil himself back into shape by Week 8, 9, 10 this season. Are we not permited to say that?”
Kansas City Chiefs firm finish Travis Kelce catches a pass during the Cincinnati Bengals game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 15, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)
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Kelce is about to turn 35 years elderly. Last season, he begined the year dealing with an injury. He also had 121 concentrates on the season – the scantest since 2017. But that season, he still regulated to write down 1,000 receiving yards.
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