{"id":30160,"date":"2025-03-03T03:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T03:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30160"},"modified":"2025-03-03T03:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T03:48:52","slug":"breaking-chiefs-urged-to-draft-travis-kelce-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30160","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chiefs Urged To Draft Travis Kelce Replacement.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">The Kansas City Chiefs will likely only get one more year out of Travis Kelce, so why not draft his replacement now?<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0got great news with the return of\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0for the 2025 season, but there was serious thought that he might walk off into the sunset.<\/p>\n<p>If that did happen, the Chiefs would be very short on tight end options for\u00a0Patrick Mahomes. Noah Gray (437 yards, five touchdowns) was the next bet tight end for the Chiefs, and it isn&#8217;t known if he is seen as the long-term replacement for Kelce, despite being 25 years old.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-83ac2f9ff96048dca87dbf47e0160484\" data-google-query-id=\"COWT6t377IsDFddEwgUdYhwAlw\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/e12f950595a9cab9804f4292eb4d58e7.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That brings us to the draft, and if there ever was a time for the Chiefs to think about drafting Kelce&#8217;s replacement, it&#8217;s now.<\/p>\n<p>For USA Today, that is exactly what the franchise should do, and get Michigan Wolverine Colston Loveland in to learn from the Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 2025\u00a0NFL\u00a0draft features a deep pool of tight end prospects,&#8221;\u00a0USA Today writes. &#8220;Michigan Wolverines\u00a0tight end Colston Loveland possesses the athleticism and route running to replace Kelce as Kansas City\u2019s go-to target. 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Plus, he is a solid route runner and has agility that makes him tough to get down in open space.<\/p>\n<p>It does loom as a solid choice, but we don&#8217;t see the Chiefs trading up to get Loveland, not when there are other pressing needs, but it is certainly something to think about for the front office.<\/p>\n<p>They have Kelce for one more year, so getting his replacement in the building makes sense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs will likely only get one more year out of Travis Kelce, so why not draft his replacement now? 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