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Multiple reports\u00a0from this past winter suggested that the Kansas City Chiefs could reduce the number of snaps star tight end Travis Kelce plays during the upcoming season after Kelce had a bigger role in Kansas City’s offense last fall than what had originally been planned.<\/p>\n

While speaking with reporters on the final day of the Chiefs’ mandatory minicamp, head coach Andy Reid indicated Kelce will still be a top-tier target for quarterback Patrick Mahomes later this year.<\/p>\n

“I’m not feeling that,” Reid said on Thursday about possibly putting Kelce on a so-called “pitch count,” as shared by\u00a0Adam Teicher\u00a0of ESPN. “It would be similar to last year, I would imagine, as it goes. So, he’s in great shape right now, so I think he’s looking forward to getting going.”<\/p>\n

Chiefs\u00a0wide receiver Rashee Rice\u00a0played in just four games last season before he\u00a0went down\u00a0with a knee injury, while fellow wideout Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown\u00a0suffered a\u00a0sternoclavicular injury\u00a0during the preseason that kept him sidelined until Week 16. Such setbacks resulted in Kelce once again being his offense’s leading man.<\/p>\n

Kelce’s\u00a0823 receiving yards and three touchdown catches during the 2024 regular season were career lows outside of when\u00a0he appeared\u00a0in just one game as a rookie in 2013. He\u00a0suggested shortly after Kansas City’s Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that he\u00a0could retire\u00a0due to the “wear and tear” on his body, but he more recently\u00a0dropped some weight\u00a0in an attempt to get ready for the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

“I always watch him,” Reid added about Kelce. “I always keep an eye on him. I know he’s getting older. He doesn’t know he is getting older, but I do, so I can be the bad guy in some cases there, and if I think it’s catching up to him a little bit, I’ll pull off and put him where he needs to be. Other than that, he hasn’t shown me any of that yet. He’s done real well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kelce turns 36 years old in October and is\u00a0in the\u00a0final year\u00a0of his contract. That said,\u00a0he teased\u00a0on Wednesday that he could continue playing beyond this coming season.<\/p>\n

Reid reducing Kelce’s workload could ensure the future Hall of Famer stays healthy enough to remain an active player through next year, but it seems the Chiefs aren’t thinking that far ahead as of the start of their summer break.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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