The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t likely to add any major investments behind Travis Kelce, but here are some bargain ideas for TE2 and TE3.
It’s about time for the annual “Clamoring for Improvements.”
Every year around this time, Kansas City Chiefs fans begin to envision what it would be like to have a dynamic two tight-end set and, on paper, it makes sense. The team already has one ultimate mismatch in Travis Kelce, a player who is nearly impossible to defend on numerous plays every game. If the Chiefs had another such threat, it would be a dynamite attack.
However, the Chiefs already have a dynamite attack and it’s predicated on speed, speed, and more speed. Kelce is nice, but only one is necessary when surrounded by track stars aplenty. Making a major investment into the backup tight end spots at this point is a luxury over necessity and the Chiefs have too many roster needs or future concerns to be able to invest just yet.
For years, fans have guessed that free agency or the draft might yield an upgrade behind Kelce and every year, fans are proven wrong. Whether it’s long-term projects or minimum-salary vets, the Chiefs coaching staff and front office are in lock-step that only low-level investments are needed at the tight end position.
So what does that mean going forward? You can forget any high level draft picks to be used on a tight end in April, and for our purposes, the finest free agents won’t be showing up at Arrowhead either. However, there are some intriguing tight ends who could find themselves imported for the sake of security behind Kelce and decent offensive impact.