It’s been fairly a journey for Travis Kelce and the Chiefs, who face off Saturday towards the Texans with a berth to their seventh consecutive AFC Convention Championship recreation on the road.
Hypothesis that the star tight finish will retire if the Chiefs three-peat has been mounting, and because the staff warmed up on the sector at Arrowhead Stadium forward of the divisional spherical contest, ESPN broadcaster Scott Van Pelt invited Travis’ brother, Jason, to mirror on all his sibling has achieved and what’s nonetheless left to show.
“If [Travis] isn’t satisfied yet, I don’t know that he’s ever going to be,” Jason quipped.
“Maybe that is the answer,” Van Pelt responded.
Jason continued, taking up a extra considerate tone: “The factor that I’ve actually loved watching — I imply, clearly, the receptions and all of the stats and the whole lot of his profession culminating into among the most absurd numbers you’ve ever seen is spectacular — however I like simply watching the entire journey from a youthful, energetic younger child who is worked up to be on the market and completely happy to be realizing his dream, to now being this, like, composed veteran presence.
“You’ve seen the whole career arc … and I just couldn’t be more proud of where he is now — the leader he is. You can see how much the team gravitates towards him and how he’s really embraced that role. He’s also got a fantastic beard, which I’m really proud of,” Jason stated.
The beard, very like the profession, blossomed in time.
Travis, a third-round decide by the Chiefs in 2013, graded because the second- or third-best tight finish in his draft class, NFL.com reported on the time.
Scouts famous his abilities as a run-blocker however expressed concern over the truth that he had only one professional season of manufacturing in school.
“He isn’t a tremendous athlete, but he does a lot of things very well,” reads one report, per NFL.com.
Now over a decade later, it’s protected to say that the whole lot earlier than the comma will be written off.
Hindsight is 20/20, after all, however it’s laborious to think about the Chiefs can be the place they’re immediately — three wins away from their fourth Tremendous Bowl previously six years — if it wasn’t for all No. 87 brings to the desk.
“It’s just been really, really fun to see his maturation as a player, as a teammate and as an individual,” Jason stated Saturday. “It’s a pleasure to watch.”
