Travis Kelce getting some love

[Frankenchief]

http://m.chiefs.com/news/article-2/I...a-cd8fea29f7e3

October 21, 2015 04:00 PM | BJ Kissel
Is Travis Kelce the Fastest Tight End in the NFL?

He's already passed the eye test; that's without question.

We all know Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is good-that's been proven.

He led the Chiefs in most receiving categories a year ago and is widely considered one of the best up-and-coming playmaking tight ends in the NFL.

But now, science and math people are getting involved to further illustrate what Chiefs fans have already known for a while-Travis Kelce, even at 6 feet 5 inches and 260 pounds, is fast.



Not just fast in a general sense, but like, faster than any other tight end in the NFL right now, fast.

During his 5-catch, 88-yard performance against the Minnesota Vikings last week, Kelce showed off his impressive wheels, via NFL.com and Next Gen Stats.

"5. IsTravis Kelcethe fastest tight end in the league? He reached 21.25 mph versus theVikingslast week, the only time a tight end has cleared 20 mph with the ball in his hands this season.Rob Gronkowskireached 19.90 mph in Week 3.Ladarius Greenhas flirted with 20 mph twice, hitting 19.37 in Week 4 and 19.31 in Week 2."

The fact that this data and information is out there is cool, for one, but secondly, it's hard proof of what we've been saying for a couple of years now-that he's a special player.

It's Kelce's speed that is one of the reasons he's the NFL's leader with 772 yards after the catch over the past two seasons, which is almost 100 yards more than the No. 2 player in that category, New England Patriots tight end, Rob Gronkowski (673).

[ctchiefsfan]

Thanks for the good read C4L!!!!

Kelce is good. DAMNED GOOD! So good that in 2 years only sentimental old fools will even remember TG. TG pretty much admitted it himself. Forget his exact words, but they were something like..."If he doesn't go off the rails he could be the best TE the NFL has ever seen."

Kelce is BIG....big enough to block most anyone in the NFL.

He is also very quick. He can adjust and make a move in the blink of an eye.

And he is just plain faster than greased lightning. Give him the ball and just a little bit of running room and because of his size he can shrug off initial tackers and once he gets past the initial tacklers few people in the secondary are going to catch him before he makes a long gain.

At this point Kelce is without a doubt one of the 3 best picks of the Reid-Dorsey era. Probably the best.