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Travis Kelce Injury Update: A Pillar of Continuity in the Chiefs’ Offense!

Francis Castro
Travis Kelce Injury Update

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs lost 21-20 to the Detroit Lions on the opening night of the 2023 regular season despite the fact that they were without their top offensive weapon. Travis Kelce, a star tight end, did not participate because he is nursing a knee injury he sustained earlier in the week.

Kelce’s bone bruise is not anticipated to keep him out for long. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid claimed Kelce hyperextended his knee in practice. NBC’s Melissa Stark reports that Kelce tried out his knee on Thursday morning, but he had no strength and labored in the water. A compression sleeve has been fitted to his knee.

The club will travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars in Week 2, and there is optimism that Kelce will be able to participate. Due to his absence from Wednesday’s practice, Kelce was initially listed by the Chiefs as questionable for Week 1. He’ll have 10 days until the next Chiefs game to get ready.

 

The Chiefs wide receiver group had to step up when Kelce was ruled out with his injury. Rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice and tight end Blake Bell both caught passes from Mahomes in the first half of the season opener, demonstrating the quarterback’s ability to distribute the ball to a wide variety of targets.

The best tight end in the NFL, Kelce just finished a season in which he set personal bests with 110 receptions, 1,338 yards, and 12 touchdowns for the league-champion Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. Kelce made history in that game by catching six passes for 81 yards and a score, becoming him the only tight end in NFL history to do so for the Super Bowl victor.

Since his rookie year in 2013, when a knee ailment limited him to just one professional snap before sidelining him for the rest of the year, Kelce has not missed a game due to injury. The 33-year-old has been the team’s top receiver for the last three seasons in a row.

This season, Kelce may make history by being the eighth player in NFL annals to record eight consecutive seasons with 1,000 receiving yards, but he will have to do so in 16 games instead of 17.

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