Travic Kelce let all of it out on an episode of his “New Heights” podcast with brother and Philadelphia Eagles middle Jason. After the Chiefs misplaced three of their final 4 video games, Travis referred to as it “a frustrating f**king experience” and stated that everybody – together with himself – is contributing to the offense’s struggles.
“It’s not just one guy,” Kelce said. “It’s not just me playing like dogs**t. It’s not just us not being able to get the run game going. It’s not just us not being on the same page, passing-wise. Everybody’s in this f**king thing together. Everybody at some point isn’t being accountable.
“Every single play is somebody not doing their job, and it’s me … it’s everybody on the team. And whether that’s prep, whether that’s having the confidence and understanding of what the defense is in their coverages, their gaps in the run game, how we’re picking up blitzes, how we’re running routes versus certain coverages. All the above.”
Kelce is true, there are errors throughout the complete Kansas Metropolis Chiefs offense. The Chiefs lead the league with 34 dropped passes, are tied for a league-high 56 offensive penalties, and are sixth in offensive turnovers.
Chiefs receivers are having a number of the worst seasons of the Mahomes period. Amongst 26 Chiefs receivers with not less than 30 targets since 2018, Kadarius Toney (4.4) and Skyy Moore (6.4) have the bottom and second-lowest yards per goal in a single season. Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s 2023 season (8.5) ranks tenth worst, according to Stathead, whereas rookie Rashee Rice (8.4) ranks thirteenth worst.
Chiefs proper sort out Jawaan Taylor leads all individual players with 17 penalties in opposition to, six greater than the second-most penalized participant. The previous Jaguars sort out signed a four-year $60 million take care of Kansas Metropolis this previous offseason. Taylor represents 21.11 p.c of the Chiefs’ whole penalties, however he isn’t the only one. Whereas Taylor shares the league lead with eight false begins and 6 offensive holdings, Chiefs guard Trey Smith is tied for third within the league with 5 holding calls in opposition to.
The NFL’s reigning MVP Mahomes can also be having a down 12 months. His 262.5 passing yards per sport, 4.6 p.c landing fee and 48.6 p.c success fee are each on tempo for profession lows. Mahomes has already thrown a career-high 14 interceptions and is three sacks away from tying a brand new career-high in sacks.
Even Kelce himself is starting to point out indicators of decline. The 34-year-old tight finish is averaging a career-worst 10.8 yards per reception, with the second-lowest yards after catch per reception of his profession. Whereas he’s nonetheless undoubtedly the Chiefs’ best offensive weapon, Kelce has slipped from an unguardable pass-catching tight finish to a top-three-to-five tight finish within the league. Nonetheless good, however a step again.
The Chiefs have already been eradicated from the No. 1 total seed within the AFC playoff image and have technically not clinched the AFC West but. Whereas the solar has not but set on the Chiefs season, this is likely to be Mahomes and Reid’s hardest highway to the playoffs but.
