Travis Kelce’s stat line through two weeks of the 2024 season is way off his usual production
STEPHEN A. Smith sent a message to Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs edged out the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Super Bowl champions needed a final-drive field goal from Harrison Butker to win 26-25 Sunday.
Kansas City was helped by a pass interference call on Cincinnati that got them into field goal range for the win.
But their offense stuttered along with Travis Kelce a non-factor again for the second game in a row.
The superstar tight end had just one catch for five yards.
That followed his three catches for 34 yards against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1.
Kelce’s girlfriend Swift has been at Arrowhead Stadium for both games.
Her presence in the suite has of course attracted the attention of cameras.
And Stephen A. Smith declared on Monday’s First Take, “We saw more of Taylor Swift than we saw of Travis Kelce yesterday, on a Sunday afternoon.
“That weren’t supposed to happen yesterday – we were supposed to see more of Travis Kelce yesterday than we saw of her.
“You’ve got to get to going, you’ve got 39 receiving yards in the first two games,” he told the tight end.
“Football season is here, you’ve got to take care of business.”
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Patrick Mahomes finished with 151 passing yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
“Everybody is raving about Xavier Worthy,” Smith added.
“I’m not worried about him, he’s fast and we’ll find out what he can do.
“He had two catches for 17 yards but Rashee Rice had five catches for 75 yards.”
“The Bengals outplayed Kansas City, give credit where credit is due.
“Kansas City lucked out, but the pass interference call was the right call.
“What I’m thinking about is, you look at Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy with three receptions for 22 yards and they managed to win this game.
“You’re not supposed to win that game when something like that happens for you.
“Patrick Mahomes, the Michael Jordan of this sport, is 17th in passing yards over the first two games of the season.
“He has not been spectacular.”
The Chiefs improved to 2-0 despite their struggles while Cincinnati fell to 0-2.
“Cincinnati did play better but they weren’t able to close the deal,” Smith said.
