VIDEO: NFL Analyst Accuses Travis Kelce Of “Drinking,” “Partying All Offseason” And “Being Out Of Shape” During Harsh Rant About The Chiefs TE’s Terrible 2024 Season Thus Far

Travis Kelce of Kansas City Chiefs looking on.Travis Kelce (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
A well-known NFL analyst and former ESPN personality thinks he knows the reason behind Travis Kelce’s surprisingly slow start with the Kansas City Chiefs.

The defending Super Bowl champions are off to a perfect 3-0 start, having won three straight nail-biters that came down to the wire. But Kelce has hardly been a factor in the Chiefs’ strong start, with only eight receptions for 69 yards and no touchdowns.

Currently, Kelce is on pace for under 400 yards receiving. His “worst” statistical season since becoming a full-time starter came in 2014, when Kelce still produced a stellar 67-862-5 stat line.

During an appearance on “The Ryen Russillo Podcast”, former ESPN NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay suggested that Travis Kelce is off to a slow start because the All-Pro tight end is “out of shape” and partied way too much during the offseason:

“Every show I watch, every pregame show, halftime show, postgame show, weekday show, every broadcast I watch for the last few weeks, it’s like are we not allowed to say that he’s out of shape, that he’s been partying all offseason? He’s been jet-setting around with the most famous person probably in the entire world, that’s he drinking, going to the U.S. Open.”

Kelce is in a highly-publicized relationship with Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor Swift, and he attended some of her “Eras Tour” concerts. Still, it’s not like he completely avoided the gym and went off his strict diet throughout the offseason.

The 34-year-old Travis Kelce could have easily walked away with three Super Bowl rings, tens of millions of dollars and a guaranteed spot in the Hall of Fame in his back pocket. But his competitive drive and will to win brought Kelce back for another year, so it’s a stretch to believe that his offseason lifestyle is what’s contributing to the slow start.

Chiefs Need The Old Travis Kelce Back

The Chiefs may be 3-0, but they’re also a few unlucky bounces away from being 1-2 or even 0-3. They were the beneficiary of several mind-numbing mistakes by the 

Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night, and a three-peat isn’t going to be easy if the offense continues to struggle with consistency.

Kansas City needs Kelce to rediscover that All-Pro form if they’re going to repeat, especially with running back Isiah Pacheco and wide receiver Marquise Brown out long-term.

Taylor Swift Fans Think They’ve Uncovered The Interesting Reason Why Travis Kelce Looked Like He Wanted To Cry On The Sidelines During Chiefs-Falcons MNF Game

Travis Kelce in uniformTravis Kelce . (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hasn’t looked like himself so far during the 2024 season.

The Chiefs may be 3-0 on the season, but that was hard to tell if you were a viewer watching Travis Kelce on the sidelines during Week 3 as they faced off against the Atlanta Falcons on the road.

Travis Kelce looked frustrated on the sidelines in a video that has gone incredibly viral, especially with fans of Taylor Swift.

One member of the Swifties believed she found out why he looked so sad on the bench.

“I truly believe they are fading him out because they know he doesn’t have much time left, and they are using their younger players more. It’s literally the worst. My heart breaks for him. He wants his team to win, but he wants to know that he’s contributing.”

A large part of the success of the defending Super Bowl champions this year has come on the shoulders of wide receiver Rashee Rice. The second-year receiver hauled in a career-high 12 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown against the Falcons.

What we may be witnessing is a changing of the guard in real-time.

Travis Kelce’s Slow Starts Compared To Previous Seasons

Kansas City’s offense has been relatively average despite their 3-0 record. Travis Kelce has virtually been invisible.

Through the first three games of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has caught only eight passes for a total of 69 yards.

The three-time Super Bowl champion and four-time First Team All-Pro has become accustomed to being dominant throughout his career.

His most productive three games to start a year were in 2022 when he amassed 184 receiving yards on 17 receptions, setting career highs in receptions (110), receiving yards (1,338), and touchdowns (12).

Just last year, Kelce missed the first game due to injury but then returned and nabbed 155 yards receiving in his first three starts combined.

Everyone Thinks The Know Which NFL Team Bill Belichick Will Be Coaching Next, And It’s Not The Dallas Cowboys

Bill Belichick looks on.Bill Belichick (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Football fans on social media think they know which team Bill Belichick will coach next, and it’s not the Dallas Cowboys.

Many fans have linked Bill Belichick to the Cowboys during their slow start, and understandably so. A big-market team like Dallas makes perfect sense for the greatest head coach of all time, and current Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy is in his contract year and unlikely to be retained if the team doesn’t embark on a deep postseason run.

But football fans are predicting that Belichick won’t be coaching America’s Team next. Rather, they believe he will eventually replace Doug Pederson as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A flood of tweets called for the Jaguars to hire Belichick during the team’s embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football.”

 

After parting ways with the New England Patriots in January, Belichick became the biggest name available in the head coaching hiring cycle. Surprisingly, the Atlanta Falcons were the only team that interviewed the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach.

The Falcons hired former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, and the other teams with HC vacancies passed over Belichick. Unless he’s hired by a team mid-season, 2024 will mark the first year without Belchick employed in the NFL since 1974.

Bill Belichick Is The Perfect Candidate For Jaguars

The Jaguars have too much talent to be 0-3, and to be humiliated by the Bills like this on prime time. Clearly, Doug Pederson isn’t the solution to this team’s never-ending search for a competent long-term head coach.

Belichick is the most decorated head coach in NFL history and would surely be enticed by the chance to take over a team with Jacksonville’s talent. He could do a lot worse than a core of Trevor Lawrence, Christian Kirk, Travis Etienne Jr., Brian Thomas Jr., Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker.

VIDEOS: Caitlin Clark Suffered A Nasty Black Eye During Her Playoff Debut After Taking Vicious Cheap Shot From Rival Player Who Openly Mocked Her Earlier In The Season

Caitlin Clark after getting poked in the eye during a game.Caitlin Clark (Photo via ESPN)
Caitlin Clark’s first taste of the WNBA playoffs was quite similar to her regular season debut for the Indiana Fever, as they both started with a loss to the Connecticut Sun.

The Fever are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016 but will have a lot to do by Wednesday if they are to leave a mark.

Clark didn’t enjoy a positive night on the court as she was poked in the eye less than two minutes after tipoff, with Sun guard DiJonai Carrington poking her in the eye. Carrington openly mocked the rookie in a previous matchup, suggesting she flopped. She later took to social media to joke about it, much to the disgust of Fever fans.

You can see the incident in the clip below:

There was no foul called on the play. Clark went to the bench for a brief moment after getting hit in the eye but didn’t leave the game because of it.

Fans didn’t think the hit was inadvertent.

“If Dijonai hadn’t spouted nastiness towards Fever fans and CC all season, I’d say accidental. But her track record with CC leads me to believe it was intentional,” one wrote.

“She pointed her fingers almost straight down. That s**t was intentional,” another said.

Caitlin Clark Refused To Blame Carrington’s Poke For Her Shooting Slump

Clark would go on to have a poor night, shooting just 23.5 percent from the field to score 11 points, adding eight assists and four rebounds. However, she told reporters she didn’t think it affected her.

“Obviously, she got me pretty good in the eye,” she said, per the New York Post. “I don’t think it affected me. I got good shots, they didn’t go down. It’s a tough time for that to happen. Had three wide open in first half that I usually make. It didn’t feel good when it happened but I don’t think it affected me.”

The two sides are scheduled to play their second game of the series this Wednesday, with the third set for Friday.