{"id":802579,"date":"2026-03-09T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802579\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:06:22","slug":"browns-free-agency-travis-kelce-homecoming-could-be-fun-depends-on-tes-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802579\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns free agency: Travis Kelce homecoming could be fun, depends on TE\u2019s goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A lot more is needed before Cleveland\u2019s offense has any shot of helping its stellar defense move toward AFC Championship Game-level goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFL free agency is not where good teams are built; that is the NFL draft, but adding veterans to the Browns young roster could be helpful. Cleveland GM Andrew Berry needs to balance how much he\u2019s paying for \u201cveteran presence\u201d while trying to build a young, talented roster that can compete long-term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That would include TE Travis Kelce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/2023\/11\/29\/23981904\/travis-kelce-browns-mgk-cleveland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Browns fan from birth<\/a>, who is hitting free agency and is not certain to return to the Kansas City Chiefs:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A homecoming for Kelce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/2025\/7\/5\/24461939\/browns-worst-decisions-since-1999-jimmy-haslam-deshaun-watson-hue-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who once begged to play for Cleveland<\/a>, could be a lot of fun in a season where expectations for the Browns will be pretty low. Kelce is coming off his two lowest yardage seasons since his rookie year, when he only played in one game, with 823 and 851 yards, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the Chiefs potentially uninterested in a return, Kelce could make his decision between three values:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As he stares down his 37th birthday and perhaps his final year in the NFL, linking up with a contender one last time would make sense. Just signing for the biggest contract sent his way in free agency may not be the way the Cleveland Heights native will want to go out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Kelce winning a lot in his career and having made a lot of money during his time in the NFL, the one thing left could be to finally play with the Browns, the team he grew up rooting for. For Cleveland, unless Kelce is demanding top-of-the-market money, there is no reason to deny Kelce\u2019s request to play for the Browns a second time. Giving Harold Fannin Jr. a veteran to play with and learn from could be huge for his development after a great rookie season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The star tight end\u2019s priorities will ultimately make the decision for him as he\u2019s likely to have a lot of options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think about Travis Kelce coming home to the Browns? Fun or a pointless decision for a team that needs to build the young core?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lot more is needed before Cleveland\u2019s offense has any shot of helping its stellar defense move toward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,60181,3295,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-802579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-history","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-free-agency","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116199842599062852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}