{"id":855906,"date":"2026-04-05T22:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855906\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:54:15","slug":"chiefs-land-ideal-travis-kelce-replacement-in-latest-mock-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855906\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs land ideal Travis Kelce replacement in latest mock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> know that tight end Travis Kelce will eventually retire, but\u00a0it just won&#8217;t be this season.<\/p>\n<p>So, the franchise has to think of what life will be like without the future Hall of Famer in the lineup, which is nightmare fuel for most.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But general manager Brett Veach has a good nose for talent, so the Chiefs will be on the lookout for Travis&#8217; replacement.<\/p>\n<p>And in Nick Shook&#8217;s latest mock draft for NFL.com, the Chiefs land the best tight end in the class, with Oregon&#8217;s\u00a0Kenyon Sadiq being selected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations, Chiefs fans,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nick-shook-2026-nfl-mock-draft-1-0-jets-bills-load-up-at-wr-cardinals-jump-on-rb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shook said<\/a>. &#8220;The top tight end and best long-term replacement for \ufeff\ufeffTravis Kelce\ufeff\ufeff is still on the board when the time comes for your team to make a selection. Cornerback could use an addition, but GM Brett Veach can\u2019t pass up the opportunity to add a freakishly athletic TE to a team that has won championships in part by relying on the position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/news\/bills-address-problematic-position-latest-mock-draft\/231a7c1247af5ff44200ce5d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bills address most problematic position in latest mock draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadiq the ideal Kelce replacement?<\/p>\n<p>He could be. Sadiq possesses the athletic traits that will make him a nightmare to defend, and when you have Patrick Mahomes throwing him the ball, good things will happen.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, what Kenyon will learn from Kelce over the course of a season will be priceless. He will get the ins and outs before taking over the position in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the Chiefs don&#8217;t want Kelce to retire, but selecting his replacement a year before he does (we think) is a great move.<\/p>\n<p>And in Sadiq, the Chiefs get the best tight end in the class to add to Mahomes&#8217; weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs know that tight end Travis Kelce will eventually retire, but\u00a0it just won&#8217;t be this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-855906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116354565497264368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855906","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=855906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}