{"id":856186,"date":"2026-04-06T02:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856186\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:35:25","slug":"analyst-proposes-wild-chiefs-idea-that-would-send-nfl-shockwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856186\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst proposes wild Chiefs idea that would send NFL shockwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> have veteran tight end Travis Kelce for one more season, but we know that No. 87 is on the back nine of his career.<\/p>\n<p>So, the 2026 season could very well be his last, and the search for his replacement would commence, but what if the Chiefs were proactive and got Kelce&#8217;s replacement this year?<\/p>\n<p>We have seen some mock drafts have the Chiefs taking Kenyon Sadiq, which would be a fun move, but here comes another one, and the AFC would hate it.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Moe Moton has named the Chiefs as a potential landing spot for Kyle Pitts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chiefs could pair Kelce with Pitts, who would take the franchise tight-end baton from the future Hall of Famer,\u201d<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25413588-top-landing-spots-kyle-pitts-if-falcons-trade-star-te\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Moton wrote<\/a>. \u201cIn this scenario, Kelce would likely see a reduced role, which would preserve him for the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly in the previous campaign, head coach Andy Reid discussed managing Kelce&#8217;s snap count. With Pitts, he can do that and still get production out of the position in his offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/chiefs-ideal-draft-selection-nightmare-fuel-afc\/1e80b93d09681781e37fa9eb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chiefs ideal draft selection nightmare fuel for AFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chiefs getting Pitts horror scenario for AFC<\/p>\n<p>Getting Patrick Mahomes a young\u00a0stud tight end to play with Kelce in 2026, before taking over in 2027, is a scenario the AFC hopes doesn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Pitts is coming off a season that saw him post 928 yards and 5 TDs from 88 receptions with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, and if he brings that sort of production to Kansas City, goodness me, that&#8217;s terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce will be able to impart his wisdom to Pitts this season and prepare Kyle to take over next season.<\/p>\n<p>A move like this could set the Chiefs up for the next five or so years at tight end.<\/p>\n<p>Going from a future Hall of Famer to Pitts just seems unfair.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs have veteran tight end Travis Kelce for one more season, but we know that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605602,"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-856186","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\/116355434078191913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856186","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=856186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}