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Originally Posted by T-post Tom
Am I off to think that he did perform at an all-pro level this past season?
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I mean, I'll never have a negative thing to say about Travis, but when you look at just his stats:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stat...7/travis-kelce
And I know; it's just ESPN, and there's stat columns missing, but the main ones are there.
But when you look at it, Travis saw 121 targets, his fewest since 2016. Fewest yards since 2015 (I know, he didn't play two games, I'm with you on that one). 10.6 yds/cth; his lowest of his career. just 5 TDs, his lowest total since 2019. And 50 First Downs, his lowest total since 2015.
Now, in context of 'did he have an All-Pro season'? compared to all the other TEs in the league, I'd say he probably did. however, in context of his own historical performances, it was definitely a down year in some respects more than others.
Of course, I could argue that as he was the only 'alpha' receiver last season, and it was obvious that every DC was attempting to find ways to contain/defend Travis and none of the other receivers did much to help split coverages (excepting Rice towards the latter-half of the season), Travis had himself a very good/great season in spite of all the added attention he was getting. Which puts hm right back into that 'All-Pro' conversation. At least in my book.
My guess is that this kind of story will gain some traction over the offseason, as many of these writers didn't actually watch Travis play every game last season; they're mostly going off the stats, which again aren't as definitive as some people like to think.