Travis Kelce looked like Travis Kelce again on Sunday night.
In Kansas City’s 33-30 win over the Indianapolis Colts, the Chiefs tight end put together a vintage showing, finishing with 101 receiving yards on 9 catches and scoring his first touchdown of the season. Both numbers led the team, and both reminded everyone how dangerous he can still be when the offense runs through him.
The connection with Patrick Mahomes was working the way it used to. Kelce kept finding soft spots in the defense, settling into open space and giving the Colts no clean answer for where he was going next.
When he got the ball in the open field, he still had enough wiggle to make defenders miss. On the touchdown, the shiftiness and speed were there too, enough to beat a defender one-on-one and finish the play.
It was the kind of night that brought back the version of Kelce fans got used to seeing earlier in the decade. And while his production has become familiar over the years, this one still stood out.
Kelce’s 110-yard effort marked the 48th time in his career that he has topped 100 receiving yards, counting the regular season and playoffs. That pushes him 12 ahead of any other tight end.
It was also his first 100-yard game since the 2024 Divisional Round against the Houston Texans. Of Kansas City’s five most recent 100-yard receiving games, Kelce has three of them.
He added another line to the record books, too. With 66 yards after the catch, Kelce moved into first place on the NFL’s all-time list in that category, passing Marshall Faulk.
Through two weeks, Pro Football Focus has Kelce leading the NFL in YAC ahead of Bijan Robinson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He is also on pace for what would be the eighth 1,000-yard season of his career, which is a pretty strong answer for a player in his 14th year.
Sunday night made the point plain: the Chiefs still have a tight end who can take over a game, and Kelce still has more than enough left to do it.
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