{"id":17736,"date":"2025-01-08T00:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17736"},"modified":"2025-01-08T00:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:32:31","slug":"chiefs-expected-to-select-travis-kelces-successor-in-2025-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17736","title":{"rendered":"\u201cChiefs Expected to Select Travis Kelce\u2019s Successor in 2025 Draft\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are aiming at history this season in an attempt to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>After clinching the AFC West, a postseason berth and the No.1 overall seed in the playoffs on Christmas Day, they\u2019ll have a week off before their next game on either Jan. 18 or 19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsunik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24545635.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9967\" src=\"https:\/\/newsunik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24545635.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsunik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24545635.jpg 900w, https:\/\/newsunik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24545635-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsunik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24545635-768x512.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019ll be a time of rest for some on the injury report, as well as the aging players \u2013 like tight end Travis Kelce. Kelce, now 35, is having his worst statistical season since 2015 with 97 catches for 823 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, according to The 33rd Team, the Chiefs might find a suitable Kelce replacement in April\u2019s NFL Draft in Michigan Wolverines tight end Colston Loveland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKansas City has been willing to find ways to make the wide receiver room work each year, but its investment in the tight end room has been a much more central focus,\u201d Crabbs wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis Kelce is irreplaceable \u2013 but that shouldn\u2019t stop the Chiefs from trying to ensure they are as well equipped for the future without him as they possibly can be. \u201cThat means Colston Loveland, the hybrid flex tight end out of Michigan, could make some sense.\u201d The Gooding, Idaho, native has been an important piece of the Wolverines offense for two seasons and was named First-Team All-Big Ten in 2023 \u2013 the Wolverines\u2019 National Championship season \u2013 and Second-Team All-American last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-5, 245-pound Loveland has posted 117 catches for 1,466 yards and 11 scores in three years at Michiga<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Kansas City Chiefs are aiming at history this season in an attempt to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. &nbsp; &nbsp; After clinching &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17738,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17736\/revisions\/17738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}