Travis Kelce can write himself into record books with 73-yard game vs Dolphins

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With a 73-yard game against the Dolphins this weekend, Travis Kelce can become the fastest TE in NFL history to accumulate 11,000 receiving yards.

The Chiefs face arguably their toughest test of the season so far when they come up against the Miami Dolphins this weekend.

Two of the NFL’s best teams will go head-to-head in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday, in a matchup that could see Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce create yet more history.

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Travis Kelce can write himself into record books with 73-yard game vs Dolphins

Kelce already has a number of accolades and achievements on his resume that put him in the conversation for greatest TE to ever do it.

Travis can add yet another career milestone on Sunday by becoming only the fourth tight end in NFL history to have 11,000 receiving yards.

Kelce needs a 73-yard game against the Dolphins to reach 11,000 for his career. Only Tony Gonzalez (15,127), Jason Witten (13,046) and Antonio Gates (11,841) have more.

Crucially, though, Kelce will end up reaching 11,000 receiving yards far quicker than those three. If he manages to get 73 yards on Sunday, Kelce will have reached 11,000 receiving yards in the 152nd game of his NFL career. Gonzalez reached 11,000 yards in 191 games, Gates in 201 games and Witten in 202 games.

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Kelce gets honest about recent loss to Broncos

The Chiefs need to bounce back from last weekend’s shocking 24-9 loss to the Denver Broncos.

Kansas’ offense had just 275 total yards in the losing effort while Kelce recorded six catches for 58 yards and no touchdowns.

“F***, that’s embarrassing, man,” Kelce said about the game during the latest edition of the “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce” podcast. “I don’t think I’ve been in a situation where we’ve stalled this much as an offense throughout the year, definitely at this point in the season. We got a lot of guys that usually figure out how to get this thing going, and it’s just frustrating, man.”

“That was a pretty embarrassing game,” Kelce went on. “At least for myself, speaking, my coaches and my teammates don’t deserve that out of me, for sure.”

“Don’t think we’re not in this thing feeling the urgency,” Kelce added. “We just got to go out there and freaking do it. It starts with not killing ourselves, man. Just daggers. Just guys running the wrong routes, guys not making blocks, guys dropping the football. It’s frustrating and it’s a challenge. It’s a challenge at this point in the season to get this thing right right now before it gets out of control and it gets really bad.”

A win against the Dolphins in Europe would certainly go some way in getting this team back on track.