Chiefs [give Kelce a raise]

[Shag]

Just confirmed with the agent that Travis Kelce’s contract is not an extension through 2027, but rather a renegotiated 2-year contract that replaces the final two seasons of his previous deal in KC.

Kelce was set to earn $30.25M, but can now bag $34.25M, $17M of which is… https://t.co/gJtZ31JmT6

— Spotrac (@spotrac) April 29, 2024

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[493rd]

Fantastic offseason for sure! Glad to see 87 will be with KC through the end. Seeing him in any other jersey just wouldn’t be right.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by 493rd

Fantastic offseason for sure! Glad to see 87 will be with KC through the end. Seeing him in any other jersey just wouldn’t be right.

Keep up the good work!

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by Womble

The fact that AJ Brown gets paid nearly twice as much as Kelce is a joke. It's not that tight ends are paid too little and is more that WRs are paid double what they should be. Jerry JAG Jeudy is on more than Kelce

When did the WR market inflate like this? The Adams contract?

It seems like it only takes 1 blockbuster contract (and the cap rising every year) to **** up the market.

[redfan]

Finally! The best guy at his position is paid the most, balance has been achief'd.

[Stryker]

Just an incredible nod to the BEST TE in the NFL and a VERY IMPORTANT PIECE to this ongoing CHIEFS success! Veach IS the MAN!

[Couch-Potato]

Awesome! Let's tack on another year though while we're at it?

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The Chiefs just signed a 34 year old whose showing signs of wear and tear to the highest contract at his position

And yet I feel like he's still criminally underpaid

Yeah, agreed 100%. If he were a WR with his numbers, he'd be getting over $20 million/yr AAV easy peasy. As a TE, he's deserved to be the highest paid at his position for years now. If Veach/Hunt had decided to pay him $20 million/yr AAV for his last two seasons, I'd have been fine with that.

[RollChiefsRoll]

MINIMUM 8-PEAT

[Chiefaholic]

Originally Posted by wazu

If we threepeat the very first thing that will happen on the post game stage is he'll grab the mic and promise a fourpeat.

Or better yet.... Repeat the threepeat

[trndobrd]

Doesn’t seem like much of a raise for his reception and yardage contribution. Heck, his girlfriend makes more in a couple days work than his entire pay raise.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by trndobrd

Doesn’t seem like much of a raise for his reception and yardage contribution. Heck, his girlfriend makes more in a couple days work than his entire pay raise.

It’s a 20% raise. They could have left it alone. The market sucks for tight ends, but it’s a pretty valuable weapon if you can take advantage of it like New England did with Gronk and Kansas City is doing with Kelce.

[BWillie]

So Kelce was on contract for two more years but now hes on contract for 4 more years? Im not exactly sure I knew if he had 1 or 2 years left on his current contract...would like to clarify but going forward he's under contract for 3 or 4 more years?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BWillie

So Kelce was on contract for two more years but now hes on contract for 4 more years? Im not exactly sure I knew if he had 1 or 2 years left on his current contract...would like to clarify but going forward he's under contract for 3 or 4 more years?

He was under contract for 2 more years. Now he's still under contract for 2 more years, but he's got more guarantees and a little pay bump.

As far as I can tell, the "extension" talk was a complete misinterpretation, though it's possible that was caused by some void years or something weird like that. The actual contract hasn't been filed as far as I've seen.

[stevieray]

"His future is so bright, he's gotta wear shades"

[BlackHelicopters]

Never heard of him.