Could Travis Kelce Have a Big Game in Super Bowl LVIII?

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00:03 The performance of Travis Kelsey in the AFC Championship game,

00:07 I think has altered some of the thinking here.

00:10 And Joe, I don't think there's any swift effect on sports betting.

00:16 I do not think so and I don't believe that to be the case.

00:19 I do think that this is performance based.

00:22 But the books now do have to protect themselves against an element of

00:27 popularity with a position at the tight end position,

00:31 which you generally don't see.

00:32 His total is 72 and a half receiving yards.

00:35 If this was the regular season, Joe, of the NFL,

00:39 this may be my favorite bet on the board to go under.

00:42 Because this guy just didn't do anything, like the whole year.

00:45 But now all of a sudden it's playoff time.

00:48 And like maybe Rob Gronkowski in a way, it does feel like it's kind of Kelsey time

00:53 too.

00:54 >> Well, let's not forget he started off the year hurt, okay?

00:57 I don't think Travis Kelsey was really right most of the season physically.

01:01 And it didn't help that there weren't a lot of other players stepping up in that

01:04 void.

01:04 In fact, it really was to his detriment.

01:07 All the drops, all the poor wide receiver play that the Kansas City Chiefs

01:10 unfortunately had most of the regular season until Rushie Rice really sort of

01:13 emerged in the last seven or eight games.

01:16 But I gotta say, this one feels like an over to me too.

01:18 He is a guy that shows up in the big spotlight.

01:21 He looks healthier, that's for sure.

01:23 I would think in the playoffs and we've seen a version of him all season long.

01:26 And he has a sense of the history of what he's doing here.

01:29 And I think when you start to mention the names like Jerry Rice and

01:32 some of these records that he is approaching and breaking,

01:34 I think it's really important.

01:36 I think it's something that is not lost on these players.

01:39 He is the go to guy.

01:40 He is that big piece of the offense that you can rely on.

01:42 And I think today, I think the receptions for

01:45 me with the over is really intriguing.

01:47 But I'm always the guy that prefers to go for the yardage instead.

01:50 Because remember, the yardage is the easier one to obtain.

01:53 One big play gets you that yardage number almost locked up.

01:56 If he has a big 30 yard catch,

01:58 guess what, that's gonna put him in a great position to go over.

02:00 You never know, the seven seems right about right for

02:02 the number of receptions.

02:04 So give me the yardage instead over these two.

02:06 I think I prefer that in the over.

02:08 If I was gonna go with the receptions, I'd lean on the over too.

02:10 But I prefer the yardage to the receptions on this.

02:12 Davis, where do you stand when it comes to Kelsey's props today?

02:14 >> Actually, I like them both.

02:18 Again, just thinking like what is the logical way for the Chiefs game plan?

02:23 I got a crazy stat for you guys here.

02:26 Almost no one in the NFL has been worse against the Blitz this season

02:30 than Patrick Mahomes.

02:31 Obviously, before in his career,

02:32 he'd been one of the best quarterbacks against the Blitz.

02:35 What has changed?

02:36 Well, the first thing is, as Joe said, Kelsey really was not healthy.

02:40 And I think the two week break off here has been big for him.

02:44 But they just have a bunch of crappy wide receivers.

02:46 So a lot of the times against the Blitz, Mahomes has to scramble.

02:48 He's gotta get rid of the ball.

02:49 They've just been very inefficient in those spots.

02:52 And I think one of the things that Andy Reid will have dialed up is a lot of

02:55 quick stuff to all three of the tight ends for the Chiefs.

02:58 Bell, Gray, and Kelsey.

03:00 I think Mahomes might, we might get up there in attempts,

03:04 even if the yards are not that high, just as an extension of the running game.

03:09 And another thing I will tell you is no one is going to be rooting against

03:12 Travis Kelsey more than the owners and operators of sports books across this

03:16 great country.

03:17 Because if Travis Kelsey scores the first touchdown of this game and

03:22 goes over both his receiving yardage and his just receiving receptions, props.

03:29 I mean, those are far and away.

03:31 Craig, everyone I know, and obviously, I'm a Chiefs fan, my buddies are Chiefs fans.

03:35 This is what everyone has.

03:36 Everyone's got Kelsey first touchdown, Kelsey anytime touchdown,

03:42 Kelsey over receptions, Kelsey over yards, alternate yards, alternate.

03:46 It's all Kelsey, Kelsey for MVP.

03:49 I will tell you that sports books, they want, I mean,

03:52 a Chiefs win I think would be fine with them.

03:54 They don't really care cuz they get to bet every game plus 110 both sides.

03:58 But they do not want to be paying out everyone a nice steak dinner on Travis

04:01 Kelsey, I guarantee it.

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