Travis Kelce News

Kelce was one of the few things working for the Chiefs' offense in the first half, as he accounted for the team's first score of the game on an 18-yard grab. He also paced Kansas City in receiving yards, highlighted by a long grab of 22 yards. After an excellent regular season, Kelce ended the postseason with 257 receiving yards and four touchdowns across three games. He'll remain a key to the team's passing attack in 2023.

Kelce had found production hard to come by against the Bengals defense in the last three meetings over the last two seasons, but he appeared to be on his way to a big day Sunday after amassing a 4-55-1 line in the first half. The touchdown came from 14 yards out on a fourth-down play late in the first half to extend the Chiefs' lead to 13-3 at the time, but Kelce was largely kept in check over the final two quarters. Nevertheless, he'll be set for potentially even more work than usual during the Super Bowl LVII matchup against the Eagles in two weeks' time if any of wideouts JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee), Kadarius Toney (ankle) and Mecole Hardman (pelvis), who all left Sunday's contest with their injuries, remain sidelined.

Per FOX Sports' Jay Glazer, the star tight end felt his back lock up on the final play of Friday's practice and as a result Kelce was listed as questionable for Sunday's contest. With his availability versus Cincinnati confirmed, Kelce should remain a key cog in the Chiefs' passing attack provided his back spasms don't flare up again in-game. If he's limited at all or suffers any setbacks, however, added TE snaps would be available for Noah Gray and Jody Fortson.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will play Sunday in the AFC Championship Game agaisnt the Cincinnati Bengals. Kelce had a back ailment flare up late in the week ahead of the AFC title game. However, despite that, he has been cleared for active status with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Our models project Kelce for 7.0 catches, 79.2 yards, 0.7 touchdowns and 15.7 FanDuel points.

Per the report, Kelce -- who is officially listed as questionable -- felt his back lock up on the final play of Friday's practice and has been receiving treatment to address the issue since then. ESPN's Adam Schefter previously reported that Kelce is expected to play Sunday, but Glazer indicates that the Chiefs want to see how the star tight end is able to run ahead of the team's 6:30 ET kickoff before a final call is made on his availability versus Cincinnati.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (back) is expected to play in the team's AFC Championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. Kelce was a late addition to the Chiefs' injury reports this week due to back spasms, but is expected to play through the issue against the Bengals. The star tight end led the Chiefs in all receiving categories this season and would be sorely missed if he were unable to take on Cincinnati. Kelce has an $8,500 salary on FanDuel and is projected to score 15.7 fantasy points against the Bengals, with 7 catches for 79.7 yards and 0.7 touchdowns. He is just one week removed from posting an absurd 14/98/2 stat line against the Jaguars, which was good for 28.8 fantasy points.