Travis Kelce Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Broncos

Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will play the Denver Broncos -- whose pass defense was ranked seventh in the league last season (187.2 yards allowed per game) -- in Week 1, on Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET.

With Kelce's next game versus the Broncos, should you consider him for your DFS lineup? Scroll down for more stats and info.

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Travis Kelce Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos
• Game Date: September 14, 2026
• Game Time: 8:15 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 6.4
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 8.4
• Projected Receiving Yards: 45.01
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.33

Projections provided by numberFire

Kelce 2025 Fantasy Performance

• In Week 8 last season against the Washington Commanders, Kelce put up a season-high 15.9 fantasy points, with this stat line: six receptions, 99 yards and one touchdown.
• In his second-best performance last season, Kelce picked up 15.1 fantasy points -- via nine receptions, 91 yards and one touchdown -- in Week 11 against the Denver Broncos.
• In his worst game of the season -- Week 16 against the Tennessee Titans -- Kelce ended up with 0.6 fantasy points. His stat line was: one catch, six yards, on four targets.
• Kelce picked up 0.8 fantasy points -- one reception, eight yards, on five targets -- in his second-worst game of the season. That was Week 14 versus the Houston Texans.

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Broncos Defensive Performance

• Denver surrendered over 300 passing yards to just two QBs last season.
• The Broncos gave up at least one passing touchdown to 12 opposing QBs last season.
• Through the air last season, Denver allowed at least two passing touchdowns to four opposing QBs.
• In the passing game, the Broncos surrendered three or more passing touchdowns to just two opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Through the air, Denver gave up over 100 receiving yards to just three players last season.
• The Broncos allowed 18 players to haul in a touchdown pass against them last season.
• Denver didn't allow more than one receiving TD to any opposing player last season.
• Looking at run defense, the Broncos allowed more than 100 yards on the ground to only one player last season.
• On the ground, Denver allowed 10 players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• Only one player ran for multiple scores in a game versus the Broncos last year.

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