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d explained he should be 100 percent for training camp. He’ll spend this Saturday evening at Kansas City’s Bar K." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteArrowhead PrideArrowhead Pride | Kansas City Chiefs Schedule http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-breeland-speaks-jersey , News, Roster and StatsLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpSeriesLatest NewsFanpostsFanshotsCommunityAboutStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteSeries Stagner ThingsLottery Tickets ’19Summer of SpagsDixon’s MailbagLatest News Fanposts Most recentMost activeFanshots Community Community GuidelinesContactAbout StubHub ✕Travis Kelce to be ready for training camp, wants to spend entire career in KC and play “forever”New,28commentsKelce joined the Arrowhead Pride Podcast Network and explained he should be 100 percent for training camp. He’ll spend Saturday evening at Kansas City’s Bar K.CDTShareTweetShareShareTravis Kelce to be ready for training camp, wants to spend entire career in KC and play “forever”Photo by David Eulitt/Getty ImagesKansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce spent the duration of the team’s offseason program without a helmet, wearing a Chiefs cap and helping fellow teammates where he could.The 29-year-old Kelce underwent an ankle cleanup earlier in the year, and that has kept him on the sidelines, the very last place he’d want to be.“I’m ready to go,” Kelce told Arrowhead Pride’s From The Podium podcast on Wednesday night. “It’s kind of been a little bit of an experience just not being able to really go out there and train for the upcoming season quite yet. I don’t know if I’ve had an injury that hasn’t allowed me to get on the field, at least a little bit in the offseason, outside of my knee surgery my first year.”Kelce landed on injured reserve as a rookie in 2013, missing the entire season.“It’s been a little frustrating,” he said. “I want to get out there and mesh with everyone and teach, have fun and get better. But right now, just getting healthy is the main thing, and I think we’re there. I think by the time training camp comes around, I’ll be 100 percent.”That should be welcomed news for the Chiefs, who lost Demetrius Harris to the Cleveland Browns in free agency and might need Kelce more this year than ever before. At times during OTAs and the first two days of minicamp, he has looked much more like a coach than an active player, joking with teammates while providing instruction from the sideline.“I’m sick of everyone snickering in the background,” he laughed. “‘Coach Travis! Coach Kelce!’ I’m over that at this point. I just want to get out there and play football. Although, I feel like I can help out some of the young guys with the experience I’ve had and the success I’ve had in this offense and Andy Reid giving me the tools and the ability to be able to coach this up in the offseason. It’s been a blessing—I don’t want to say in disguise—but it’s been fun because I can sit back and I can watch guys, see how they progress and things like that. It’s definitely been fun coaching for the offseason, but I’m ready to play.”All that being said, just because the four-time Pro Bowler hasn’t been able to participate in offseason workouts doesn’t mean he’s been completely out of the public eye. Kelce joined Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the NCAA’s Final Four in Minneapolis, and the two recently attended a Bruins-Blues Stanley Cup Final game together in St. Louis. Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images“He’s a pretty open guy,” Kelce said of Mahomes. “I’ve had a lot of friends that have met us at some of these events that—they kind of look over to me when he walks away, like ‘Man Womens Tanoh Kpassagnon Jersey , he’s as advertised. He’s just a great dude, a guy’s guy, just someone that can relate to anyone, have fun anywhere, do anything.’ I’m just like, ‘Yeah man. That’s Pat Mahomes for you.’”During one televised shot during the Final Four, Kelce was caught chugging what looked to be a Coors Light, something that may have accidentally launched an NFL-wide trend. Kelce laughed at that suggestion.“I did not start that, by the way,” he said. “That has been something that has been going on for decades I think ever since television has been invented. You know what? It’s been fun, and I’m pretty sure you could say that those cameras wouldn’t have been on me if it wasn’t for Pat Mahomes being around. But it’s been a fun offseason, especially with having to deal with the surgery and trying to get around and do some things and some cool events. It’s been a fun offseason for us with a little bit more fun during the season yet to come.” Speaking of this past offseason, it was one in which New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski opted to retire. A year apart from “Gronk” in age and similar in his offensive style of play, Kelce has often been compared to the three-time Super Bowl champ.But similarities abound, Kelce has no plans to hang his cleats up anytime soon.Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports“Forever,” he said when asked how long he intends to play. “I love this game, man. Honestly, I can’t put a number on it. Unfortunately, this game has an end for everyone, and I know that. I’m trying to take care of my body as much as I can, which is kind of why I got the surgery after the season this past year, so that I can play as long as I can. I have a blast every time I come into the facility with these new coaches, players. “There’s more electricity in the building than I’ve felt since I’ve been here in Kansas City, and the expectations are high and you know what? It’s kind of like I started playing football all over again. I love Kansas City, so I hope I’m here for the entire career that I have in the NFL, and hopefully I can stay healthy so I can play as long as I can and hopefully, that’s many, many years to come.”For the past three seasons—2016 to 2018—Kelce has compiled more than 1 Eric Fisher Jersey ,000 receiving yards each year and scored a total of 22 touchdowns. But at this stage of his career, Kelce has said that stats are the last thing on his mind.Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports“[I want to] be accountable for every guy on the team,” Kelce said when asked about his 2019 goals. “I know that’s kind of cliché, but I’ve gotten to the point where you know what? Stats are going to take care of themselves. There’s no reason to put a number on anything. All and all, when you go out there and want to win a football game, you just have to be accountable on every single play for the guys around you, the coaches that have put you in those positions to succeed, and that’s where I am in my career. The stats and everything are going to take care of themselves. “I know Andy (Reid) is going to dial me up, and I’m going to get a couple opportunities a game to make a play and it’s my job to go out there and make them, whether I’m running the ball, I’m blocking, I’m catching, I’m throwing, whatever they want me to do. That’s where I got to hold myself accountable.”Being in the building, Kelce says that it is easy to see the defensive additions—especially Frank Clark and Tyrann Mathieu—have “without a doubt” made a difference.But there is one important ingredient still to come.Mark Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports“The craziest part is we’re still missing — and it’s out of respect — we’re still missing the most loud human being I’ve ever met in my life in Chris Jones, so I could only imagine how this thing’s really going to get when Chris gets back into the building. I’m excited for it. I know the entire team feels the energy and we feed off of it, and sure enough, this minicamp, this training camp, this OTAs, that stands true. We’ve just been competing our tails off trying to get better, and guys have been getting better.”So is 2019 Super Bowl or bust for the Kansas City Chiefs? “Yes,” he quickly said. “To be honest, that’s how I’ve felt every single year. If you don’t achieve that, then you’re selling yourself short. No more than what we did last year. What we did last year is cool and all—bringing that much excitement to Kansas City for the first time in a long time, I think that’s fun and that’s awesome, but I think we fell short of our goal.“And that’s created a lot of motivation this offseason not only for myself but for this team and we got an edge coming the first week of September.”Kelce is partnering with Seresto and Bar K Dog Bar this weekend for the grand opening of the Seresto stage on Saturday. Kelce will judge a touchdown dance competition at Bar K from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Arrowhead Time. Bar K is located at 501 Berkley Plaza, Kansas City http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-jarvis-jenkins-jersey , MO 64120. With "speculation season" in full swing, there is plenty to cover in this week’s mailbag"Welcome to Dixon’s Arrowhead Pride Mailbag! I’ll attempt to answer your questions about the Kansas City Chiefs and anything else that interests you. If you have a question, you can hit my profile page to E-mail me, or ask me on Twitter. While you’re at it, please follow me on Twitter, too.Do you think the Chiefs would regain the Eric Berry of old on the field if they sign Landon Collins and let Berry go on June 1st to gain cap to pay Chris Jones or Tyreek Hill? Oddly enough I feel Collins has basically played like Berry in his prime the past four years and is only 25. Plus he knows Steve Spagnuolo’s system.— SargeYou have a number of things right, Sarge.Collins is only 25, has played well the last few years and could be considered a decent replacement for Berry — especially considering how the last couple of years have gone with him.He certainly has a history with Spagnuolo, and like Pete Sweeney said on Tuesday, there’s history in which Brett Veach has been interested in Collins.But let’s correct some common misconceptions about the salary cap and the post-June 1 designation: it doesn’t make dead money go away.Despite its name, dead money never dies.Cutting a player with a post-June 1 designation does indeed create cap space in the current cap year, but the dead money doesn’t just disappear.Instead, a sizable portion of it gets moved into the next year.Furthermore, even if the player is released before June 1 and designated as a post-June 1 cut — something that teams can do on just two players per year — the additional cap savings aren’t available to the team until June 2.So it’s of little use during the early spring, when teams are trying to sign high-priced free agents like Collins.But as you noted, Sarge, it could be used to help finance new contracts of players like Hill and Jones, who will still be under contract on their rookie deals on June 2.The team could make handshake agreements in principle now and agree to execute the contracts on June 2 or later, when the extra cap space is available.But here’s the problem: According to OverTheCap, cutting Berry with a post-June 1 designation will save $8 million against the cap on June 2 — a total savings of $9.5 million in 2019 — but that $8 million will then become dead money against the 2020 salary cap.To put it another way: Cutting Berry with a post-June 1 designation creates $12M more room in additional cap space over the next two years ($8M in 2019 and $4M in 2020). The cap space savings in 2021 and 2022 would be $12M and $14M, respectively, with a total of approximately $15M in dead money (not ideal for the owner) over the next four seasons (OverTheCap).Keep in mind, this is a rather convoluted topic. As for the rest of your question, Sarge... let’s move on to another one about Collins.Are the Chiefs in talks for Landon Collins? Please say yes.— MattI wish I could, Matt.But I can’t.All that’s happened with New York Giants safety Landon Collins so far is that the Giants decided not to place the franchise tag on him. So Collins will become a free agent when his contract expires.Unfortunately, Collins won’t actually become a free agent until his contract expires at the end of the league year on March 13, and no one can legally negotiate with him while he is still under contract with the Giants. So until the so-called legal tampering period begins on March 11, no team will be in talks with Collins — that is Womens Patrick Mahomes II Jersey , unless they want to run the risk of being disciplined by the NFL.Now... if the Giants release Collins outright before March 11, all bets will be off. Collins’ agent will be answering a lot of phone calls! But if it hasn’t happened by now, it’s not likely to happen.None of this means that there couldn’t (and won’t) be some surreptitious inquires (maybe even actual even negotiations) going on behind the scenes. There probably will be some of that going on, but everyone involved will have an incentive to keep it pretty quiet.Could the Chiefs be in the market for Collins on March 11? Sure they could. Once the legal tampering period begins (seriously... my favorite ridiculous NFL expression) anything is possible.But as Pete noted on Tuesday, this is likely to happen only if the Chiefs can somehow get Justin Houston’s money off the books. In my opinion, that’s only going to happen if the Chiefs do not trade Dee Ford; I think that either Houston or Ford — but not both — will remain on the roster in 2019. If they make a deal to trade Ford, then Houston will remain. If they can’t make a deal for Ford, Houston is much more likely to be cut (most likely) or restructured.Then there would be money available to sign Collins — as long as whatever deals they make with Tyreek Hill and Chris Jones don’t carry big cap hits for 2019.So whether Collins could be in play for the Chiefs could depend on other things we don’t yet know. Mid-March is likely to be a very interesting time.Thanks for the questions, Matt and Sarge.Losing Ford and Houston would be a huge loss, no? Or do they have a plan in place to spend in free agency?— ToddThanks for asking, Todd.On Friday night, I happened to be hanging around in our AP Friday night Tailgate, and ChiefsfanNC asked me a similar question.Here’s part of what I said:So does Veach have a plan?You bet he does.Even the most uninformed fan has a plan, yes?But whether the circumstances will allow him to execute that plan fully is another question.Back at the beginning of the 2018 season, the Chiefs secondary was a mess.Right at the time of the final cutdown, the team suddenly had to resign Ron Parker, sign Orlando Scandrick, and make deals to bring Charvarius Ward and Jordan Lucas to the team.Early in the season, Veach received criticism for “failing to deal with the secondary” in the offseason.Some of that was justified.David Amerson didn’t work out in the preseason, which is what prompted the signings of Scandrick and Ward.But Veach had drafted cornerback Tremon Smith and safety Armani Watts, and brought in Step Durham, Arrion Springs and D’Montre Wade as undrafted free agents.Veach also had Will Redmond and Keith Reaser in his back pocket.Reaser, in particular, had showed significant promise for the Chiefs in the two 2017 games in which he played.So you can’t say Veach simply ignored the secondary in the offseason.Reaser — along with Daniel Sorensen and Berry — were injured before the season began.When De’Anthony Thomas went down in October, Tremon Smith shifted much of his focus to the returner position, potentially stifling some of his development at cornerback. Watts also went down in October.Veach couldn’t have predicted any of that.So he did what GMs do: he did the best he could in a bad situation.So yes... Veach has a plan.Let’s hope he doesn’t have to go to Plan B — or Plan C — too much.Is it OK for people to exchange presents every January 30th to celebrate the anniversary of the Patrick Mahomes Era?— BrittanyYou bet it is, Brittany.Thanks for asking.Most of us missed the opportunity to give each other gifts on the first anniversary of the Patrick Mahomes Era. We should all do better in the years to come.Here are some acceptable gift types for some upcoming anniversaries:2nd Anniversary: Cotton — a Chiefs AFC Champions t-shirt3rd Anniversary: Paper — Chiefs Super Bowl tickets4th Anniversary: Flowers — red and gold roses for the table at your Chiefs Super Bowl party5th Anniversary: Wood — framed photos of Mahomes in each of his four consecutive Super Bowl appearances