TE: Travis Kelce - KC

Anybody that drafted Travis Kelce last season probably regrets drafting Travis Kelce last season, but it's not because Travis Kelce didn't produce. He just didn't produce at a high level, or at least the high level that we've become accustomed to. More than likely, if you drafted Travis Kelce, you drafted him in the first or the second round. He wasn't a bad pick for the tight end position, but he gave you similar production to other tight ends that were drafted four, five, six, seven, eight rounds later.

But I want you to keep something in mind with Travis Kelce this season. Last year, Travis Kelce only finished with four games where he was outside the top 12 tight ends. Everybody else that is currently going inside the top 15 tight ends, with the exception of Mark Andrews who only played 10 games, had at the least seven games outside the top 12 tight ends. Even if you invest in Travis Kelce this year, you're investing in one of the safest tight ends that you possibly can. We just don't need to be drafting him in the first round.

But this year, he could get back to some of the same upside that we've seen in the past because now they've replenished the speed on the outside that they were sorely lacking for the last couple of years. Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown, they're going to pull corners down the field and have safeties from over the top to keep an eye on them. Right now, Rashee Rice isn't going to be suspended. That could change, and he could end up being suspended, but if he plays in the slot, any nickel corner is going to have to keep an eye on him, which means a ton of one-on-one coverage for Travis Kelce, either in man coverage with a linebacker or he finds zone coverage and he absolutely eats it up.

Travis Kelce should end up being right near the top of the tight ends again this season. If you want to draft Sam LaPorta over him, I won't argue it, but I don't think I'm picking anybody else over Travis Kelce.