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Travis Kelce’s Engagement to Taylor Swift Benefits the NFL and Its Players | SI
Kelce is the perfect example of a football creation; someone with personality who swam through the NFL content stream and found himself on the other side. Beyond even Peyton Manning, whose every commercial needs to remind you that he once played quarterback and has a large forehead. Or Tom Brady, whose every appearance in media needs to tirelessly rehash his fairy tale of determination. Kelce is talking about real Hollywood gigs. Real TV spots. Real post-career prospects toward a life where we may forget what he did for work in the first place. A crossover a la Dwayne Johnson or, yes, O.J. Simpson prior to the latter stages of his life. Kelce hosts a podcast with his brother, a former sixth-round pick center, and used that startlingly gigantic platform to profess his love for Swift in the first place, starting a relationship in earnest.
Travis and Jason are future Hall of Famers and may respectively end their careers as the greatest, or one of the greatest, at their respective positions. That should never be downplayed. But the fact that two kids from just south of Lake Erie found a stage big enough to lure a transcendent pop star into marrying one of them is still incredibly, unbelievably wild when you lay it out that way.
Winners and Losers from Every NFL Team’s 2025 Roster Cuts | Bleacher Report
Winner: QB Patrick Mahomes
The Kansas City Chiefs managed to reach Super Bowl LIX despite spending most of last season with issues along the offensive line and questionable depth at wide receiver. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes must be pleased with how much better those two position groups look ahead of Week 1.
Xavier Worthy, Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice are healthy, and Kansas City is comfortable enough with its backups that it was willing to trade Skyy Moore just before cutdown day.
With Kingsley Suamataia looking capable at left guard and rookie Josh Simmons locking down the left tackle spot, Mahomes should enjoy better pass protection this year too.
Loser: FB Carson Steele
Fullback Carson Steele got a few offensive opportunities last year as Kansas City navigated Isiah Pacheco’s leg injury. However, the 2024 undrafted free agent proved to be an inconsistent rushing option and ended up playing just 18 percent of the offensive snaps.
Steele’s experience in Andy Reid’s offense gave him a shot at sticking on Kansas City’s active roster. If he doesn’t land on the Chiefs’ practice squad, however, he could have a hard time getting back on a regular-season playing field. He has limited upside as a halfback, and few teams around the league incorporate a dedicated fullback into their offense.
Winner: Chiefs offense
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