ATLANTA – Travis Kelce left Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday with no apparent worry lingering from the right ankle injury that briefly knocked the star tight end out of the Kansas City Chiefs’ convincing victory.
“I’m all good,” Kelce told USA TODAY Sports following the 35-13 smashing of the Atlanta Falcons. “I probably could have done more than I did when I came back, but it was the direction the team wanted to go, so I was right there with them.
“We had a lot of young guys step up, so it was really nice.”
Kelce left the game after hauling in a 23-yard reception on Kansas City’s second offensive play, apparently re-aggravating a right ankle injury initially sustained in a Week 6 victory against the Chargers. After he walked to the locker room for
further treatment, the team officially announced his return as questionable. He returned, however, midway through the second quarter.
After coming back, Kelce had one catch for seven yards.
Without a major imprint from Kelce, and with star running back Kenneth Walker III sidelined for the game with a groin injury, Patrick Mahomes was pressed to find other ways to fuel Kansas City’s offense. Done.
Mahomes passed for 348 yards and five touchdowns – his most in a game in more than four years.
“That’s our fearless warrior, man,” Kelce said. “He’s always going to be in position to lead us to victory. That’s why we like having him.”
It was striking that Mahomes threw his TD passes to four different receivers. Fill-in running back Emmett Johnson snagged two TDs. Newly-acquired wideout Josh Downs grabbed his first touchdown as a Chief in his first game with the team. Wide receivers Cyrus Allen and Andrew Armstrong scored their first NFL TDs.
“There were a lot of questions, wasn’t there?” Kelce said. “We got some answers.”
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