{"id":146465,"date":"2023-09-13T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=146465"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:03:38","slug":"chiefs-travis-kelce-provides-update-on-knee-injury-week-2-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/13\/chiefs-travis-kelce-provides-update-on-knee-injury-week-2-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Travis Kelce Provides Update on Knee Injury, Week 2 Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs expect to get All-Pro defensive lineman Chris Jones back in the lineup <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/11\/chris-jones-ends-holdout-contract-chiefs\/\" target=\"_self\">after his holdout<\/a> for Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars but Travis Kelce\u2019s injury status is still up in the air with head coach Andy Reid noting the tight end went through a walkthrough and would test his knee during practice on September 13.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce also offered a status update during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tTwDaARRMJ0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest installment<\/a> of the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast with his brother Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are looking up,\u201d Kelces said on the episode which premiered on September 13. \u201cI feel good feel a lot better than I did last week felt like an absolute a****** not being able to play in that first game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did run [Tuesday], and it feels like I might be able to play this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Chiefs&#8217; Travis Kelce Injury Update: \u2018Things Are Looking Up\u2019<\/h2>\n<h3>Travis Kelce Felt Like an A******<\/h3>\n<p>The Chiefs fell to the Detroit Lions 21-20 at home on their banner-raising night.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not how they wanted to start their title reign, and it happened with Jones and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/07\/chiefs-insurance-bushman-kelce-opener-jones\/\" target=\"_self\">Kelce sidelined<\/a> for different reasons. Both players were in attendance, though, with Kelce joining teammates on the sidelines while Jones watched from the stands (he was not permitted to be on the sidelines amid his holdout, per league rules.)<\/p>\n<p>Reid\u2019s update on Kelce\u2019s progress is certainly a step in the right direction. And hearing good things from the player himself never hurts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gotta be very fortunate to play this game,\u201d Kelce said. \u201cI take a lot of it to heart, being able to be out there every single week. \u2026 I love to put that on my shoulders, on my resume. That I make myself available every single week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jason Kelce certainly believed his brother would be able to bounce back in time for last Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HUaf2brAI9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/06\/chiefs-travis-kelce-eagles-jason-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">Travis Kelce&#8217;s Brother Offers Insight Into Chiefs Star&#8217;s Injury<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Travis Kelce&#8217;s Brother Offers Insight Into Chiefs Star&#8217;s Injury&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Football\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/06\/chiefs-travis-kelce-eagles-jason-injury\/embed\/#?secret=Ojo5eLlqiv#?secret=HUaf2brAI9\" data-secret=\"HUaf2brAI9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kelce \u2013 who had not missed a game due to injury since 2013 as a rookie \u2013 explained the injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA non-contact injury. \u2026 I was literally running a route and stuck my foot in the ground, and hyperextended my knee,\u201d Kelce went on to explain of the injury suffered during practice on September 5. \u201cThe last practice going into the first game, I got a little lazy on some of my movement and \u2026 offed myself and couldn&#8217;t play in the first game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did joke that he believes the injury was a bit of karma for teasing sister-in-law Kylie Kelce and comedian Kevin Hart for trying things \u201cthey shouldn\u2019t be because they\u2019re too old\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He vowed never to make fun of anyone else.<\/p>\n<h3>Travis Kelce \u2018Had Absolutely Nothing\u2019 to do with Chris Jones Ending Holdout<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI get my friend back in the building, man. Get my dog back, man,\u201d Kelce said of Jones\u2019 holdout coming to an end. \u201cFreaking, it\u2019s Baby Shaq. You just miss that guy\u2019s aura when he\u2019s not around, you know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce went on a previous episode of his podcast and tried \u201cbargaining\u201d with Jones to rejoin the team, albeit to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had absolutely nothing to do with this s***,\u201d he said while laughing when asked if he could take credit. \u201cAll I heard was that we got Chris Jones back for a year. And, hopefully, they can figure something out after this season to keep him here as long as I\u2019m here. Other than that, it was a tough one, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Travis Kelce (knee) and Chris Jones back together on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Chiefs<\/a> practice field today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSHB41?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KSHB41<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TdW6h3zZg4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TdW6h3zZg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Ladd (@aaronladdtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronladdtv\/status\/1702029103501623616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the absence of Jones \u2013 who led the team with 15.5 sacks last season \u2013 the Chiefs brought down Lions quarterback Jared Goff just one time and pressured him just four times in 35 dropbacks.<\/p>\n<p>They did, however, limit what is expected to be an explosive Lions offense to just 14 points with the other touchdown coming from an interception of quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefense played really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Jones back in the mix, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will be able to do more things with his defense and the unit as a whole should look much better, especially when it comes to getting after the quarterback. But Kelce also noted that the drops that plagued the wide receiving corps won&#8217;t go through that again, saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t get caught up in Week 1, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce provided and update on his injured knee and outlook for Week 2 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":146474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[188,7811,298,339],"class_list":["post-146465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-andy-reid","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-chris-jones","tag-travis-kelce"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}