ESPN's Stephen A Smith takes Taylor Swift dig at Travis Kelce as Chiefs star has quiet start to 2024 season

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has started the 2024 season slower than what fans would have expected going into the year.

After a ninth Pro Bowl season, Kelce has only gotten seven targets and has four catches for 39 yards. He only had one catch for five yards in the Chiefs’ win over the Cincinnati Bengals this past weekend.

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce watch the U.S. Open on Sept. 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kelce was hurt in the first game of the 2023 season. When he finally got on the field, he had four catches on nine targets for 26 yards. He had a touchdown. In his second game, he had seven catches on eight targets for 69 yards and also had one touchdown.

The 34-year-old star player, who is nearing his 35th birthday, is looking exactly like that – a 35-year-old football player. 

But is there something else to blame? ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith seemed to think so. He invoked Taylor Swift when talking about Kelce’s performance on Monday’s "First Take."

"I love my brother from another in Travis Kelce, but we saw more of Taylor Swift than we saw of Travis Kelce yesterday, on a Sunday afternoon," Smith said. "That wasn’t supposed to happen. We were supposed to see more of Travis Kelce yesterday than we saw of her.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes watch a match between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz at the U.S. Open, Sept. 8, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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