Travis Kelce's teammate fires back at assertion Chiefs should part ways with tight end

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Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones came out in defense of Travis Kelce after a former general manager said the team should move on from the tight end in the offseason.

Former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said on ESPN’s "SportsCenter" on Wednesday that the Chiefs should cut Kelce and look to upgrade the position with a younger and faster player.

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Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones (95) gestures to teh crowd during the third quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

Jones, a defensive tackle, had a two-word response.

"Shut up," he wrote on X.

Tannenbaum said that the Chiefs front office should be projecting what a player can bring to the table now, instead of evaluating past performance.

"I would move on from Travis Kelce and let me tell you why. When you’re in the front office, you have to project what a player is going to do," he said. "Not what they’ve done. I’ve made that mistake countless times in my career. And Travis Kelce is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but when you watch him and make an honest and sober evaluation of his 2025 performance, clearly, his best days are behind him.

"We talk about their lack of explosive plays, if I was Kansas City, I would make the right, albeit difficult, decision to move on from Travis Kelce to try to get younger, faster and more explosive at the tight end position."

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) talks