Chiefs want to know Travis Kelce’s plans “around March 14”

We lately surmised that the Chiefs will need to know tight finish Travis Kelce’s plans quickly. We surmised appropriately. For a change.

The Athletic.com lately reported that the Chiefs need to know Kelce’s plans “round March 14.”

March 14 is a crucial date, on condition that it’s each the beginning of the brand new league 12 months and the final day to take away him from the roster earlier than he earns an $11.5 million roster bonus.

Kelce’s feedback from the newest episode of the New Heights podcast strongly recommend that he’s leaning towards shifting on. The attachment of a reasonably quick fuse to his deliberations may turn into a nudge, even when that’s not the staff’s intent.

In the end, the Chiefs have to know whether or not they need to pursue free brokers like Bengals tight finish Mike Gesicki. That’s why a delay of the deadline for the roster bonus is barely a partial resolution. The Chiefs would nonetheless carry a $19.8 million cap quantity for Kelce, which might plummet to $2.5 million if Kelce retires or is launched.

And even when they’ve the area to signal somebody like Mike Gesicki or Tyler Conklin or Zach Ertz, the Chiefs gained’t need to signal Kelce’s alternative in the event that they in the end gained’t be changing him.