Isotopes said:
Nothing really. I know the Ravens pass D is porous and he should be getting more targets. But, you're right, he has not been productive and I don't have any real reason to believe otherwise. I guess I would feel a little better if fbg agreed.
His last two matchups were against two of the worst teams in the league in terms of defending TEs. I don't think matchups matter anymore. Kelce is more than capable of going off against anyone and he's WAY overdue for another big game. But the usage has gone from bad to deplorable of late and the Chiefs keep winning so there's no reason to think they'll change anything now.
If you have a sure-fire Top 10 TE like Reed, Gates, Thomas, Walker etc. it's a no-brainer in my opinion to start them over Kelce. Where it gets tougher is when you dip into the TEs in the 15-25 range who might have really good matchups (like Ebron or Walford for example this week). We've reached the point where someone like that could easily outperform Kelce but it takes some serious stones to pull the trigger on a move like that. As I posted earlier I'm thinking about rolling the dice with Walford because the Packers are really bad vs. TEs but not sure I can go through with it.