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Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

UNBREAKABLE: Why Travis Kelce Will NOT LEAVE the Chiefs – Free Agency Moves and Rumors EXPLODE

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs fans face two seismic shifts as Travis Kelce’s future looms and Trent McDuffie cashes in with a record-breaking deal from the Los Angeles Rams. Could Kansas City really let their All-Pro tight end walk, or is this just a shrewd negotiation tactic? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy debate Kelce’s leverage, how the shifting tight end market impacts the Chiefs’ contract strategy, and whether a new tight end could become a draft priority. With McDuffie securing $31 million a year and $100 million guaranteed, the hosts break down why Kansas City couldn’t match that deal and what it means for Jaylen Watson’s free agency prospects. The landscape-changing contract sets a new market for cornerbacks and raises tough roster questions as the Chiefs eye defensive end upgrades and prep for NFL free agency. Don’t miss insights on salary cap maneuvering, potential draft picks, and free agency speculation as Kansas City enters a pivotal offseason.

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0:00.0

Sounds like Travis Kelsey is returning and Trim McDuffie got paid today on Locked on Chiefs.

0:07.6

From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.

0:16.2

And welcome back to another episode of Locked on Chiefs, part Locked on Podcast Network, your team every single day, and we are the number one sports podcast network in the United States. Thank you all for that. We do truly appreciate it. And thank you to our everydayers. If you haven't already go join us at LockedonChiefs.com and join our Everydayer Club. You can get ad-free audio. You can get our Everydayer Club Discord server server and there's actually going to be a march

0:38.8

madness tournament as well so be sure to check that out and i'm chris clark from chief's corner he is

0:45.0

ryan tracy from nfl 33 rjr football and rogue analytics and we talked a little bit about this in

0:50.9

the mock draft so be sure you went and checked that out.

0:59.2

And to be quite frank, that mock draft might mean nothing by the time you're listening to this or by the time that free agency kicks off.

1:02.1

But here we are.

1:04.5

We're going to talk about Trent McDuffie getting paid a little bit later, but we're

1:07.7

going to start with Travis Kelsey.

1:09.1

And it sounds like he is likely to return. Though I think there's a twist that is interesting, nonetheless, as it is being

1:16.2

reported. I think there's no twist. That's all BS. This is not a thing. I just want everybody to

1:21.8

calm down and feel okay about it. Travis Kelsey will never play for another team. I hope I didn't just jinx it like I did

1:28.6

with his first contract extension, but I just literally cannot see that ever happening. Do you want

1:34.9

to open the door? Sure. Do you want to say, hey, what would you pay me? I'm, I'm a reagent right now.

1:39.8

And I think that's the basis of coming back to Vich and Andy being like this is what a part.

1:45.2

Yeah, it seems like this is probably a negotiation tactic, but it's interesting that it's happening on the eve of free agency.

1:52.8

It does sound like, and it has kind of sound like for the last week that everybody is expecting that Travis Kelsey would be back.

1:57.9

That would be great for Kansas City.

1:59.4

I think he showed last year that 2024 was a off year for him, but he looked like he was actually better in 2025 than he

2:07.1

was in 2024. So I have no worry about them giving him some type of deal. The interesting thing on

2:12.3

this is going to be what do they give him contract wise and how long do they make it? Is it going to

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