{"id":73288,"date":"2025-06-26T07:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=73288"},"modified":"2025-06-26T07:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:07:42","slug":"breaking-news-chiefs-urged-to-consider-kyle-pitts-trade-as-travis-kelce-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=73288","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Chiefs Urged To Consider Kyle Pitts Trade As Travis Kelce Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\"><em>Whether Kansas City Chiefs fans want to admit or not, Travis Kelce is nearing the end of his career.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>The Kanas City Chiefs have one of the\u00a0best tight ends\u00a0of all time in\u00a0Travis Kelce, but this may be his final season in the\u00a0NFL, as he is about to turn 36 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/athlon_sports_articles_610\/51c5ad2f0b3edd790048ab7eeae7075a\" alt=\"Chiefs Urged To Consider Kyle Pitts Trade As Travis Kelce Successor - Yahoo  Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So now is as good of a time as ever to start looking for his successor.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent video posted by\u00a0Bleacher Report, Mitch Milani puts together 10 blockbuster trades for the Chiefs to make that would help get Patrick Mahouts his fourth ring.<\/p>\n<p>One of the deals he proposes would have the Chiefs sending a few late-round picks in 2026 to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for young tight end Kyle Pitts.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"is-fallback-player m-in-content-ad\">\n<div id=\"fa091ec0-2e82-447d-aaf3-2ada88fe08e7\" class=\"pbs\" data-exs-config=\"{&quot;reporting&quot;:{&quot;subId&quot;:&quot;athlonsports.com&quot;,&quot;utmContent&quot;:&quot;pxp-2158:a|pxp-654-aff:a&quot;,&quot;subId2&quot;:&quot;tm-ci02e4176c400025c5&quot;},&quot;customParams&quot;:{&quot;channel&quot;:&quot;athlonsports.com&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;tm-ci02e4176c400025c5&quot;,&quot;correlator&quot;:8506822251269207,&quot;direct&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;terms&quot;:&quot;Patrick Mahomes,Travis Kelce,Kyle Pitts&quot;,&quot;pagetype&quot;:&quot;article&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/kansas-city-chiefs-trade-atlanta-falcons-tight-end-replace-travis-kelce-replacement-kyle-pitts&quot;,&quot;pod&quot;:&quot;1&quot;},&quot;macros&quot;:{&quot;gpid&quot;:&quot;\/88059007\/nfl\/video\/preroll-0&quot;}}\" data-pbs-root=\"true\" data-pbs-position=\"static\" data-pbs-device=\"desktop\" data-pbs-video-title=\"true\" data-pbs-sticky=\"bottom-right\" data-pbs-size=\"medium-large\" data-pbs-content=\"playing\" data-pbs-player=\"content\" data-pbs-slot=\"ended\" data-pbs-content-type=\"mrss\" data-pbs-hover=\"true\">\n<div id=\"exp_7ae25cf8-c200-485e-b639-caaa06e85225\" class=\"pbs__player shown\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__wrapper falcon exp-ui__state__hovered exp-ui__wrapper__clickable\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__toolbar-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__progress-wrapper exp-ui__state__shown\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__progress exp-ui__state__shown\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"slider\" aria-label=\"Video Progress bar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuenow=\"11.749389\" aria-valuemax=\"187.733333\">\n<div class=\"exp-ui__progress-background\"><strong>Who Really Won the Kevin Durant Trade?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"exp-ui__title-and-cta-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>&#8220;Falcons fans would even agree that Kyle Pitts has been poorly treated and poorly utilized,&#8221; Milani said. &#8220;So why not give him to a team with Andy Reid that has used Travis Kelce magnificently?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Falcons selected Pitts out of Florida with the fourth overall pick in the 2021\u00a0NFL Draft, which made him the highest-drafted tight end in history. 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