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Travis Kelce missed Kansas City Chiefs’ defeat to Detroit Lions in NFL season opener but is making progress ahead of Sunday’s clash with Jacksonville Jaguars, live on Sky Sports; Chiefs head coach Andy Reid says team “will work things out” after loss in Week One

Last Updated: 11/09/23 9:59pm

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is making progress, says head coach Andy Reid

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is making progress, says head coach Andy Reid

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce could return for his team’s game against Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

Kelce hyperextended his knee in training last week and missed the reigning Super Bowl champions’ 21-20 defeat to Detroit Lions but head coach Andy Reid says the 33-year-old’s fitness is improving.

Reid said: “Travis is getting better. We’ll see how he does the rest of today or tomorrow and we’ll go from there.”

In Kelce’s absence against Lions, backup tight ends Noah Gray and Blake Bell combined to catch five passes for 43 yards.

Highlights of the Detroit Lions' win over Kansas City Chiefs during Week One of the NFL season.

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Highlights of the Detroit Lions’ win over Kansas City Chiefs during Week One of the NFL season.

Highlights of the Detroit Lions’ win over Kansas City Chiefs during Week One of the NFL season.

Kadarius Toney, meanwhile, had several of the eight drops by Kansas receivers.

Reid added: “We’ll get the receiving things taken care of. I feel good about the receivers we have.

“We are not normally guys that drop the ball but we did and we have to fix it. I think there is talent that will just keep improving as they continue to play. I have seen them do it before. I think we’ll get that worked out.

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“We’ve all got to do better. That’s the thing I took out of this. Whether it’s coaching, it’s playing, the O-line, the D-line – we can all take something out of this game and get better at it.

“There were spurts of good and there were spurts of not-so good, and we were in position to win the game. Normally we do that and we did not.”

Chiefs’ game with Jaguars is live on Sky Sports Action from 5pm on Sunday, with coverage also on Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm



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Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.