LTravis Kelce ripped off a 38-yard catch, and I'm already hearing people say the tight end's washed.
MWashed? The guy had a 38-yard catch. That is not what washed looks like.
LBut it's one catch. The argument goes: he's older, the explosive plays have dried up, and the offense doesn't run through him the same way.
MIn the Chiefs-Jets game, he also hauled in his eighty-seventh career touchdown. That's not one catch. That's a career.
LFair. The NFL account on X posted the 38-yard play, but the touchdown is the one that matters. How many tight ends in history have that many career touchdowns?
MA short list, and you know it. This is a guy who changed the position.
LI'm not saying he's done. I'm saying the Chiefs win differently now. He doesn't need to be the whole offense.
MThe Chiefs win because of him in the red zone. Always have. That many touchdowns is not an accident.
LAnd he's still getting behind defenses! A 38-yard catch against the Jets on Nov. 8, 2026? That's a safety valve turning into a home run.
MExactly my point. You don't call a player washed while he's still taking the top off a defense.
LOkay, okay. I'll retire "washed." But I still say the Chiefs are smarter when they don't force-feed him.
MYou're arguing with yourself. The Chiefs aren't listening.
LThey should. I have a podcast.
MYou have opinions. There's a difference.
MAnd here's the real tell: defenses still panic every time he gets a one-on-one.
LThat's exactly it. He doesn't need volume. One big catch and the whole defense tightens up.
MWhich is why "washed" is a lazy take. The fear is still there.
LFine. He's not washed. But I still think the Chiefs' best offense is less Kelce, more spreading it around.
MYou just can't let go of the first take, can you?
LMaybe not. But that's what makes it a show.
LFrom the gridiron to the fairway: ESPN posted the first tee shot in World Team Golf history.
MTeam golf. So the loneliest sport is now a group project.
LIt's about time. Golf needed a shot clock, walk-up music, something.
MIt has a shot clock in some places. And walk-up music? What are we, a minor league baseball game?
LWhy not? You want young fans? Give them teams, colors, a reason to cheer.
MGolf is one person against the course. The leaderboard is the story. You don't need manufactured teams.
LTell that to the Ryder Cup. The loudest golf tournament in the world is team golf.
MThe Ryder Cup works because it's every two years and it's national pride. This is a weekly version. It could dilute it.
LOr it expands it. More team golf means more people understand match play, foursomes, pressure.
MYou know what killed golf for years? A bunch of quiet, polite claps. But loud doesn't make a format great.
LIt does when the format is match play. Every hole is a game within the game.
MFine. I'll judge it on the leaderboard, not the noise.
LThe first event better not end with a group hug on the eighteenth green.
MIf it does, I'm out. Send me the leaderboard instead.
LMeanwhile, a stats account on X called Clutch Numbers put out a list that's going to make your head spin. It claims the best defensive field-goal percentage on almost every NBA team belongs to... guards.
MGuards? That tells me the stat is lying, not that these guys are lockdown.
LOr we've been wrong about defense. Small guards who stay in front of people force tough shots. That is defense.
MIt's one measurement. Defensive field-goal percentage on shots you contest. It doesn't account for switches, help, screens, or the guy you're guarding.
LBut if you're the closest defender, and the guy shoots a bad percentage, that matters.
MIt matters, but it's not the whole picture. You can't crown a guard a stopper because his man happened to miss.
LFine, but the list has Payton Pritchard leading Boston and CJ McCollum leading Atlanta. Those are not names you hear when people talk defense.
MThat's exactly my problem. Good stats account, but now every fan is going to argue Pritchard should make an All-Defense team.
LYou mean you wouldn't put a six-foot-one guard on a seven-footer? No, wait, forget I said that.
MI wouldn't put a six-foot-one guard on you.
LThat's because I never miss.
MFrom the couch, sure.