Kansas City Chiefs: All-Decade Team for 2010s

2010S ALL-DECADE TEAM – TIGHT END

STARTER: TRAVIS KELCE

ALTERNATE: TONY MOEAKI

The starting tight end shouldn’t be a surprise. Travis Kelce has done things that no other tight end has done, including recording 1,000+ yards receiving for four consecutive seasons.

The Chiefs drafted Kelce in the third round in the 2013 NFL Draft and he didn’t do much his rookie year due to injury. In 2014, Kelce showed he was worthy of a high draft pick and he only got better from there.

With five Pro Bowl appearances and two All-Pros to his name, Kelce would, without a doubt, be the starting tight end for the Chiefs all-decade team.

The alternate choice was more difficult, but there were really only two options: Tony Moeaki and Anthony Fasano. When comparing these two players side by side, Moeaki was the better choice and won the alternate job.

Moeaki, who the Chiefs drafted in the third round of the 2010 draft, had a nice rookie year, grabbing 47 receptions for 556 yards and three touchdowns. He missed all of 2011 due to injury and while the 2012 team was awful, Moeaki still managed to haul in 33 receptions for 453 yards and a touchdown.

Fasano also only played in Kansas City for two seasons and only amassed 426 yards and seven touchdowns in those two years. The fact that he and Moeaki were the best choices to be Kelce’s backup in this scenario shows how average the tight end position was after Tony Gonzalez left.

If this team really was to play an actual game, however, fans would feel comfortable with Kelce as the TE1 and Moeaki backing him up.