KC Chiefs: Loss of Blake Bell means team needs to draft tight end

The KC Chiefs won’t be bringing back their backup tight end from a season ago, meaning they need to make sure they’re addressing the need in the 2020 NFL Draft.

While Blake Bell didn’t provide as much as some backup tight ends do for their team, he had his moments during his Kansas City Chiefs tenure including a touchdown grab in the Divisional Round against the Texans.

Bell finished his time in Kansas City with a total of 91 yards and a touchdown (this includes his postseason numbers) and it’s not crazy to think that a drafted project player could contribute more to the offense in 2020 and hopefully beyond.

Unfortunately this year’s tight end class isn’t anything to write home about with the best prospect being Cole Kmet out of Notre Dame. Kmet had 616 yards and six touchdowns this past season for the Fighting Irish and is the 68th best prospect in the 2020 draft, according to The Draft Network.

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The Chiefs don’t need to spend their first round pick on a tight end due to the lack of great options in this year’s draft, but their second or third round picks could be spent on someone like Kmet. They could also look at Adam Trautman of Dayton, Brycen Hopkins of Purdue, Hunter Bryant of Washington, or Thaddeus Moss of LSU.

After those five, there’s a bit of a drop-off, but the Chiefs don’t need to necessarily find a GREAT option due to still having Travis Kelce for at least two more years. Kelce is 30 years old, however, and while he’s obviously still great, finding a reliable TE2 isn’t a bad idea at all.

Re-signing Bell never seemed to be a high priority for the Kansas City Chiefs, but he at least would have been familiar with the offense. They also have Nick Keizer and Deon Yelder on their roster, but neither has done much of anything at the professional level.

While signing a free agent is still a possibility, it’s time for the KC Chiefs to realize that Kelce won’t play forever and to find a potential replacement for him. This is the time to bring in a project player who can sit behind Kelce and learn for a few years and despite this year’s class not being great, there are decent options to target in round two or three.

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What do you think Chiefs Kingdom? Is tight end a position you’d like to see the team address in the 2020 NFL Draft?

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