Patrick Mahomes: Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill are playing really good football

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Chiefs vast receiver Tyreek Hill and tight finish Travis Kelce are two of the very best within the league at their respective positions.

They’re usually the main target of Kansas Metropolis’s offensive recreation plans. However they’ve been significantly productive within the 2020 postseason.

Within the divisional spherical, Kelce had eight receptions for 109 yards with a landing and Hill had eight catches for 110 yards. Within the AFC Championship Recreation, Hill had 9 catches for 172 yards and Kelce caught 13 passes for 118 yards and two TDs.

However extra placing is their targets. Kelce and Hill every had 10 towards the Browns. Kelce had 15 final Sunday and Hill had 11.

No different participant has obtained greater than 5 in a recreation.

Mahomes stated Thursday that’s only a product of these two gamers getting open.

“They’re enjoying actually good soccer proper now. That’s the largest factor,” Mahomes stated. “I’m simply taking what’s there, making an attempt to get the ball to guys in house. I’m by no means somebody that form of chooses who I’m throwing to — I just throw it to whoever’s open. And so these guys have been getting open, I’ve been in a position to get them the ball. And I’m positive the Bucs have seen that as effectively, so I’m positive they’ll have a recreation plan to attempt to sluggish these guys down and we’ll have to regulate to that.”

Watching Chiefs video games, it’s placing how usually Kelce and Hill appear to be vast open when Mahomes targets them. The Buccaneers may have a tall job in slowing down that dynamic assault in Tremendous Bowl LV.