Travis Kelce accepts a ‘friendly’ $14m Chiefs contract ‘to keep the team together’, claims ex-teammate Tyreek Hill: ‘He deserves to be paid… he’s the greatest tight end of all time’
- According to SportRac, Travis Kelce earns a base salary of $12 million per year
- Tyreek Hill left Kansas City after six seasons and became the highest paid WR
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While Tyreek Hill had high praise for ex-teammate Travis Kelce, the Dolphins wide receiver emphasized that the tight end isn’t being paid what he’s worth in Kansas City.
A major factor in the Chiefs’ three titles in the last five years, Kelce is often praised as one of the best, if not the best, at his position – a sentiment Hill cherishes.
Still, Hill insisted that Kelce make a “friendly” deal for the sake of the team.
“I think Kelce at 14, 15 is fun [million]Hill said on the Million dollar game podcast. “No one is Travis Kelce. No one is Patrick Mahomes either. Those two, they’re just different.
‘They will be the highest paid. But it’s clear they’re going to make friendly deals, because you know… [They want to] keep the team together.”
Tyreek Hill insisted that Travis Kelce make a ‘friendly deal’ to keep the Chiefs team together
According to SportRac, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end makes a base salary of $12 million
Hill was drafted by the Chiefs in 2016 and spent his first six seasons in Kansas City
Hill was drafted by the Chiefs in 2016 and remained in Kansas City until 2021. After sharing the field with Kelce for the first six seasons of his NFL career, the five-time First-Team All-Pro player insisted Kelce was the best tight. ending he was playing with.
‘Of all time? Definitely,” he said when asked if Kelce is the best tight end before backing off and saying, “Best tight end I’ve played with, I’ll say that.”
‘I don’t want to say anything else about anyone else’s career. But [from] From what I’ve seen and how hard he works in practice, he’s absolutely the best.”
According to SportRacKelce will earn a base salary of $12 million, which puts him behind Mahomes and offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor.
In 2022, Hill asked to be traded from Kansas City in search of a better contract
The Dolphins made Hill the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL with a four-year, $120 million deal
Although he admitted he didn’t want to leave the Chiefs, Hill previously explained that he wanted to be paid like the best wide receiver in the NFL. His wish came true when the Dolphins signed him to a four-year contract worth $120 million in 2022.
Before highlighting Kelce’s compensation, Hill addressed the Chiefs’ paying reputation behind his experience.
“I wanted to be at KC, I told them that,” Hill said. “I don’t know what it is, dude. I think it’s one of those things where they want to keep the core guys together.”
“But I think you guys have a really good team and a really good owner, and you’re winning all these championships – there’s money, man.”