Just a little over a year ago, the Kansas City Chiefs looked to the future of their coveted tight end position when they handed backup Noah Gray a three-year, $18 million extension just before the beginning of the 2024-25 season. The idea was simple: keep Gray on the roster for the inevitable post-Travis Kelce era that has been on the doorstep for the past two seasons.
So far, that contract has not yielded the results that Chiefs Kingdom or the Chiefs' front office would have hoped. Sure, last season he had a few games that put his name in bright lights on TV screens and a few plays that were worthy of gracing SportsCenter, but this season is an entirely different situation.