Given the emergence of Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry as free agent options this year, the market at tight end is ready to shift. The Kansas City Chiefs would do right by Travis Kelce to keep him paid accordingly.
Joel Corry from the Over the Cap recently noted that Austin Hooper of the Atlanta Falcons is likely going to lift the ceiling on what tight ends are paid in the NFL this offseason. For years, Jimmy Graham and his $10 million average have set the bar, but he expects one of these tight ends to make it $11 million instead—a small jump, but a new height nonetheless.