New KC Chiefs TE Irv Smith Jr. Confident in Fit With Travis Kelce and Noah Gray

New KC Chiefs TE Irv Smith Jr. Confident in Fit With Travis Kelce and Noah GrayKansas City’s latest tight end pickup is excited to learn from the best in Travis Kelce and help complement Noah Gray this coming season.The Kansas City Chiefs have a new tight end in town as Blake Bell and Jody Fortson enter unrestricted free agency. Irv Smith Jr. is the latest member of the position group, joining Travis Kelce and Noah Gray on the depth chart via a one-year contract.

While Smith won’t play a massive role in the Andy Reid-Matt Nagy offense in the 2024 season, he’s still excited to have an opportunity nonetheless.

Speaking on Thursday, Smith was introduced to local media on Zoom to kick off getting acclimated to a new city. According to him, his choice to join the Chiefs stemmed from a few different things. The usage of tight ends was one of them, and Smith is thrilled to learn from the league’s best and chase some wins as well. “With Kansas City, the history they have using the tight ends,” Smith said. “Running a lot of 12-personnel, 13-personnel [and] using multiple-tight end sets. Being able to get behind a guy like Travis Kelce and learn from him and pick his brain with anything. And just win football games. That’s my favorite thing to do is be a part of winning teams and help teams win. Whatever I’ve got to do to help this team win games and succeed, I’m going to do my part.”