Travis Kelce
He arrived off waivers in 2014, picked up by IronCity Mudslingers. Across 12 seasons and 152 starts he played for IronCity Mudslingers and Washed UP, and 151 of those starts were for Washed UP.
His best season was 2022: 199 points across 15 starts, +104.1 above replacement for Washed UP, the best tight end in football that year. That is part of a career worth +470.4 PAR, 4th in league history. He started for 1 championship team (2016), producing +24.4 in playoff weeks across his career.
The tail was not kind: 2024 came in at −11.4 across 14 starts. He finishes on 1st in the Washed UP Ring of Honor and the Washed UP All Cool Pete Team at TE.
### Forty-eight hours in August 2015
The most valuable career in this franchise's history changed hands twice in two days, and neither
team that moved him has recovered from it.
he finishes at −6.4, and that is the whole of their relationship. Kelce spends the rest of
that season on the bench.
Spiller, two running backs. In the archive this is a minor preseason depth swap and nothing about
it reads as significant.
3.09. Pete owned Travis Kelce for one day.
Three picks changed hands. Two came to Pete and one left, and it matters which is which, so
they are listed apart.
| Pick | Pete took | Starts for Pete | Stint PAR, Naberhood |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| 1.09, Washed UP's slot | DeVante Parker | 5 | −20 |
| 3.09, Washed UP's slot | Dorial Green-Beckham | 3 | −16 |
| Pick | Washed UP took | Starts for Washed UP | Stint PAR, Washed UP |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| 3.02, Pete's own slot | Brandon Marshall | 23 | +40 |
swap; Washed UP spent it. Every figure in the second table belongs to Washed UP.
All three picks went the wrong way for Pete. The two he received returned −36 between
them across eight starts. The one he gave up returned +40 to the man he gave it to. Washed UP
came out of a single afternoon with Travis Kelce, Brandon Marshall, and the better end of the swap.
longest hold this franchise has ever run at a scarce position, five seasons as the TE1 in football,
and the core of the 2016 title.
The pick Pete took back became DeVante Parker, worth −19.8. That is a net swing of
this franchise's entire identity is the long hold.
The lineage matters for one more reason. Kelce is counted in the trades read, not the wire read.
IronCity got him free; Washed UP, who got the career, paid a first-round pick for him.
The career
One axis. Tenure above, the board below, PAR by season in the plot. Twelve seasons on the axis, 2014 to 2025.
Season by season
| Season | Franchise | Starts | Points | NFL rank | Playoff PAR | PAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | IronCity Mudslingers | 1 | 1.9 | TE9 | — | −6.4 |
| 2015 | Washed UP | 14 | 108.2 | TE8 | −0.5 | −1.8 |
| 2016 · title | Washed UP | 15 | 137.2 | TE1 | +11.7 | +31.3 |
| 2017 | Washed UP | 13 | 136.2 | TE2 | — | +47.8 |
| 2018 | Washed UP | 13 | 174.9 | TE1 | — | +79.0 |
| 2019 | Washed UP | 13 | 128.3 | TE1 | — | +41.0 |
| 2020 | Washed UP | 14 | 193.0 | TE1 | +8.2 | +98.9 |
| 2021 | Washed UP | 14 | 154.0 | TE2 | — | +44.9 |
| 2022 | Washed UP | 15 | 199.2 | TE1 | +4.9 | +104.1 |
| 2023 | Washed UP | 12 | 112.8 | TE3 | — | +31.9 |
| 2024 | Washed UP | 14 | 82.0 | TE9 | — | −11.4 |
| 2025 | Washed UP | 14 | 111.8 | — | — | +11.1 |