We don't yet know how the 2020 season will look. Will each team play a full schedule of 16 games? Will it be in front of fans or within empty stadiums? Will there be games at all? If there are, Kelce expects to see the 49ers again at the end of the playoffs. He has too much respect for what they accomplished this past season to pick any other team from the NFC.
Max Kellerman of ESPN's First Take asked Kelce to identify the AFC team that is the biggest threat to the Chief's quest to return to the Super Bowl.
"Obviously, we haven't seen the draft, we haven't seen a full offseason of free agency," Kelce responded. "You don't know who is going to end up where. I honestly think it will be a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.
"I think the San Francisco 49ers are one heck of a team. They're very, very well-coached, very disciplined in who they are. Obviously, they're very talented in who they are."
Kelce also discussed the debate surrounding the NFL's best tight end. While he acknowledges that 49ers tight end George Kittle helped to evolve the position, Kelce isn't too concerned about comparisons or labels and is just trying to win more Super Bowls.
"A guy like George Kittle -- before there was Gronk, and if you're comparing me to Gronk, you're comparing me to one of the greatest to ever play the game," Kelce said. "I think it's the same thing with George Kittle. What he's been able to do his first two, three years in the league, and just take it by storm, and show us that the tight end position is evolving."
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