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Louis Rees-Zammit aims to re-create iconic play with Chiefs TE Travis Kelce

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Charles Goldman | Last updated 4/22/24

Kansas City Chiefs RB Louis Rees-Zammit is already endearing himself to one of his newest teammates in the NFL.

The former Welsh rugby star is attempting to make the jump to the league after an exceptional career abroad. In a recent bit on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce's New Heights Show podcast, the Chiefs' star tight end provided insight into his conversations with Rees-Zammit behind the scenes. One of those conversations has been centered around a specific play that Travis has been daring enough to try multiple times throughout his career.

"I'm pumped too," Travis said. "He said he's ready for the lateral whenever. . . when we were texting."

"Well, listen, he played rugby," Jason said. "So, he's gonna be ready for that thing."

Louis Rees-Zammit is about to take the league by storm pic.twitter.com/cD8yXFsYxB
— New Heights (@newheightshow) April 22, 2024

Travis has been quite liberal with his use of the lateral throughout his NFL career. They've been surprisingly successful, too. Everyone mostly recalls the play from the Buffalo Bills game during the 2023 NFL season that was wiped out by an untimely offensive offside penalty on WR Kadarius Toney.

The Chiefs had a beautiful play drawn up that included a lateral from Kelce to Toney

The play was called back due to Toney lining up in the neutral zone ‍♂️

Bills win and keep their playoff hopes alive

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But there was also this lateral from Kelce to Noah Gray in the "Thursday Night Football" win over the Broncos in 2023.

Nice play by the Chiefs.

Kelce hits Noah Gray with a lateral.#NFL #Kelce #ChiefsKingdom #TNF pic.twitter.com/gyDB0mHIuZ
— SmashMouthin' Football (@SMingFootball) October 13, 2023

How about this no-look lateral from Kelce to Jerick McKinnon in 2021?

Kelce with the pitch

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— NFL (@NFL) October 24, 2021

Who could forget this hook-and-ladder play to RB LeSean McCoy in 2019 against the Lions?

The @Chiefs actually just broke out a surprise hook and ladder #KCvsDET pic.twitter.com/NXPJQHV5sp
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 29, 2019

Jason's comments on this situation are spot-on. Rees-Zammit's experience with rugby should have him set up to succeed with this type of play, perhaps better than some of his teammates with an NFL background.

Sure, Rees-Zammit has a long way to go to make the 53-man roster in Kansas City, let alone the practice squad. However, if he does make the squad, you've got to play to his strengths. Knowing Andy Reid, the Chiefs might even specifically design some plays with built-in options to lateral the ball to Rees-Zammit. Given that Kelce is the only one mad enough to try this stuff in a live NFL game regularly, it's reasonable to expect he'll be involved, too.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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