Kansas Metropolis Chiefs normal supervisor Brett Veach has revealed tight finish Travis Kelce is “fired up” to proceed his NFL profession and expects to see him return subsequent season.
Kelce stated earlier this month that he would “take a while” earlier than deciding whether or not to retire from the NFL, following his facet’s Tremendous Bowl defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 35-year-old stated earlier than that loss that he was not planning on calling it quits from the NFL anytime quickly, with Kelce nonetheless having yet another yr beneath contract.
Veach spoke to reporters on the NFL Mix in Indianapolis, the place NFL coaches and scouts journey yearly to judge high collegiate expertise, the place he confirmed he expects to see Kelce again subsequent season.
“How we left on the finish of the season is that he was fired up,” Veach stated. “Nonetheless assume he has that fireside and need to play.
“So far as I am involved, there is no such thing as a deadline (to decide to taking part in subsequent season). I feel we left it as he’d be again.”
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Head coach Andy Reid added: “We did have an opportunity to speak earlier than they left. That [retiring] is as much as Travis. At this level, it is ‘Get out of city. They’ve performed a whole lot of soccer right here. So, step again, then we’ll speak.'”
Kelce made 97 receptions for 823 yards within the 2024 common season, his lowest yardage complete since 2014, having posted seven consecutive 1,000-yard years from 2016-22.
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The 35-year-old spoke candidly about his future throughout an episode of New Heights, the podcast he seems on along with his brother – and former NFL star – Jason Kelce.
“I do know everyone desires to know whether or not or not I am taking part in subsequent yr. And proper now, I am simply kicking the whole lot down the street,” Kelce stated. “I am kicking each can I can down the street and I am not making any loopy selections.
“Proper now, the most important factor is simply being there for my team-mates and being there for my coaches, understanding that there is a lot that goes into this factor.”
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Kelce, whose profile has grown considerably since he started relationship popstar Taylor Swift in 2023, has beforehand admitted the Chiefs’ unimaginable success in latest seasons has taken a toll on him.
He stated: “I have been lucky over the previous five-six years, I’ve performed extra soccer than anyone and it is due to the folks which are in that constructing and the truth that we maintain going to those AFC Championships and these Tremendous Bowls.
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“Meaning I am taking part in an additional three video games greater than everyone else in all the league. And that is a whole lot of put on and tear in your physique. And it is a whole lot of time spent within the constructing focusing in your craft, specializing in the duty at hand, each problem that you simply arrange for your self.
“And that course of will be gruelling. It might probably weigh on you. It might probably make you higher and it may well drive you loopy on the similar time.
“And proper now, it is a kind of issues the place it was sort of driving me loopy this yr. And I feel that it occurs as you sort of tail off in direction of the again 9 of your profession.”
