Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce says he’ll “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.
Kelce starred within the Chiefs’ first 2025 playoff recreation in opposition to the Houston Texans however struggled in a victory over the Buffalo Payments earlier than failing to make an impression because the Eagles delivered a dominant 40-22 victory in New Orleans on Sunday.
The 35-year-old spoke candidly about his future throughout the newest episode New Heights, the podcast he seems on along with his brother – and former NFL star – Jason Kelce.
“I do know all people desires to know whether or not or not I am taking part in subsequent 12 months. And proper now, I am simply kicking every part down the highway,” Kelce stated.
“I am kicking each can I can down the highway and I am not making any loopy selections.
“Proper now, the largest 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.”
Kelce, together with quarterback Patrick Mahomes, have been the centrepieces of a exceptional run for the Chiefs that has seen them attain seven successive AFC Championship video games.
On Sunday they have been going for a historic third successive Tremendous Bowl victory – and a fourth title in six years.
Kelce, whose star has solely grown since he started courting popstar Taylor Swift in 2023, admits the Chiefs’ unimaginable success has taken a toll on him.
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Travis Kelce led the Chiefs’ celebrations following their AFC Championship win over the Payments, as Taylor Swift watched on!
He stated: “I have been lucky over the previous five-six years, I’ve performed extra soccer than anyone and it is as a result of the folks which can be in that constructing and the truth that we maintain going to those AFC Championships and these Tremendous Bowls.
“Meaning I am taking part in an additional three video games greater than all people else in the complete league. And that is plenty of put on and tear in your physique. And it is plenty of time spent within the constructing focusing in your craft, specializing in the duty at hand, each problem that you just arrange for your self.
“And that course of may be gruelling. It will probably weigh on you. It will probably make you higher and it could drive you loopy on the identical time.
“And proper now, it is a type of issues the place it was form of driving me loopy this 12 months. And I feel that it occurs as you form of tail off in direction of the again 9 of your profession.”
After accumulating 117 receiving yards and scoring a landing in opposition to the Texans, Kelce managed only a complete of six catches for 58 yards within the last two video games of the Chiefs’ marketing campaign.
These numbers represented a major drop-off from final 12 months’s post-season, when he performed a key function in every of the 4 wins that took the Chiefs to Tremendous Bowl glory.
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He added: “As you see your self or not really feel your self have the success that you just as soon as used to have, man, it is a powerful tablet to swallow.
“After which on high of that, to not be there within the largest moments, understanding your staff’s relying on you, man. These are all extraordinarily laborious issues. It is only a powerful actuality.
“I feel I’ll take a while to determine it out. And I feel I owe it to my team-mates that if I do come again, that it will be one thing that… it is a wholehearted resolution, I am not half-assing it, I am totally right here for them.
“I feel I can play. It is simply whether or not or not I am motivated or it is the very best resolution for me as a person, as a human, as a as an individual to tackle all that duty.”
