Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce will take time earlier than deciding whether or not to finish his glittering NFL profession after enduring a heart-breaking Tremendous Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, he stated on Wednesday.
Kelce, one of many biggest tight ends to play within the NFL, mentioned the subject of retirement whereas talking on the “New Heights” podcast he co-hosts with older brother Jason — a former Eagles lineman who retired final yr.
“I do know all people needs to know whether or not or not I’m taking part in subsequent yr, and proper now, I’m simply kicking all the pieces down the highway. I’m kicking each can I can down the highway. I’m not making any loopy selections,” Kelce stated.
“Proper now the most important factor is simply being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding that there’ lots that goes into this factor.”
The Chiefs, in search of an unprecedented third consecutive Tremendous Bowl championship this yr, suffered a lop-sided 40-22 defeat on the NFL’s grandest stage. Kelce was restricted to 4 catches for 39 yards.
The 35-year-old Kelce, who’s courting pop mega-star Taylor Swift, has now made 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances with the Chiefs in six NFL seasons and the three-times champion acknowledged the bodily toll that takes.
“That’s lots of put on and tear in your physique, and it’s lots of time spent within the constructing, focusing in your craft, specializing in the duty at hand and each problem that you simply arrange for your self,” Kelce stated.
“And that course of might be grueling. It might probably weigh on you. It might probably make you higher and it could actually drive you loopy on the similar time. And proper now, it’s a kind of issues the place it was type of driving me loopy this yr.”
Whereas nonetheless dominant on the sector, Kelce is coming off a down yr by his requirements contemplating within the 2024 marketing campaign he posted each his lowest yardage complete and fewest landing catches since his rookie season in 2013.
Kelce stated he must be all-in if he does resolve to return to the sector for the 2025 season.
“I owe it to my teammates that, if I do come again, it’s going that to be one thing that it’s a whole-hearted resolution. Not half-assing it and I’m absolutely right here for them,” stated Kelce.
“I believe I might play. It’s simply whether or not or not I’m motivated or it’s the very best resolution for me as a person, as a human and as an individual to tackle all of that duty.”
