Travis Kelce has rather a lot on his thoughts proper now, simply three days after he and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs got here up quick of their quest to develop into the primary crew to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls.
In all probability the very last thing the veteran tight finish ought to be eager about proper now’s whether or not he needs to proceed his NFL profession within the fall.
So he’s not eager about it but.
“I do know everyone needs to know whether or not or not I‘m taking part in subsequent yr,” Kelce mentioned on Wednesday’s episode of “New Heights,” the podcast he co-hosts with older brother and retired Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce. “Proper now I’m simply kicking every part down the street. I’m kicking each can I can down the street. I’m not making any loopy selections.”
Kelce does appear to acknowledge that after 12 seasons, 10 Professional Bowl choices, 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances and three Tremendous Bowl victories, retirement is one thing that not less than ought to be thought of. He completed the 2024-25 common season with the bottom yards receiving (823), yards per catch (8.5) and touchdowns (three) in his profession.
After a standout recreation towards Houston (seven catches for 117 yards and one landing) within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs, Kelce had little influence by means of the remainder of the playoffs, with two catches for 19 yards and no touchdowns throughout a 32-29 win over the Buffalo Payments within the AFC championship recreation and 4 catches for 39 yards and no touchdowns throughout a 40-22 loss to the Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX.
“The truth that we maintain going to those AFC championships and these Tremendous Bowls, meaning I’m taking part in an additional three video games greater than everyone else in your entire league,” Kelce mentioned.
“That’s lots of put on and tear in your physique, and it’s lots of time within the constructing, focusing in your craft, specializing in the duty at hand, each problem that you simply arrange for your self. That course of might be grueling. It will possibly weigh on you. It will possibly make you higher and it may well drive you loopy on the identical time.
“And proper now, it was a type of issues the place it was sort of driving me loopy this yr, and I feel that it occurs as you tail off in the direction of the again 9 of your profession, as you see your self or not really feel your self having the success that you simply as soon as used to have. Man, it’s a tricky capsule to swallow. After which on prime of that to not be there within the largest moments, realizing your crew is relying on you — it’s only a powerful actuality.”
Kelce has extra on his plate lately than soccer. He could be thought of by many followers to be a future Corridor of Famer, however to not less than some portion of the inhabitants Kelce is healthier often known as the pitchman for numerous corporations or as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.
“I’m gonna take a while to determine it out,” Kelce mentioned of his soccer future. “I feel I owe it to my teammates that if I do come again that it’s gonna be a wholehearted determination and I’m not half-assing it and I’m absolutely right here for them. I feel I may play, it’s simply whether or not or not I’m motivated or if it’s one of the best determination for me as a person, as a human, as an individual to tackle all that duty.”