Because the Tremendous Bowl 2025 led to defeat for the Chiefs on Sunday in New Orleans, quite a lot of the scuttlebutt has been round Travis Kelce’s future within the NFL.
Kelce, 35, has been considerably imprecise about the place his head is at concerning retirement and didn’t tackle the subject when he briefly spoke with reporters after the 40-22 loss to the Eagles on Sunday night time.
ESPN analyst and former NFLer Ryan Clark weighed in on the subject on Monday’s “NFL Reside” evaluating the state of affairs to the crossroads that his older brother Jason discovered himself in final 12 months earlier than retiring in March.
“Isn’t Trav type of in the identical place our colleague and good friend, his brother, Jason Kelce, was in final 12 months?” Clark requested. “Nonetheless feeling like you may nonetheless do it and you continue to have it, however you don’t have it such as you used to. And it’s gonna be based mostly on whether or not or not Travis Kelce understands he’s a diminished participant and is comfy with that.
“If you’re on the highest of highs, once you’re the most effective pass-catching tight finish within the historical past of the Nationwide Soccer League, it’s exhausting to enter a recreation final night time, have two drops, not have any impactful catches or affect on the sport. Can Travis Kelce go ahead in 2025 and be that particular person? Particularly when so many profitable alternatives await him in his second profession.”
Kelce had 4 catches on six targets on Sunday night time for simply 39 yards.
Regardless of the comparatively low affect Kelce had on the sport, he nonetheless managed to set the file for many profession Tremendous Bowl receptions, surpassing Jerry Rice with 35.
The ten-time Professional Bowler has probably the most playoff receptions of any Chiefs participant or participant within the NFL for that matter.
“Travis Kelce goes to should take a while, sit down and know what kind of participant he desires to be and what kind of life he desires to reside, however he’s earned the best to take his time in doing so,” Clark added.
The remark was much like one made by Patrick Mahomes after the Tremendous Bowl when he famous that Kelce “has quite a lot of soccer left in him” and that “he’ll get to spend a while along with his household and make that call on his personal.”
Kelce, who has successful podcast with brother Jason and is relationship music famous person Taylor Swift, has spent his complete 12-year profession with the Chiefs after they chose him within the third spherical of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Over that point he’s amassed 1,004 receptions for 12,151 yards and 77 touchdowns.