Kansas City leaders could be very different When the 2025 NFL season begins, with players due to new contracts and Possible departure from the list.
A big name that could come back or can say goodbye For football forever, Travis Kelce is tight. The three times Super bowl champion and the quadruple first all-Pro team will be 36 years old in October and would have been Retirement contemplation.
In the episode of this week of “New summits“The podcast with his brother, Jason, Travis Kelce said he was going to make his time before making a decision as to his return to the Chiefs next season.
“I know that everyone wants to know if I play or not next year and right now, I’m kicking on the road. I kick each one I can on the road, “said Kelce. “I do not make crazy decisions, but right now, the greatest thing is to be there for my teammates and to be there for my coaches by understanding that there are a lot in this thing.”
Jason Kelce retired After the 2023 season After a 13 -year career with the Eagles of Philadelphia. During the segment on the future of Travis, Jason spoke of the difficulty of recovering for another season knowing what it takes to play at such a high level.
Regarding what must be done during the offseason to prepare for an NFL season, Kelce, who has played 200 games in the regular season and playoffs in her career, said that the long toll seasons take the body . The chiefs have played 19 playoffs in the past six seasons – with three of these seasons ending with super bowl victories.
“The fact that we continue to go to these AFC championships and Super Bowls, it means that I play three additional games more than everyone in the whole league,” said Kelce. “It is a lot of wear on your body. It’s a lot of time spent in the building. This process can be exhausting. It can weigh on you. It can drive you better and it can drive you crazy at the same time. Right now, it was one of those things where it was going crazy this year.
Regarding production, Kelce has experienced its seventh consecutive season with at least 90 receptions, but has recorded its lowest total reception yards (823) since 2015 and the least affected (3) in his career. He posted only 175 reception yards and a touchdown on 13 receptions in playoffs. This downward statistical trend compared to the figures he has generally displayed during his career is also something that is weighed.
“While you see yourself or you feel like not having this success that you once had, it is a pill that is difficult to swallow,” said Kelce. “On you, these are all extremely difficult things – it’s just a difficult reality.”
Kelce had four receptions for 39 yards on six targets in the defeat of the Super Bowl against the Eagles on Sunday.
Regarding what he will do next, Kelce said he had to his teammates to make an “unreserved decision”.
“I don’t break it halfway. I’m fully there for them and I think I can play, “said Kelce.” It’s just if I am motivated or if it is the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take all this responsibility.
