Mahomes says Kelce does not appear to be a participant who will retire anytime quickly

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On the eve of the 2025 Tremendous Bowl, it was reported Travis Kelce was contemplating retirement and what occurred within the massive recreation may affect his determination.

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs' goals of a three-peat vanished, and Kelce introduced he could be returning for the 2025 season.

It goes with out saying Kelce is approaching the top of his profession.

He posted profession lows in yards and touchdowns and, for a second straight season, didn't make an All-Professional staff after doing so in eight consecutive years.

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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce (87) celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) after Mahomes’ landing towards the Houston Texans through the first half at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley/Imagn Photographs)

He is additionally had two consecutive seasons with out eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark in receiving yardage.

"If it is the final trip, you'd by no means know," Mahomes advised reporters Thursday at Chiefs observe. "The best way he is speaking about soccer, the way in which he is speaking about working and making an attempt to be even higher this yr than he was final yr, he does not appear to be a man prefer it's his final trip, like he is uninterested in the job."

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce (87) and quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) wait to steer the staff onto the sector earlier than a preseason recreation towards the Jacksonville Jaguars Aug. 10, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photograph/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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Kelce, 35, initially stated he was "kicking each can I can down the street" concerning his determination to retire. However, in the end, "I f---ing love enjoying the sport of soccer."

"I nonetheless really feel like I can play at a excessive stage and probably at a better stage than I did final yr. I don’t suppose it was my finest outing. I believe I let my guys down in much more moments than I helped them," Kelce stated on "New Heights" in March.

"Particularly should you take a look at my observe file and the way I’ve been in years previous. I need to give it a great run. I've a foul style in my mouth in how I ended the yr and the way effectively I used to be enjoying and the way accountable I used to be for the folks round me. And I like so many individuals in Kansas Metropolis, each in that facility and locally, and it’s dwelling for me.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce walks off the sector after dropping to the Philadelphia Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photograph/Abbie Parr)

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"I don’t need to depart that life but. I’ve put in a whole lot of laborious work and put in a whole lot of focus into being the very best that I can for KC. Final yr, it didn’t finish effectively for us, and I really feel like there's a accountability in me to play out the contract I initially signed to offer Kansas Metropolis and the Chiefs group every little thing I’ve bought, and that’s what I’m gonna do, man."