Who knows what Trav will do in the offseason….I think he’s gonna announce his retirement from the league after 13 years. I feel like we’re he’s at in his life, I think he knows he has nothing to prove. He’s a first ballot HOF, he’ll be in the chiefs HOF, he’s an icon in sports and in the NFL. I think he wants to marry Taylor and then get a hefty payday on a network like cbs, Fox, NBC, or ESPN.
I don’t want it too end, but I think it will. Hopefully they go out with a bang for him at least, just target him on every play.
If you see his whole family and all Taylor's family there on Christmas Day then its a good shot. Kylie and the girls came to the last home game and their first.
I think its his last game. He would have gone last year if they won the Superbowl
Not necessarily. Travis said they were hosting Christmas on the podcast a while ago, so it would make sense if everyone is there just for that.
It would make sense to host Christmas if everyone was coming to town to see his final game.
This would also be a good reason for them to host Christmas.
I fully expect him to retire.
I'd love to see him come back for one more year with Mahomes -- get Patrick healed and on the field next season for the final swan song together.
Or have him rest and if the team is a contender bring him back late or for the playoffs. He won’t make or break the season (and shouldn’t because he have to plan for a future without him) but if he’s sitting on the couch and still in shape and chiefs are heading to the playoffs, you know he would want to play with Mahomes a couple more times.
I'd like to think that at some point Travis will visit Patrick at home (MO or TX) and the two of them spend time playing video games and talking through all of it. No one else around -- just the two guys in a tricked out man-cave discussing all the professional and personal angles while having some fun bonding. Convo remains private without WAGs or PR machines.
I feel like you guys just write fanfiction about athletes
Yeah, that's was weirdly specific and, just, weird.
Are they sitting side-by-side or across from each other? Are they holding each other, etc etc?
Mahomes might not even be back for a good portion of next year. Plus why would he want to be on a rebuilding team?
Patrick. Leadership and mentoring.
He's the best receiving TE of all time, and the most valuable TE of all time.
Best Chiefs TE of all time but behind Gronk
The fact that he and Gronk are the same age says otherwise.
I think it’s funny when Kelce has made an error these past couple years and people are like “Gronk would never”
Never what? Play at this age? Because his body is absolutely broken. Gronk would have an absolutely horrible time out there if he tried playing.
Absolutely not. They arent even an apples to apples comparison, and if you dont buy what some random redditor has to say about that, take Gronk's word for it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Nc21INj2JdQ?si=u2c9dhIzYgoaJvYA
If injuries were turned off then yes, but Gronk missed so many games.
Imagine if Kelce missed the 2019, 2020 and 2021 playoffs, while also missing enough games in 2022 to move the Chiefs from the #1 to #3 seed.
That's the story of Gronk.
The way I see the Kelce and Gronk debate: what on your opponent's defense do you want to see your tight end to break? Their ankles or their back? You can't go wrong with either.
Yeah one has finesse and the other just plows through guys lol. Both are beasts and both are HOF TEs.
Who do I want for a single game? Gronk. Who do I want for a career? Kelce.
Great way to put it
Give your head a shake. He still received over 800 yards this season. And his numbers are better than last season. He’s the TE GOAT period! I hope he and Mahomes can make a run of it next season. But if he retires, then I accept it! It’s been an absolute blast watching him play!
I hope he retires and when we’re 8-0 next season, he decides to rev it up for one last go to ride off into the sunset a champion.
For the veteran minimum. Otherwise the Chiefs can't afford him. I love the guy, but unless he gives the team a screaming deal they can't afford him. There are too many holes to pay him $17-20M next season.
I doubt he cares about the money at this point
As much as I want to say that he will come back, I think he calls it a career. He has nothing left to prove and honestly next year is up in the air at the moment with Mahomes injury.
Thank you #87
Mahomes will be back sometime in September, at most misses 2-3 games, but as quick as he had surgery it wouldn't be shocking if he's back week 1.
Its all on the therapy. I've partially torn both of mine at different times (didnt require surgery) and one took 9 months to heal and one took a year and a half. Mahomes fully tore his and needed surgery, which is way worse, but he also has the best doctors and therapists money can buy. So hopefully it negates that.
I’d lean toward yes. I think staying another year to ensure you don’t retire on a bad note is a dangerous game to play: you’re a year older and it’s not clear what the team will look like next year, roster wise and Pat’s injury. No one remembers the lows in a all-time greats career, and he personally had a season to be proud of
This is how you get Brett Favre playing for the Vikings.
My hunch is that he will stay for one last year to try and end on a better note. The team being bad and him being the one to put the nail in the season wouldnt be the ideal way to go out.
Plus, it's not like mans is completely cooked either. He's still a good player, even if he's not a spring chicken anymore
He gets an extra month+ off this year to recover, and I really can't imagine he wants the end of his career to be catching balls from the 3rd string QB and losing 6 games in a row. I know it's just homer me wanting him to play forever, but I don't feel it's a sure thing he retires like most everyone else assumes.
He still has a contract. I think he will honor that.
His contract is up after this season
Huh I must have remembered that wrong.
I think we should let HIM be the one to tell us if he’s retiring or not…
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If Travis does retire, it’s so sad that Pat won’t be out there taking snaps and tossing him his last passes in the NFL. 😭
He gone. Just listen to his podcast from the week after Pat was injured.
“He’s going to attack this thing head on and the Chiefs are going to come back as strong as ever,” or something like that. Not “we,” it’s “the Chiefs”.
I think that’s all you need to know.
I fully expect him to retire, especially as next year is looking like a rebuilding year, and I don't blame him at all if he does so.
Elite HOF TE, team leader, good guy, great Chief.
you don't rebuild with an All-time great QB. Every year is playoffs or bust.
He’s done. He can walk away with 3 Super Bowl rings, the most catches all time by a tight end in Super Bowls, 11 Pro Bowl selections, and either 4th or 5th in receiving yards by a tight end and catches by a tight end. He has nothing left to prove on the football field.
Taylor Swift wants babies right away and they are getting married in July. He can walk away, holding his head held high, marrying his billionaire superstar wife, having millions of his own money, being a legend, and walk off into the sunset to raise a family.
Kelce will not be back next season. I’m okay with it.
One thing to point out… he’s not really walking away into the sunset. He’s marrying the most famous woman in the world. That makes him one of the most famous people in the world.
He’s walking into the sunlight. It may or may not involve football… but he ain’t going away
We don’t know when they’re getting married. And anything that says differently should be taken with a grain of salt…
Rumours are June 13th
Remember. It’s the most famous woman in the world. And you know how Travis has started to ignore the press… that’s what she does. People just make things up about her.
She likes the number 13. So they guess
Like I said, anything should be taken with a grain of salt..
A month back I would have said yes. No way he's going out with Hadouken as his final QB
He is still productive. I hope he stays. I thinks its bullshit he had to carry this team this year. This was supposed to be his year where he could take a step back. Kinda dumb that we haven't had a young guy there to learn from kelce.
You can thank Rashees dumb ass for that.
Reid knew this was a possibility the entire time, it was his choice to run the offense through rice and then an aging Kelce
Not wrong at all. I’m just so tired of watching this team twiddle their thumbs and hope it works out. Make some fucking changes and think for once. We looked awful this year.
They wanted that to be Rashee Rice
If he stays then they better reduce his fucking snaps during the season
There is absolutely no point for him to be out there wasting his energy in games that aren’t important. He should only be on the field for 3rd downs/ important drives/ or redzone work.
Make him a part time player and it can work
It’s also been a problem with mahomes locking onto him this year. Kelce has been good but he’s not the same dude anymore and mahomes still treats him like he is
Way too many plays designed ONLY for rice or Kelce this year and it really messed up the offense
I'll miss you yeti but it's time. Jason did the same thing and then the Eagles won it. Maybe that will influence him to stay
Idk man i think he got it one more year left in him, but no more. Cant leave ur career on a sour note like that.
Could be even more sour next year.
Scariest part of not having Kelce is even at his current level teams had to game plan for him. I feel like it’s time, and hopefully he retires a Chief, one of the last to play their whole career with one team.
I really don't see him leaving. I don't think he'd want to end his career on a season like this.
Did anyone listen to the most recent episode of Only Weird Games? Nate Taylor talked about Travis and I need to know what he was implying....
I don’t see him retiring yet. He doesn’t want to go out like that and he left the field pretty quickly. He’s still a top 5 TE production-wise this season and I hope he comes back
Bring him back like gronk in a few years lol.
He’s not retiring this year, yall are crazy
Even if he announces his retirement, it doesn't mean he's done. He may retire, miss training camp, the unritire midseason if the Chiefs are doing well, Mahomes is healthy, and he can be a contributer towards another run, like Gronk.
Hope so!