Heading into Tremendous Bowl LIX one of many main storylines was whether or not Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce can be again for subsequent season. Whereas the veteran tight finish acknowledged throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX Opening Night time that he would nonetheless be taking part in soccer three years from now, reporting from NFL insiders on the eve of the Tremendous Bowl indicated that the door was open to retirement, and that the end result of the sport may play a think about his choice.
With the Philadelphia Eagles blowing out the Chiefs, that door appeared to open a bit. Some thought the door opened even additional when the podcast Kelce hosts together with his brother Jason introduced a brief hiatus final week.
Nonetheless, Kansas Metropolis is forging forward “anticipating” that Kelce can be again subsequent season. Talking on the NFL Scouting Mix Chiefs common supervisor Brett Veach believes that Kelce nonetheless has that “fireplace,” and that the workforce is happy to get him again and “get going” subsequent season:
Brett Veach on Travis Kelce’s future: He nonetheless has that fireplace and we went into the offseason underneath the belief he’ll be again in 2025 pic.twitter.com/Ptn2OQ1Uxi
— Chase Senior (@Chase_Senior) February 25, 2025
The 2024 season noticed Kelce’s manufacturing dip, because the veteran tight finish caught 97 passes for 823 yards and three touchdowns, numbers that had been down from the 110/1,338/12 marks he posted again through the 2023 season.
Kelce is coming into the final 12 months of his present contract with Kansas Metropolis and is about to make $17.2 million this 12 months, in accordance with Over the Cap.
That will assist anybody rediscover that fireplace, we predict.
