Travis Kelce but admitted this week that he is contemplating to retire after 12 seasons from the NFL. Apparently, Kansas City bosses do not want to wait long.
The closed star wing has just played in his third consecutive Super Bowl and, at age 35, he does not have much to achieve in what will surely be a race in the Hall of Fame.
Well, according to the reports, the Chiefs have given a soft deadline of “around March 14” to make their decision, according to athletics.
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The closed wing of Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce (87) reacts in the field after losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Lix in Caesars Superdome. (Mark J. Rebila-Imagn images)
The date makes sense, since it is two days after the free agency officially begins, but possibly, what is more important, its bonus of the $ 11.5 million list must be presented the next day.
A NFL.com report on the eve of the Super Bowl said that Kelce was expected to take time after the Super Bowl, consider his future and make a decision before the free agency. ”
In the last episode of his “New Heights” podcast, he is coanfrerion with his future brother of the Jason Hall, he said he is “kicking every can that can on the road.”
“I am not making crazy decisions, but at this time the most important thing is to be there for my teammates and be there for my coaches, understanding that there are many things in this. I have been fortunate in the last five, six years, I have played More football than anyone, “Kelce said. “The fact that we continue to go to these AFC and Super Bowls championships, that means that I am playing three additional games more than everyone else throughout the League. That is a lot of wear on your body.”
The closed wing of the Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce (87), takes the field before the Super Bowl Lix against the Philadelphia Eagles in Caesars Superdome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
“It’s a long time in the building … that process can be exhausting. You can weigh on you. You can make you better and can go crazy,” he added. “At this time, it was one of those things in which I was driving myself crazy this year. It happens as you advance towards the nine of your career.”
With the success of the Chiefs in the last eight seasons, Kelce has He played 25 playoff games, adding almost a season and a half of games to the 175 regular seasonal games he has played in his career.
Kelce’s apparent lack of effort in the Super Bowl have become viral, with fans thinking that he is well reviewed.
Among the wings closed in the history of the NFL, Kelce occupies the third place in catches (1,004) and Yardas (12,151) and fifth in TouchDowns (77). That comes in spite of 11 wings closed, including those that have been ahead in those previous categories, playing more games than him. As a reference, Tony González, who leads the captures and yards, played in 270 games, 95 more than Kelce.
The closed wing of Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce (87) reacts outside the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Lix in Caesars Superdome. (Mark J. Rebila-Imagn images)
However, it is clear that he is no longer his one of his own. This season he scored the first time since 2015 in which Kelce played in at least 16 games and failed to reach the 1,000 -yard mark. He also scored only three touchdowns in the regular season, the lowest brand of his career outside his rookie season of a game, where he did not take an offensive click before undergoing knee surgery.
If the Super Bowl Lix was the last time the fans saw Kelce in the field, it is certainly the end of a legendary career. Kelce has made 10 Pro Bowls and it was a first or second team all-re-team seven times.
