Travis Kelce’s career in the NFL continues.
The Kansas City chiefs’ star confirmed that he would not retire after 12 years in the league.
“I come back, that’s for sure,” said Kelce, 35 eponymous espn show THURSDAY.
“I will try to reach the best form I have been this off -season and come back to the top of the mountain. I have a very bad taste in my mouth with the way I played in this last match and how I prepared the guys for the battle. I can’t go out like that !!!! “”
The announcement comes for weeks after Kelce was short in her quest to win three consecutive super bowls.
Although the tight end won the title in 2023 and 2024, the Eagles of Philadelphia beat the 40-22 chiefs during the Big Game on February 9.
After the “difficult” loss, Kelce teased her retirement plans during an episode of His “New Heights” podcast.
“I know everyone wants to know if I play next year,” he told his brother and co-host, Jason Kelce, who retired from football in March 2024.
“Right now, I’m not kicking on the road. … I do not make any crazy decision, but right now, the greatest thing is to be there for my teammates and to be there for my coaches, understanding that there are a lot in this thing. “”
However, at 35, Travis recognized that the father’s time did not help all the “usors” on his body.
“It is a lot of time spent in the building by focusing on your profession, focusing on the task to be accomplished, with each challenge you have set up for yourself, and this process can be exhausting. He can weigh you, “he said.
The athlete stressed that the all-in-in-mind state of mind can wreak havoc after so many years.
“I think it happens in a way somehow backwards in your career … as you see or do not feel the success you have in the past. Dude is a difficult pill to swallow.
“And then in addition to that, not being there in the greatest moments, knowing that your team is counting on you, guy … It’s just a difficult reality.”
However, the star of “Grotesquerie” said that he finally wanted to do what was best for him and the organization of chefs.
“I owe to my teammates that if I come back, it will be something that is an unreserved decision; I don’t break it halfway, “he said.
“I am fully there for them. I think I can play – whether or not I am motivated and it is the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to assume all this responsibility. »»
Travis was the choice of chiefs in the third round in the 2013 draft and spent his entire career with the Missouri -based team.
The 10 times Pro Bowler won four championships with the franchise, beating more than a dozen records during his mandate.
