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Travis Kelce shared about whether he is planning to retire after the current NFL season ends.
The 36-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end reportedly admitted to reporters that he hasn’t made a final decision on whether this will be his last season. to multiple outlets Friday, November 21st.
Travis explains that he got it from his elder brother Jason’s National Football League Retirementhe said that if he decides to leave, he wants to give the team as much notice as possible to show respect for the Chiefs.
“You know, seeing my brother go through this and seeing … how the league works and the season starting back up in April, I wanted to give the Chiefs a good chance to know if I was going to come back,” he said. “And vice versa. Like, whether they want me back or not, that’s one of the things I want to make a decision on before they get the draft pick and free agency opens up.”
David Calvert/Getty Images Jason Kelce knows how NFL retirement talk goes, and his brother, Travis Kelce, may have already made up his mind. During a recent chat with Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson on “The Steam Room,” Jason, 37, reflected on the experience of being mentored by his older brother before making the decision to leave(…)
He added, “I want to make a decision before they get the draft picks and free agency open to properly fill out the roster… all of that will be at the end of the season. I won’t think about it until then.”
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Jason, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, will retire after the 2023 season.
Travis Kelce.
(Photo by JC Oliveira/Getty Images)The brothers spoke about Jason’s retirement on their “New Heights” podcast in June 2024, with Kelce’s brother admitting he knew it was time to pack his bags.
“That’s when you start to know that whenever it comes, you need to walk away,” Jason said. “(It’s) fighting your body, like, you were once able to do something that you can’t do anymore. That’s when you’re like fighting the body, continuing to recover it. That’s when it starts to get difficult. The bottom line is everybody knows when to do it.”
Travis Kelce won’t be putting his NFL career in the rearview mirror anytime soon. “There’s no reason for me to stop playing football,” Kelce, 34, told reporters at a press conference before the playoffs on Thursday, Jan. 11. On the field, Kelce — a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs — continues to (…)
That same month, Travis insisted at a press conference that he had no immediate plans to retire.
“I’m going to keep doing this until the wheels fall off,” he said at the time. “I can definitely understand that this is the end of the road, not the beginning. I just have to make sure I’m ready to finish playing football as well.”
He added: “I love coming to work every day. Obviously, I know there are opportunities for me outside of football. I think you have to put me in perspective, when I came to this building, I was a little kid.”
Recently, Travis spoke on ESPN about his potential retirement plans Monday night countdown.
“Man, I’m going to be lucky enough to play with these guys year in and year out, man,” Travis said in October. “I do it day after day, year after year. I just love working with these guys.”
