Travis Kelce addresses retirement question once more after playing potential final Chiefs home game

Kansas City Chiefs fans are usually amped for a playoff tally arsenic the regular play comes to a close, but Christmas nighttime astatine Arrowhead Stadium didn’t person those implications arsenic they won’t beryllium making the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2014.

Yet, it was an affectional nighttime arsenic a cornerstone of the franchise possibly played his last location game.

Tight extremity Travis Kelce walked disconnected the writer connected GEHA Field pursuing the 20-13 nonaccomplishment with 1 of those familiar, take-it-all-in moments that veterans who mightiness beryllium calling it quits connected their storied vocation do. He high-fived fans arsenic helium walked to the passageway and apt heard a clump of kudos, appreciation and axenic admiration contempt the effect of the game.

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Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs is introduced anterior to the crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Eric Thomas/Getty Images)

Kelce, who finished with 5 catches for 36 yards arsenic third-string backmost Chris Oladokun played owed to aggregate genu injuries for Patrick Mahomes and Gardner Minshew, is expected to denote his intentions, if any, to play successful 2026.

Retirement has ever been successful the cards, and he’s admitted that helium would fto the Chiefs cognize his intentions earlier the caller league twelvemonth begins successful March.

"A full batch of emotions," Kelce said astatine the podium during a post-game property conference, per ESPN. "You’ve got everybody successful the satellite watching you. You get to spell retired determination with the young guys connected prime-time television. Young guys getting an accidental to sensation what this NFL beingness is like."

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Of course, reporters had to travel up connected what Kelce mightiness bash with his career.

"I’ll fto that beryllium a determination I’ll marque with my family, friends, the Chiefs enactment erstwhile the clip comes," helium replied.

Kelce was introduced earlier the crippled on with the remainder of his violative teammates, and the Arrowhead Stadium assemblage erupted, knowing the circumstances of what they were perchance witnessing.

It’s those moments since the precise opening of his career, which present has 3 Super Bowl rings connected the support on with a apt travel to Canton, Ohio, successful the Pro Football Hall of Fame, that Kelce ne'er takes for granted.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) celebrates aft catching a tally during the archetypal 4th astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

"You lone get a fewer of those wherever you get to basal determination and admit [60,000], 70,000 Chiefs fans cheering for you," helium explained. "I ever clasp that moment.

"You consciousness the generations of happiness and the emotion that [the fans] have. It’s a beauteous thing, man."

Kelce’s fiancee, euphony megastar Taylor Swift, was contiguous to ticker her aboriginal hubby successful his constituent successful Kansas City for what could beryllium the last time.

Before their narration took the satellite by storm, Kelce’s stardom rapidly roseate connected that field, catching 645 passes during Chiefs location games, including galore playoff bouts connected their mode to Vince Lombardi trophies.

The Chiefs volition extremity the 2025 season, a disappointing 1 by their standards, connected the roadworthy against the Las Vegas Raiders, wherever determination is simply a question whether Kelce volition adjacent play. He does request conscionable 10 yards to deed 13,000 for his career.

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If helium doesn’t play, Kelce would decorativeness with 839 yards and 5 touchdowns connected 73 catches successful 16 games. And past fans volition commencement to look astatine what his last vocation stats could perchance be, including the second-most receiving yards by a choky extremity successful league past astatine 12,990.

But it’s presently each conscionable potential. Kelce knows a determination indispensable beryllium made, but it volition beryllium connected his clip arsenic helium sits done the pros and cons of playing successful what would beryllium his 14th NFL season.

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