Travis Kelce's Chiefs teammate makes emotional plea for star to play one more year

Travis Kelce walked disconnected the tract astatine Arrowhead Stadium perchance for the last clip arsenic the Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Denver Broncos connected Thursday night.

Retirement rumors person swirled astir Kelce each play long, and based connected looking astatine the choky end’s accumulation coupled with the Chiefs’ grounds this season, it wouldn’t astonishment immoderate NFL instrumentality if helium were to determine to telephone it a career.

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Kansas City Chiefs antiaircraft tackle Chris Jones (95) gestures to the assemblage during the 3rd 4th astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025.  (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

Chris Jones had different ideas.

The prima antiaircraft lineman expressed his anticipation that Kelce would enactment for 1 much season.

"I anticipation not man, dang," Jones told reporters. "We conscionable person been done truthful overmuch unneurotic and Travis has been a pivotal constituent successful this discourtesy for truthful long, and he’s been similar a brother, man. To ticker Trav go, I anticipation this isn’t his past year, I anticipation helium gives it 1 much year. Just 1 more."

Jones appeared to hold for Kelce to locomotion to the locker country together.

He was asked wherefore that infinitesimal was important to him.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) aft the crippled astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

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"I deliberation we conscionable walked done the passageway together, you cognize what I mean? We conscionable walked done the passageway together, talked astir the game," helium said. "You know, we dapped each different up."

Kelce led the squad with 5 catches connected six targets for 36 yards. Three of the 5 catches came connected the last thrust arsenic third-string backmost Chris Oladokun tried to marque magic hap successful the closing seconds.

Despite being 36, Kelce is inactive starring the squad successful receiving this season. He has 73 catches for 839 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He said aft the crippled it didn’t truly transverse his caput that it could person been his last location game.

"No, the lone clip it each crossed my caput (was) arsenic I was driving successful the different time and I saw however overmuch the Powerball was, and I was like, ‘Man, if I could conscionable triumph that. I wouldn’t person to enactment different time successful my life.’ Honestly, I’ve been conscionable focused connected trying to triumph shot games," helium said. "I’ll fto that beryllium a determination that I marque with my family, friends (and) the Chiefs enactment erstwhile the clip comes."

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The Chiefs person 1 much crippled near — Jan. 4 against the Las Vegas Raiders.

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