The Chiefs’ entrance workplace is aware of Travis Kelce is chasing Father Time.
With the 35-year-old tight finish making ready for his thirteenth season within the league after a statistically down yr — 823 yards in 2024 in comparison with 984 in 2023, amongst different notable drops — Chiefs normal supervisor Brett Veach advised ESPN that though Kelce is on the again 9, he nonetheless flashes when it issues most.
“We’ve all seen it over the last few years,” Veach stated. “There are periods throughout the season where you’re like, ‘This might be it.’ But when the games are the most important and the lights are the brightest, he finds it somewhere.”
Kelce, embracing an excellent brighter glare of the highlight within the wake of his relationship with Taylor Swift, was on the heart of retirement chatter earlier this yr after a quiet offensive season (three touchdowns versus 5 in 2023).
His 823 yards marked his career-low for a full season.
Then got here Tremendous Bowl 2025, when the defending champion Chiefs flopped on the most important stage in a 40-22 loss to the Eagles.
The Professional Bowl tight finish tallied 4 receptions for 39 yards.
Kelce put retirement rumors to mattress a short while after and has been understanding in Florida this offseason — with the help of Swift, 35.
“The great ones know how to find it,” Veach added of Kelce. “They know where it’s buried, and they know how to access it. And they can’t access it at that age week in and week out, but when they need it, they know how to find it.”
Veach beforehand advised The Put up on the 2025 NFL Mix that Kelce ended the season “fired up,” and the Chiefs imagine he nonetheless “has that fire and desire to play.”
Kelce nonetheless has one yr left on his contract because the Chiefs look to construct out their offense, which has dipped in manufacturing.
Kansas Metropolis averaged 22.7 factors per sport final season (Twelfth-best) and 23.1 factors in 2023 (14th-best), a drop from 29.2 in 2022 (finest within the NFL) and 29.4 in 2021 (fourth-best).
The Chiefs face the rival Chargers in Brazil in Week 1.
