“You only get a few of those where you just get to stand there and appreciate 60-70,000 Chiefs fans screaming for you,” Kelce noted. “I always embrace that moment. It’s fun. Hopefully I got everybody fired up for it.”
Whether or not it proves to be his final game at Arrowhead, Kelce played like someone fully present. Against one of the league’s top defenses, he led Kansas City with five catches for 36 yards, including two receptions that helped push the offense into scoring range as the clock wound down.
As for his future with the team, Kelce isn’t ready to say. But he’s still ready to joke about it.
“The only time it ever crossed my mind,” he said of his potential retirement, “was [when] I was driving in the other day and I saw how much the Powerball was. I was like, ‘Man, if I could just win that, I wouldn’t have to work another day in my life.’