{"id":657230,"date":"2026-01-06T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/657230\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:09","slug":"did-travis-kelce-retire-from-nfl-chiefs-after-week-18-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/657230\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Travis Kelce Retire From NFL, Chiefs After Week 18 Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Travis Kelce exited the field solemnly on Sunday night in Las Vegas after the Kansas City Chiefs fell for the final time this NFL season, there was one question on every fan, pundit, and probably even player\u2019s mind:<\/p>\n

Was that the last game Travis Kelce ever played?<\/p>\n

Is his career over?<\/p>\n

Has Travis Kelce retired?<\/p>\n

On Monday, we have somewhat of an answer, albeit one many fans might not have wanted to hear.<\/p>\n

Following the team\u2019s game, Kelce shuffled into the locker room and was faced with questions from the media about his future plans with the Chiefs and if he had already decided on his future.<\/p>\n

Kelce admitted that after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss last year, he instantly knew he would be back with the Chiefs the next season. He wasn\u2019t going to let his career end that way, and he was motivated that night to return to play with the only franchise he\u2019s ever known.<\/p>\n

After the Raiders<\/a>‘ loss, however, he was much more split. He explained that he doesn\u2019t know at the moment when he will decide what he will do for the rest of the year regarding football.<\/p>\n

One of the most successful players on and off the field, Kelce is scheduled to marry his partner, world pop star Taylor Swift, this coming June in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

He also hosts one of the most popular podcasts in North America, \u201cNew Heights\u201d with his brother, retired NFL lineman and fellow Super Bowl champion Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n

Even Travis\u2019 mother, Donna, is set to make her big television debut in only a few days on \u201cThe Traitors,\u201d a competitive reality show produced by NBC on Peacock.<\/p>\n

We will keep you updated on Kelce\u2019s decision on whether he will play his 14th season in the NFL or if Sunday was his last dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Travis Kelce exited the field solemnly on Sunday night in Las Vegas after the Kansas City Chiefs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[821,247,265,822,4485,4486,441,7,20842,8484,4202,2016,523,1744,393,820,830,248,267,246,88,6,35196,1966,245,264,525,9,266,3392,2355,4205,2015,500,776,524],"class_list":["post-657230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-affiliate","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-arts","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-hub","tag-jason","tag-jason-kelce","tag-kelce","tag-las","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-national","tag-national-sports","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-nv","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-raiders","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-swift","tag-taylor","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis","tag-travis-kelce","tag-u0026","tag-vegas"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115845397712380771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}