{"id":661388,"date":"2026-01-07T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661388\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:08:30","slug":"travis-kelce-says-chiefs-know-where-i-stand-with-retirement-potentially-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661388\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce says Chiefs \u2018know where I stand\u2019 with retirement potentially looming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travis Kelce said he and the Chiefs are on the same page about his future \u2014 \u201cat least right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the latest installment of the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast<\/a> Wednesday, the three-time Super Bowl champion tight end explained that he spoke with the team about his playing future and revealed his offseason plans as he contemplates retirement after Kansas City was eliminated from the playoff race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve talked to a few people in the facility already, you know, having the exit meetings and they know where I stand at least right now,\u201d Kelce, 36, said.<\/p>\n

\"KansasKansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce heads off the field following an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, January 4, 2026, in Las Vegas. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of love for the game that\u2019s still there and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever lose that. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s a tough thing to navigate, but at the same time, I think if my body can heal up and rest up and I can feel content that I can go out there and give it another run, I think I would do it in a heartbeat. So I think right now it\u2019s just finding that answer \u2026 when it all settles down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelce, whose Chiefs finished the season at 6-11, shared that he\u2019ll spend some time being \u201chuman\u201d with his friends and family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put my feet up and I just be a human because I\u2019ve been putting my body through the wringer for the love of it. I do enjoy playing football and the physical aspect of it. There is something about feeling the wear and tear of the football season \u2026 Just being a regular human for a couple weeks, maybe a month or so, and try and figure out what I\u2019m going to do next in terms of my future in football.<\/p>\n

Kelce and his fianc\u00e9e, Taylor Swift<\/a>, are reportedly set to tie the knot sometime this summer after announcing their engagement in August. <\/p>\n

Kelce\u2019s older brother, retired Eagles center Jason Kelce, asked him to share a closing statement on Wednesday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\"KansasChiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) catches a pass as Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Devin White (45) and safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. (32) defend during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, January 4, 2026, in Las Vegas. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough season,\u201d Travis said. \u201cObviously, it ended even worse because my guy 1-5 [Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes] went down [with a season-ending torn ACL in a loss to the Chargers in Week 15].<\/p>\n

\u201cWe finished the season with a lot of our guys banged up \u2026 It\u2019s a tough way to go out, especially with the amount of success and the standard you hold yourself and your team to. You try to look back and learn from it and try to figure out where it went wrong or how you could\u2019ve been better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a s\u2014-y feeling and a s\u2014-y way to try and navigate one of the things you love the most to do, playing football. I appreciate everyone that was out there giving it all \u2026 made it as good as we could\u2019ve going into the last week and the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelce added that he feels embarrassed about not making the playoffs for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of an embarrassing feeling, but you kind of keep it moving. But I\u2019m still a fan of the game and love the game, so I\u2019ll be tuned into the playoffs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet to be around friends and family in January instead of figuring out how to win in the playoffs.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kelce potentially played his final game on Jan. 4, a road loss to the Raiders in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce said he and the Chiefs are on the same page about his future \u2014 \u201cat least…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,9,203,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-661388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-media","17":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115854449439937975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661388","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=661388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}