From their historically lopsided loss at Super Bowl LIX, to their failure to reach the postseason for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era, it\u2019s safe to say that the downfall of the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 dynasty has been one of the more dramatic ones in NFL history. Of course, that\u2019s only been amplified by the partial tearing of Mahomes\u2019 ACL and LCL ligaments, as well as the potential retirement of his star tight end, Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n
According to the NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero<\/a>, however, it\u2019s not all bad news for Chiefs fans. \u201cMy understanding is that they\u2019ve already been in contract talks,\u201d Pelissero noted while speaking with Rich Eisen earlier on this Friday.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like this is trending toward Travis coming back and playing for Kansas City, but nothing is done until it\u2019s done. Obviously, Travis has a lot going on in his life outside of football and he has a lot of decisions to make. He may not have the howitzer anymore in terms of the top end speed that he did back in the day, but he\u2019s still a functional NFL tight end.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, that small glimmer of hope was immediately followed by Pelissero reminding fans of the current status of Kelce\u2019s quarterback. The timetable for recovery after having both your ACL and your LCL repaired is anything but brief, prompting Pelissero to explain, in no uncertain terms, that \u201cHe\u2019s going to miss a substantial chunk of time, probably the entire off season, maybe into training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n With Mahomes\u2019 being unavailable for an extended duration, Pelissero suggested that bringing Kelce back will be crucial for the Chiefs in terms of providing their offense with a veteran presence throughout the coming months. Considering that the team also figures to be without its primary wide receiver, Rashee Rice, as a result of his most recent legal troubles, it\u2019s safe to say that a sense of normalcy is very much needed in Kansas City right now.<\/p>\n Of course, the only issue is whether or not Kelce is willing to put his future life as the husband of Taylor Swift on hold for nearly an entire calendar year all for the slim chance of redeeming both himself and the Chiefs. His history as a competitor, as well as Pelissero\u2019s report, suggest that he probably will, but then again, one can never be too sure when it comes to matters of the heart.<\/p>\n The post NFL Insider Weighs in on Travis Kelce Retirement Rumors Amid Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Injury<\/a> appeared first on The SportsRush<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From their historically lopsided loss at Super Bowl LIX, to their failure to reach the postseason for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,118,110,6,499,57,4000,3257,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-766331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kansas-city","10":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-patrick-mahomes","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-rashee-rice","15":"tag-tom-pelissero","16":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116107554907075907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766331","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=766331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}