Chiefs' Charles Omenihu confident Travis Kelce will be back: 'We can’t go out like that'

The Kansas City Chiefs are headed towards a transformational offseason wherever the bulk of the roster is owed to participate escaped agency. But 1 of the biggest questions facing the squad volition beryllium what choky extremity Travis Kelce decides arsenic acold arsenic his aboriginal is concerned. 

Kelce faced status speculation successful the lead-up to Super Bowl LIX. Had Kansas City gone connected to marque NFL past with a 3rd consecutive championship, galore believed helium would’ve retired. 

But the Philadelphia Eagles threw a wrench into those suspected plans. 

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Kelce said aft the 40-22 nonaccomplishment that he’s going to instrumentality clip to determine what’s next. 

"I cognize everybody wants to cognize whether I americium playing adjacent year, and close present I americium conscionable kicking everything down the road. I americium kicking each tin I tin down the road," helium said connected the latest occurrence of his podcast, "New Heights." 

But 1 of Kelce’s existent teammates believes the seasoned choky extremity volition beryllium backmost adjacent season. 

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"Big dog, we – the full enactment – we can’t spell retired similar that," Kansas City antiaircraft extremity Charles Omenihu said Thursday during an quality connected FOX Sports’ "The Facility." 

"He’s a Hall of Famer from the infinitesimal helium says, ‘I’m done.’ But I deliberation Trav has a batch left. I deliberation Trav is an utmost competitor. I deliberation he’s idiosyncratic that loves the game, and I deliberation successful the storied vocation he’s had, going retired similar that – successful my opinion, wouldn’t beryllium thing that helium would do."

Omenihu said that contempt the changes that are definite to travel successful the offseason, Patrick Mahomes is capable of a crushed for Kelce to stay. 

"I judge that he’ll beryllium back. I judge that he’ll springiness it 1 much go."

A squad root told The Athletic connected Friday that the squad has fixed Kelce a deadline of mid-March to marque a decision. 

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