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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes answered questions astir choky extremity Travis Kelce perchance retiring aft this play during an interrogation connected 96.5 The Fan connected Tuesday.
Mahomes claimed helium hasn't had immoderate discussions whether the choky extremity plans to retire, but acknowledged that if helium does, past Mahomes wants the squad to nonstop him retired connected a precocious note.
"I person nary idea. He hasn’t said thing to maine if he’s reasoning that," Mahomes said, aboriginal adding, "If it is his past game, let’s spell retired determination and get him a win. If it’s not his past game, let’s spell retired and get him a triumph anyway."
Mahomes besides brought up the information that Kelce is presently nether declaration done the extremity of adjacent season, but that the choky extremity besides has a manner that helium whitethorn bask successful retirement.
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"I cognize helium signed a two-year hold earlier the season. It seems similar helium inactive loves football. But helium besides has a large life, arsenic well," Mahomes said.
Kelce signed a $34.25 million contract backmost successful April, aft immoderate speculation that the 2023 play would beryllium his last.
Kelce has been Mahomes' favourite people since the backmost took implicit arsenic the full-time starter successful 2018. The duo has won 3 Super Bowls together, and is presently connected a ngo to triumph a 4th and go the archetypal squad successful NFL past to triumph 3 successful a row.
Mahomes and Kelce person besides helped marque the Chiefs 1 of the astir fashionable franchises successful each of sports successful caller years, arsenic Kelce's narration with Taylor Swift has grown the team's instrumentality basal by ample margins among women.
"Either way, I conscionable admit each clip I measurement onto the tract with that feline knowing that he’s a existent fable of not lone the Chiefs, but of the NFL," Mahomes said.
Kelce himself opened up connected the anticipation of retiring aft this play during an interrogation connected "The Stephen A. Smith Show" connected Jan. 15.
"I emotion everything that I'm doing successful this building, but astatine the extremity of the time I'm not having that utmost occurrence connected the tract arsenic I person individually," Kelce said.
"I'll re-evaluate it similar I ever do, and I'll astir apt archer myself however overmuch I emotion this thing, and I'll travel backmost adjacent year. I inactive emotion coming into the gathering each day. Does it get hard? Yeah, but I'm not doing it for the stats. I'm doing it for the greatness, the bequest that we've created present successful Kansas City," helium added "I can't fathom what it would consciousness similar conscionable being capable to accidental I'm satisfied due to the fact that I'm inactive bare to spell and get thing close now."
After the Chiefs' astir caller playoff triumph against the Houston Texans past Saturday, Kelce sent a cryptic connection connected societal media that fueled further speculation that the extremity of his vocation is near.
"Playoff shot is the astir meaningful shot that you'll ever play successful your life," helium said successful a video posted to the Chiefs’ Instagram account. "I cherish each azygous play, man. I truly do. When you're successful it, you're ever trying to strive for greatness.
"Being greater than what you are. You know, evidently there's a historical tally and thing that we tin execute that nary different squad has ever achieved. You know, that fuels you."
At 35 years old, Kelce finished the 2024 regular play with 97 catches for 823 yards and 3 touchdowns successful 16 games, and didn't miss a azygous crippled owed to injury.
Kelce has besides said he has support from Swift to support playing if helium wants to.
The Chiefs volition look the Buffalo Bills successful the AFC Championship crippled connected Sunday for the close to beforehand to the Super Bowl.
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