Travis Kelce could call it quits if Chiefs pull off three-peat, ESPN star says

Former NFL backmost and existent ESPN shot expert Dan Orlovsky offered his thoughts astir whether Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce could discontinue sooner alternatively than later.

Kelce, 35, precocious wrapped up his 12th play successful the league. He finished the regular play with 823 receiving yards, which marked the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth the prima choky extremity did not scope the 1,000-yard receiving mark. 

While Kelce did person Pro Bowl honors for a tenth consecutive twelvemonth and remains a productive player, helium is surely person to the extremity of his shot vocation than helium is to the beginning. All of this comes arsenic the Chiefs prosecute an unprecedented 3rd consecutive Super Bowl championship. Should the Chiefs yet hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy adjacent month, Orlovsky believes that calling it quits could go "a precise existent thing" for the seven-time All-Pro.

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"Kelce is afloat susceptible of being the difference-maker. I deliberation he’s got 1 large tally left," Orlovsky said connected ESPN's long-running daytime programme "First Take."

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"I deliberation if helium goes and has that vintage Kelce performance, which I fully, one, deliberation he’s susceptible of, and two, volition do, and they spell connected and three-peat, I deliberation status becomes a precise existent happening for Travis Kelce.

"There would beryllium thing other to accomplish. He’d beryllium arguably the top choky extremity of each time. He would beryllium the choky extremity that was portion of [Chiefs] lone three-peat successful the past of the NFL. He’s evidently aboriginal successful his career. I don’t deliberation determination would beryllium thing left. And I deliberation he’s got one, elite, great, difference-maker, vintage, ‘Oh my Gosh, helium did it again’ tally near successful him."

Kelce has contended with questions astir erstwhile helium volition determine to bring his NFL vocation to a close. During a caller quality connected "The Stephen A. Smith Show," helium admitted that his thoughts connected status thin to fluctuate, but helium plans to "re-evaluate" things erstwhile helium heads into the offseason.

"I emotion everything that I’m doing … but astatine the extremity of the day, I’m not having that utmost occurrence connected the field," Kelce said. "I’m excited for these adjacent mates of games … to decorativeness this play off. 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."

The NFL seasoned added that popular prima Taylor Swift continues to connection her afloat enactment arsenic it relates to his playing career. "She’s afloat encouraging maine to bask playing this game," Kelce told Smith.

"I got each the enactment successful the satellite to support chasing these dreams," the three-time Super Bowl victor said, earlier noting that the "Anti-Hero" vocalist "loves coming" to games to ticker him and the Chiefs play.

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