While a threepeat is uncharted territory. The Stoolers did win 4 rings in 5 seasons. Still a few more records to own before tapping out IMO. Get those last couple Rice records, help try for 4 in a row. One last hurrah!

They actually won 4 of 6. They had a gap of two years in between and won 9, 10, 13 and 14.

Travis supposedly in tears last night while giving a speech to the team…this could be it

We all kinda' knew this might happen.

We're winning this game. Perhaps by a large margin....

Glad I’m not the only one.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m told just like last year Travis Kelce was moved to tears during his speech to the team last night at the team hotel. He’s an emotional person, and some in the organization don’t want to admit it, but they do believe this could be his final game. ��*♂️ He hasn’t said anything one…</p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1888676293215969702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like KC is gonna need to win the whole thing while ensuring Kelce gets 207 yards and 3 TDs.

He was moved to tears… just like last year. I still just don’t see it. I don’t know how a guy moves from looking forward to 3 years of football to overnight calling it. He just doesn’t strike me as a guy who makes this kind of call within a week.

I think he knows his time left in the game is short and that his best days are starting to slip away. That’s good reason to feel emotional. And it isn’t bad fuel for him and the team for this game.

Just a few days ago he said he sees himself being a Chief in 3 years. I hate this stupid shit. He cried last year too. The dudes emotional. That doesn't mean he's retiring.

💯

This is based on nothing more than he's getting up in age and one of these times they'll be right about him retiring.

No one wants to admit it, so how the **** does James Palmer know what they're thinking?

He sure looked like he was saving himself for the playoffs this year. Perhaps he does come back. I wouldn't expect a more productive season than this year though.

Imagine how much money travis could bank outside of football

At this point all that's left for him is to break the playoff records of Rice. Not much that he does during the regular season will move the needle.

I don’t know what he’s going to do.

But you can’t put any stock into what he said to the media this week. If he was retiring, there’s no way he would even indicate he was considering it before the game and create that story.

I think once he does it’ll be a sudden announcement.

Initially yes, but playing football is what keeps him relevant to be able to make that bank.

This was true before New Heights went to the top of the podcast charts and he began dating the most famous woman in the world.

It’s not true anymore.

Dating Taylor would get him endless TMZ money in retirement sure. No one is putting him in commercials just because he is the boyfriend of Taylor though.

The commercial money etc would require him to stay tied to the game, e.g. becoming an analyst like Jason has done. I can't see Travis going that route.

He's got movie deals lined up. El Travador will be just fine...

another 90 balls? Sure, that'll work.

Any prop bets on which CP member will shit on the D first after they get their first down.

Jason Kelce disagrees.

No way he goes out like this. Right?

Tay-Tay writing her break up song at half time.

Maybe this will motivate him to lose the beer gut and get his ass back into shape for next season.

Kelce isn’t out of shape at this point of the season. Jfc. He’s 35 years old with lots of mileage.

Riddance

It looks like he's made his decision

at this point just retire.

He looked fat all year (by NFL standards).

I don’t blame him for not being motivated anymore. He has nothing left to prove.

But yeah, it’s time.

He may as well walk. No team goes back the next year.

New England did after they lost to the Eagles

No they didn't

Kelce is a shadow of his former self, he just looks so slow, also his eyes/hand coordination isn't there, way too many drops, but he had a great career

Unfortunately team may be better served if he retires. That's not an insignificant amount of cap and he's declining year to year

I was hoping the Ravens would cut Andrews like their fans wanted, but that's wishful thinking. He's only 29.

He's a choker. **** that.

The Pats lost to the Eagles in 2017, then went back to and won the Super Bowl in 2018

The Pats made 3 straight SBs, won in 16, lost in 17, won in 18

Better than Gray though. If Kelce retires and he's available, he'd be a good replacement. 29 is young for a TE.

Fine. One team since the early 90's went back. The point is he's not good enough anymore. He is worn down and it really showed tonight.

You can be 35 and in shape.

I’m OK with whatever he decides to do.

At this point he’s probably not entirely worth the cap space he’s taking. I also wonder if having a declining Kelce as Mahomes’ security blanket isn’t hurting more than helping.

At the same time, he’s Travis ****ing Kelce. He’s built up enough goodwill with me that he could hang on for another couple years as a shadow of himself and I still can’t bitch about it.

Ric Flair was 35 in 1984.

Kelce has many years remaining.

He's got a great career already starting outside of football. He has nothing left to prove. I would not blame him one bit if he called it a career.

It’s probably hard to walk away after losing a Super Bowl.

Jason Kelce couldn’t do it.

That said, if he isn’t all in then I hope he calls it a career.

If he comes back, he needs to dedicate himself this offseason and get back into much better shape than he was this season. Being 35 doesn’t excuse his FUPA.

I won’t blame him either way, but he needs to decide if he’s all in.

If not, it’s been a hell of a career and it was an absolute honor to watch him play for my favorite team.

I think TK will/should wait to see what Andy and Veach do with the O-Line, and what year they're looking at being a dominant O again. Let's face it, next year is going to be tough because of our schedule, add to it that we prolly won't get so many "WOW, we pulled that win out of our ass" wins, so if we somehow find one-year talent to give PMII some time to find our "stretch the D" WRs next year, we might suffer anyway. So Travis needs to make his decision based on their actions, not words.

If I were kelce I'd just bang tswift for a couple kids and call it a career... But if he wants to make a comeback from one of the worst games of his career, I'm rooting for him to fix it.

He doesn't want to walk out with that taste in his mouth. Even TayTay's vajay won't get the taste of this embarrassment out of his mouth.

If Kelce wants to return he takes a pay cut to reduce his cap # and gives a commitment to the team that he’ll dedicate this offseason to ensuring he’s in optimal condition entering next season.

Football is his #1 priority if he wants to return.

I know exactly what you mean. We all want Kelce to stick around, or at least most of us do, but what we really want is prime Kelce. OTOH, if he retires we save $15-20 million on the cap and don't necessarily lose all that much production.

All things considered, I think Kelce contributes a lot more to the team than just the numbers we see in the box score. I hope he plays another year.

This is where I'm at, too. He seemed fairly disinterested today, nowhere near the fire we're used to seeing, feels like he's lost some of the passion for the game. The team might be best served moving on, but Trav has earned a lot of leeway - probably my all time favorite Chief. I'll be sad when the time comes, and it certainly feels near, but I'd never begrudge him wanting to keep playing.

People acting like a high mileage 35 should be performing like he’s 25. Like there isn’t any major difference. Most in shape 35 year olds are barely hanging onto a roster. It’s a cheap insult that he doesn’t have work ethic or is too lazy at this point to try. He is 35. His production is miles better than you would expect for a player his age. His production probably has a lot more to do with age which is unavoidable than conditioning (which is an accusation)

Bye

He has to go

Whatever Travis decides, it's been great having him here playing for the Chiefs. Age is the unbeaten opponent. If he and Taylor want to start a family, they are going to start pretty soon. Her eggs aren't getting any fresher.

I’m not trying to bag on the guy, we all love him.

But we also don’t have to lie to ourselves and deny what is obvious to our eyes.

He had noticeable fat rolls and love handles hanging over his belt all season. The dude clearly is not in peak physical condition regardless of his age.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable, if he decides to return, to expect him to commit to making sure his fitness and conditioning is better next year than it was this year.

If he won’t do that then he’ll continue to steeply decline and he would be better off just walking away now.

We all love the guy but let’s call a spade a spade here.

I agree. This has gone as far as it's going.

He went hollywood and it's over. It's just over. Taylor should write a song.

man looking back at the highlights in the game and i really hate to say this... he looked shot.

if he wants to return he can - but an insanely reduced figure because otherwise it is hurting this team to keep him here at his current cap figure.

so many whiffed blocks and just so unbelievably slow at the get off. really shocked at what i saw.

Yeah he's definitely not worth the 17 mil or whatever his cap hit is this year

Yep. He was a massive liability last night. Incredibly painful to watch.

Yep. Kelce and Gronk are the same age and Gronk’s been retired for like four years now.

Been a great run, but he needs to hang it up. We need that cap room.

Time or reinvent this offense around Worthy, Rice and a dynamic RB.

Non-factor against Buff. No man lands in the SB. OL was the big problem, but the guy is 36. 2 mil dead cap if cut. 19 mil hit of kept. He needs to understand that it's time.

Kelce looked his age last night and for good stretches this season but I'm not about to bag on the guy. I don't think he's out of shape, he's just reached that point where guys slow way down. I think he could give another solid year around 700-800 yards but is he up to another grind? His body has taken a good beating.

He'd be an absolutely fantastic 3rd option behind the Rice/Worthy duo but that unfortunately isn't worth nearly 20 million. If he's back it is what it is but we could really use that money to allocate elsewhere.

That isn't worth 19 million.

Worth it or not, are you really going to cut him if he decides he wants to play one more year? He's till better than 90% of the TEs in the league.

Oh, absolutely not. You can't cut him. The decision is his alone.

Yeah You can't cut the greatest tight end of all time. He's been severely underpaid all these years as basically wr 1. He wants to collect checks and play limited snaps, I can't even be mad.

Love him; he’s a three-time SB champion, HOF TE and an obvious Ring of Honor inductee who owns numerous records. No one on the Chiefs will wear #87 again and he is royalty in this city.


But it’s over. He is not a serious threat any longer and he’s not getting back to his old self; once you go physically soft as a player- you don’t get hard again. I hope he makes the right decision and hangs it up.

Pruning helps trees grow, and his retirement will hurt in the short term- but will force the offense to develop new plays and players, and broaden Mahomes’ vision.

Yep, dude is simply not worth the cap hit anymore. He's not inspiring anyone either, that much is clear.

If he doesn't hang it up, the Chiefs need to add some void years to his deal and just be willing to kick the can down the road to lower his cap hit, because you're not winning shit with him taking up ~$20 million of your cap for 5 catches and 35 yards a game.

I personally would like to thank him for the many many years of being awesome, but I agree that at this point he has a tough decision to make. I support him either way, but if he stays "for the love of the game" I pray he loves the game enough to restructure his contract to allow for the team to fix all the things that made last night what it was.

Dream scenario: Taylor pays millions to pay for anti aging treatments for her boyfriend. Stem cells, cyborg implants etc. He plays for three more years and we get the three peat.

Sorry I meant to thumbs up

Jared Allen and Travis would have make a great dynamic duo had their paths intercepted.

Travis has been domesticated and it's not hard to see to an observing eye.

He was underpaid for a long time which helped Veach spend more on other areas of the roster. I'm cool with him coming back one more year and getting the $20 million even if he be more of a role player.

Kelce dropped the pass early on yesterday that he caught in the AFCCG against the Ravens.

Both tough catches, both in traffic, and against the Ravens, it converted a fourth down that led to us getting a critical 7-0 lead.

Last year, his regular season production was down but he turned it on when we got deep in the playoffs. That didn’t happen this year. If he comes back, my hope it would be that he’d come back sharp and do one last victory lap before going into the sunset.

jason kelce probably regrets retiring...bet he convinces trav to come back in shape

He can do whatever he wants and I'll be happy. Just saying if he retires I hope he makes his final decision before free agency begins. We have some big decisions to make and I believe he's the highest paid TE in the league.

They need to make him understand and cut and save the money. That's best for the team.