Is he prepared for it?
Travis Kelce revealed his girlfriend Taylor Swift has been encouraging him to proceed exhibiting up and exhibiting out on the sphere as he clarified her stance on his potential retirement from the NFL.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 35, was requested in regards to the 14-time Grammy winner’s ideas on his profession as he nears the top of his twelfth season throughout Wednesday’s episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show.”
“She’s fully encouraging me to enjoy playing this game,” Kelce stated.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champ added that the “Fortnight” hitmaker “loves coming” to his video games, and enjoys “cheering” for him at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo.
“I got all the support in the world to keep chasing these dreams,” he stated.
Swift attended 13 Chiefs video games in the course of the 2023 season after her relationship with the athlete turned public.
The “Cruel Summer” singer was no stranger to Arrowhead Stadium in 2024, having attended a number of Chiefs dwelling video games with family and friends this season.
Kelce briefly touched on how he feels about retirement, saying his opinion on hanging up his cleats for good “changes every single day.”
“I love everything that I’m doing … but at the end of the day, I’m not having that extreme success on the field,” Kelce stated in regards to the Chiefs’ present season.
“I’m excited for these next couple of games … to finish this season off. I’ll reevaluate it like I always do [and] I’ll probably tell myself how much I love this thing and I’ll come back next year.”
“It’s just something that you have to keep into perspective and I never want to get to the point where I’m not helping this team win or I’m hurting this team more than I’m helping this team,” he added.
The “New Heights” podcaster stated followers can count on to see him “in Chiefs uniform” so long as he’s taking part in “good football.”
Talking in September, Kelce stated he was “struggling in terms of stats,” nonetheless admitted that his crew nonetheless managed to search out “ways to win games.”
“We’re not playing our best football,” Kelce stated on the time, including that he has “not really [received] a lot of opportunities” to make performs.
Kelce caught three touchdowns in 2024 — falling one shy of final yr’s mark and tallied 823 yards. He recorded 984 yards final season.
Nonetheless, the Chiefs have been chugging alongside and now boast a 15-2 document.
They clinched a bye throughout final week’s Wild Card spherical and are set to face the Houston Texans on Saturday.
Kelce’s crew, which is chasing its third straight Tremendous Bowl win, topped Houston in Week 16 of the common season, 27-19.
The Texans defeated the Chargers final week of their wild-card conflict, 32-12.
The winner of Saturday’s Chiefs-Texans matchup will face the winner of Ravens-Payments, which will get underway Sunday night time.
Swift, for her half, is having fun with some much-deserved downtime following the conclusion of her sold-out Eras Tour in December.
