Fox Sports activities host Colin Cowherd desires Travis Kelce and the Chiefs to tear the Band-aid off and go their separate methods.
Kelce mentioned Wednesday he’s mulling retirement because the offseason begins following a disappointing finish to the season, together with a no-show efficiency towards the Eagles in a 40-22 Tremendous Bowl 2025 blowout.
“[The Chiefs] have a really good GM and they draft well,” Cowherd defined on his Fox Sports activities present, “The Herd.”
“This is the perfect time for a clean break. He’s got tons of money, lots of options. I think one of the mistakes basketball [and] football teams do is they cling to the end. It’s time for a clean break. He’s expensive, he’s a tight end, this is a good tight end draft, if they were gonna move up and be aggressive outside of left tackle, it’d be for [a] tight end.”
Kelce’s brother Jason, who retired final 12 months on the age of 36, is now an analyst for ESPN and the 2 brothers have a profitable podcast, “New Heights.”
Kelce absolutely has different choices accessible to him on TV and different types of media, however he’d additionally have to be comfy giving up his $11.5 million roster bonus due March 14, mixed along with his $19 million wage for the 2025 season.
Sometimes, gamers retire originally of the brand new league 12 months, so if Kelce decides to hold it up, he’ll in all probability must make it identified by March 12.
“I know everybody wants to know whether I am playing next year and right now I am just kicking everything down the road. I am kicking every can I can down the road,” the three-time Tremendous Bowl champ mentioned on “New Heights” in an episode launched Wednesday.
“I am not making any crazy decisions, but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches understanding there’s a lot that goes into this thing.”
Cowherd identified that Kelce is pricey, declining and maybe distracted by his popular culture superstar because of girlfriend Taylor Swift.
“He’s been their No. 1 target [for the] last three or four years and he’s just a very important person,” Cowherd mentioned. “He blocks, he’s robust, the physicality, the temperament, however it might be time to stop.
“You start looking at Travis Kelce over the last seven years; he’s played another season of NFL football for playoff games, and we ask our tight ends to block often the best athlete on the other side of the field.”
Kelce beforehand that he would take his time making the choice on whether or not he would return to the Chiefs in 2025 and that his motivation to play is the most important a part of the pondering course of.
“I think I can play. It’s just whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility,” Kelce mentioned.
Kelce is coming off arguably his worst season, bringing in 97 receptions for 823 yards and three touchdowns, whereas posting back-to-back playoff duds towards the Payments and Eagles.
He’s the Chiefs’ all-time chief in receiving yards (12,151) and touchdowns (77).
