Kelce is a cranky old man now, so no biggie

"This has been the hardest year of my life"..

That's what Kelce said to his mom after the superbowl. It could be that last year was all he had left. Or it could be that the injuries he picked up early this season are bigger than we thought. Either way things are different with him right now.

Seriously, he seems to have one foot out the door. The weekly New Heights podcast, the TS stuff, seems like he’s setting up a post-career path. And I don’t blame him.

IIRC in that WSJ profile he talked about thinking about retirement, and Tim Grunhard said when you’re thinking about retirement, you’re already there.

Maybe he’ll will himself to another season, but it wouldn’t shock me if he hangs it up.

At least he cares. He should be frustrated. I like it.

Kelce has been banged up all year and is frustrated. I'm hoping he will want to play one more year if not more.

He's trying to do "two things at once." Not working.

Yep. He lacks the explosiveness that he had in the past. We just do not have any playmakers. No one who scares teams. No one even if a bad play is called can bail out the offense. No one who can over come a stupid penalty.

Travis has effectively played an entire extra season since the beginning of the Mahomes era. Pat has also, of course. That's at least one less month to rest/recover every offseason for those two, plus Nnadi and CJ. Maybe one or two others?


And Travis is 34. And we've seen him kind of slow down every season for the last two or three seasons around Week 14 or so already.


Bottom line, he's not a spring chicken anymore. Management should've been planning for this for a couple years now, and they didn't. So here we are.

I wonder if he gets to another 1000 yard season. Sitting on 924 now. Week 18 might not matter so perhaps he gets rest. Right now 76 yards seems like a bit of a tall order.


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I'm fine with him sitting week 18. We need him as fresh as possible for the playoffs

Kelce will be a lot better when they fix this WR group next season. I still think he's a great TE but he can't do it alone anymore with the age and injuries. I really hope kelce gives us another great playoff run

Those are last weeks stats. After today he is at 968 per NFL.com.

Reid will let him play to get 1k.

Still my favorite player for the Chiefs. I have an unhealthy love for the guy.

As soon as we clinch, Travis needs to be put on ice until the playoffs. Hes as important as Mahomes is and he's much more injury prone at his position and age.