Rapaport: Kelce undecided about future, may retire after Super Bowl

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Nah. Read up on all the things gronk said about retiring and coming back. He was burnt the **** out. It’s not a matter of not needing football. He needs recharge time even if that means giving him as much time as he needs to get his mind right. Even if that means preseason or early season reps.

From following Gronk as a Patriots fan, he was 100% burnt out and the guy did look a little better in some ways in Tampa once he removed the rust than his last year in New England. Obviously Evans/Godwin/AB much better supporting cast than Edelman and not much else. Burnt out from all of the injuries/hits and IMO burnt out from how Belichick used/abused him and expected him to kind of play hurt as much as possible.

Gronk not nearly as good as Kelce at avoiding hits but he could overly just run over some players. But his playing style led to a lot of contact injuries. On the other hand, Kelce has played even more games/years than Gronk and Gronk has never done what Kelce just did since when the Patriots made 2016 Super Bowl, Gronk didn't even play those playoffs since he was hurt.

The season in the NFL is so long, if I was KC I would give Kelce at least the first 4 weeks off if he needs it at all. Maybe with a "fake injury" if necessary since it is probably important for him to stay in football shape.