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

[Sassy Squatch]

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.

[irafreak]

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.

[Cheater5]

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.

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by Cheater5

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.

[Zap Rowsdower]

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.

[GloryDayz]

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.

[ping2000]

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.

[Otter]

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.

[Chiefspants]

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.

[Hammock Parties]

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

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

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

I've never hear Jason say he regrets retiring.

Travis has a brother that retired after a SB loss. Its a good assumption Jason's opinion will matter a lot.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I've never hear Jason say he regrets retiring.

Travis has a brother that retired after a SB loss. Its a good assumption Jason's opinion will matter a lot.

Who is the brother that retired after a SB loss?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I've never hear Jason say he regrets retiring.

Travis has a brother that retired after a SB loss. Its a good assumption Jason's opinion will matter a lot.

Jason considered retiring before his final season. Heavily. You can hear it in his voice he still loved playing. I also don’t think he regrets at all playing one more year especially with the chance to drink in every moment like every situation could be the last. You can hear it in his voice toward the end that he was done which made his final decision easy.

I don’t think Travis has had any of that. He went from ecstatic to lukewarm overnight. The decision feels a little impulsive. I imagine he will tell Travis to give it one more year but declare that it will be the last ride.

[ThyKingdomCome15]

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.

[Red Dawg]

Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15

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.