Travis Kelce is broadly anticipated to hold up his cleats after the upcoming NFL season, however the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish stated he’s nonetheless received loads of gasoline left within the tank.
Kelce, 35, who has one 12 months left on his present contract with the Chiefs, spoke to the media in Brazil on Thursday, September 4, forward of Kansas Metropolis’s season opener towards the Los Angeles Chargers in São Paulo on Friday, September 5.
“I’ll inform you what, I’m feeling younger and I’m feeling able to rock, child,” Kelce stated when requested if the upcoming 12 months will probably be his “final dance.”
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who joined Kelce for the press convention, couldn’t assist however touch upon Kelce’s slimmed-down physique.
“I imply, look how free that shirt is,” Mahomes, 29, stated. “He seems to be nice.”
Kelce smiled and stated, “This factor was a bit of tighter final 12 months.”
The Chiefs famous person devoted himself to getting in form this offseason, renting a home in Boca Raton, Florida, the place he made health a precedence.
A noticeably thinner Kelce mentioned his weight reduction at Chiefs minicamp in June, responding to a report that he was down 25 kilos.
“To begin with, I by no means stated that,” Kelce stated. “Don’t consider all you learn on the web, guys. Alright?”
Nonetheless, Kelce did acknowledge that he’s “down some weight from the top of the season final 12 months.”
“Annually’s completely different, man,” Kelce informed reporters. “You gotta rebuild it. This 12 months, received a while to essentially concentrate on some kind operating and a few issues early on within the offseason that I simply didn’t have time for final 12 months. Definitely feeling good, and I believe it’s going to repay.”
There was some hypothesis that Kelce would retire following the Chiefs’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX in February, however the tight finish introduced his return later that month.
“I believe the most important factor is that I f***ing love taking part in the sport of soccer,” Kelce stated on his “New Heights” podcast in March. “I really like taking part in, I nonetheless really feel like I can play at a excessive degree. And presumably at a better degree than I did final 12 months, I don’t suppose it was my greatest outing. I let my guys down in much more moments than I helped them, particularly in case you have a look at my monitor report and the way I’ve been in years previous. I simply, you recognize, I wanna give it run.”
The Chiefs and Chargers kick off at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, September 5, completely on the NFL’s YouTube Channel and NFL+.
