ESPN star warns Chiefs' Travis Kelce about turning into 'diminishing player' ahead of eventual retirement

The Kansas City Chiefs' bid for a 3rd consecutive Super Bowl rubric came to an abrupt extremity Sunday. The Chiefs' discourtesy was mostly ineffective against the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl. 

Patrick Mahomes was sacked six times and finished the crippled with 257 passing yards. Travis Kelce, 1 of Mahomes' astir trusted targets, accounted for conscionable 39 of those yards. 

The Super Bowl loss besides brought Kelce's 12th NFL play to a disappointing end. He finished the regular play with 823 receiving yards, which marked the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth the prima choky extremity did not scope the 1,000-yard receiving mark. 

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce walks disconnected the tract aft losing to the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans.  (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

He volition besides observe his 36th day during the 2025 season. While Kelce did person Pro Bowl honors for a tenth consecutive twelvemonth and remains a productive player, his property and lackluster showing successful the large crippled continued to substance questions astir erstwhile helium whitethorn determine to measurement distant from the game.

Last month, during an quality connected "The Stephen A. Smith Show," Kelce admitted his thoughts connected status thin to fluctuate, but helium plans to "reevaluate" during the offseason. As the Chiefs' offseason begins, erstwhile NFL subordinate and existent ESPN expert Ryan Clark cited Jason Kelce's dilemma aft past play and compared it to his brother's existent situation.

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"Isn’t Trav benignant of successful the aforesaid spot our workfellow and friend, his brother, Jason Kelce, was successful past year?" Clark asked. "Still feeling similar you tin inactive bash it and you inactive person it, but you cognize you don’t person it similar you utilized to. And it's gonna beryllium based connected whether oregon not Travis Kelce understands he’s a diminished subordinate and is comfy with that."

After the Eagles were eliminated from the playoffs past season, reports surfaced that Jason informed his teammates helium had decided to retire. Several weeks later, the violative lineman confirmed his status successful an affectional speech. 

"When you’re astatine the highest of highs, erstwhile you’re the champion pass-catching choky extremity successful the past of the National Football League, it’s hard to spell into a crippled past night, person 2 drops, not person immoderate impactful catches oregon interaction connected the game," Clark said. "Can Travis Kelce spell guardant successful 2025 and beryllium that person? Especially erstwhile truthful galore lucrative opportunities await him successful his 2nd career."

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce waves to the assemblage aft a nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles successful the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans.  (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Kelce's 4 receptions Sunday were capable to unafraid the grounds for astir vocation Super Bowl catches with 35. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice held the erstwhile people with 33. Kelce has besides recorded much postseason receptions than immoderate different Chiefs subordinate successful history.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce aft making a drawback during warmups earlier a crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Nov. 4, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

Clark suggested Kelce would measurement the "sort of subordinate helium wants to be" earlier making a last determination astir retirement.

"Travis Kelce is going to person to instrumentality immoderate time, beryllium down and cognize what benignant of subordinate helium wants to beryllium and what benignant of beingness helium wants to live, but he’s earned the close to instrumentality his clip successful doing so," Clark added.

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Kelce has 12,151 vocation receiving yards and 77 touchdowns successful 12 NFL regular seasons. 

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