Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN football analyst Dan Orlovsky offered his thoughts on whether the Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelsey He could retire sooner rather than later.
Kelce (35 years old) recently completed his twelfth season in the league. He finished the regular season with 823 receiving yards, marking the second straight year that a star tight end did not reach the 1,000 receiving yard mark.
While Kelce has earned Pro Bowl honors for the 10th straight year and remains a productive player, he is certainly closer to the end of his playing career than the beginning. It all comes as it comes Presidents Following up on an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl championship. If the Chiefs do eventually hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy next month, Orlovsky believes a layoff could become a “very real thing” for the seven-time All-Pro.
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Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs during media day at the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa, Henderson. Photo date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (PA Wire/PA Images via Getty Images)
“Kelce is fully capable of being a difference maker. I think he has one great round left.” – said Orlovsky on ESPN's long-running daytime show “First Take.”
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“I think if he goes and gives the classic Kelce performance, which I absolutely believe, one, he's capable of, and two, he'll do, and they go on to win three times, I think retirement becomes a very real thing for Travis Kelce.
“There wouldn't be anything else to accomplish. He'd be arguably the greatest tight end ever. He'd be a tight end that was part of the (Chiefs) only three-peat in NFL history. Obviously in retrospect I don't think he There's going to be anything left over, and I think he's going to have one of the elite, the great, the difference-making, the old-fashioned, 'Oh my God, he's done it again.'
Kelce has faced questions about when he will decide to end his NFL career. During his last appearance onPresentation by Stephen A. Smith,He admitted that his thoughts on retirement tend to fluctuate, but he plans to “re-evaluate” things once he heads into the offseason.
Dan Orlovsky looks on before the Super Bowl LVII game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
“I love everything I do, but at the end of the day, I don't have that much success on the field,” Kelce said. “I'm excited for these next two games…to finish this season. I'll reevaluate it like I always do, (and) I'll probably tell myself how much I love this thing, and I'll do that.” I will come back next year.”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) scores on a 48-yard reception during the first half of an NFL playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
The NFL veteran added this pop star Taylor Swift He continues to provide her full support regarding his football career. “It totally encourages me to have fun playing this game,” Kelsey told Smith.
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“I've got all the support in the world to keep chasing these dreams,” the three-time Super Bowl winner said, before noting that the “Anti-Hero” singer “loves coming” to games to watch the Chiefs play.
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