Originally Posted by Valiant:
Before swift and his podcast blowing up. I think he would have stayed to break most of them. Now, I think he plays 2 or 3 years. Less if he knocks her up.
Pfft. Once that baby is born having a job is sometimes your only escape! :-) [Reply]
Im really optimistic about Wiley. Doubt he'll be as good as Kelce. But he can hopefully be good enough to take meaningful regular season snaps that don't kill us when Kelce is off the field. If he does well I can see Kelce becoming more of a platoon regular season tight end. He won't be breaking regular season records but that's going to make us a dangerous super bowl favorite for even longer [Reply]
Unfortunately, no, I don't think so. As someone already mentioned, he got a slow start, and seems to be running out of time. But playoff records will be his for quite some time. [Reply]
Put me in the minority that thinks if this dynasty keeps rolling...and he stays healthy...he plays well into his late 30s. If the dynasty keeps chugging I have a really hard time seeing Kelce or Reid step away in good health. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
Given his age and if they win another ring… no way, he will step aside on top and bypass the grind for another 3 years.
That’s my fear. If he helps secure the threepeat and is still with Taylor, the pressure to go out on top will be amplified. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
Given his age and if they win another ring… no way, he will step aside on top and bypass the grind for another 3 years.
This.
At first I thought he would do 2 more years guaranteed (the extension) but the more i think about it, if he finishes off the 3 peat this year, why come back? He will have nothing left to prove or accomplish. Kelce has already said he doesn't really care about all time records. He's got a billionaire g/f, a 100 mil. dollar podcast with his brother (who also just hung em up), he's still in pretty good shape and relatively healthy for a guy who's been playing NFL FB full time for 10+ years.
The appeal to 'enjoy the good life' will be too much I think. He'll also have a million off the field opportunities (movies, TV, broadcasting, etc.) so why continue 'the grind'. He's made it (in every way possible) and he'll still be in his mid 30's. That's a hell of a career. [Reply]
What you guys don't seem to get is that Kelce actually likes playing football. Why come back? To play football. He's said in the past he'd do it for free. [Reply]
In this clip Travis basically indicates his cue to leave will be when his body breaks down and he can no longer do it. I still think that happens before he breaks these regular season stat records, but as long as the Chiefs are top contenders to win it all and his body is able to go, I don't buy for a minute he'll just step aside to "go out on top" or be an actor or anything else.
Barring injury or some other unforeseen tragic incident, I think Kelce will finish out his current contract. Including this season (2024) that's 3 full seasons to break those records.
If Kelce plays each of those 3 at typical #87 beastly awesomeness, that's 3000 more yards. Not enough. Same for Receptions and TD's. Not enough time nor games to do it.
Does it matter? No. Focus on the records he DOES have. He's ahead of Jerry Rice in some categories. He not only has Tight End records, Kelce has broken significant Receiver records - as a Tight End. Travis will be fine and will for years be considered by most level-headed folk to be the best OVERALL TE to play the game. I want more rings for the dude, not more records. We all believe that, don't we?
Taylor Swift doesn't register nor factor in as a variable for me. Who a dude dates is irrelevant. I don't care. Be happy. Be sad. Just play to win on game day and play as if you WILL break those records (he won't).
After Kelce retires, I want him to be featured in the 7th installment of the Terminator film franchise. Obviously I'm not including the Sarah Connor Chronicles. However, if they did reboot SCC, Kelce would make an awesome T-888.
DONE
*NOTE* I edited this twice because I'm not working today so I'm typing this mess while high and with a few beers going...at 3PM :-) [Reply]
