Chiefs Rapaport: Kelce undecided about future, may retire after Super Bowl - Page 27

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From The Insiders in New Orleans: #Chiefs TE Travis Kelce could be playing in his final game on Sunday, as he’s undecided on his future. pic.twitter.com/xQbaMnfO6s
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 9, 2025

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Originally Posted by RunKC:
Mahomes was trusting Rice early this year. He was doing what Kelce used to do. You could see the trust he had in him.

Yeah that’s the thing. Keep in mind that when rashee was healthy, everyone asked what the hell happened to kelce. We started leaning heavy on kelce after we lost rashee.

Rashee helps a ton. But he was also tunnel visioned on him early on. And that’s a habit we also need to break out of him.
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Hopefully any Rice suspension is no more than two games.
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Originally Posted by RunKC:
Mahomes was trusting Rice early this year. He was doing what Kelce used to do. You could see the trust he had in him.

Its true, he was ripping 5-10 yarders to Rice in tight coverage and watching him go get another 10-20 to top it off
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
Yeah that’s the thing. Keep in mind that when rashee was healthy, everyone asked what the hell happened to kelce. We started leaning heavy on kelce after we lost rashee.

Rashee helps a ton. But he was also tunnel visioned on him early on. And that’s a habit we also need to break out of him.

And Mahomes zeroed in on Kelce in the super bowl and there were immediately 4 guys that surrounded him after every throw. The Eagles knew he was Pat's blanket.
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Omenihu thinks Kelce will be back. I really believe he would have retired had we won.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chief...-out-like-that
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so Kelce is due to be paid 11.5 million on March 15? Decision time comin up fast
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Originally Posted by SHOWTIME:
Kelce retiring would save $17M in cap space. ~~The Chiefs~~ Mahomes would have to reinvent their offense without him and rely more on Worthy, Rice, etc. I think Noah Gray could step up and "replace" him to the extent that he can be a productive TE in this offense.

FYP. Whenever Mahomes has needed someone to go to in big time situations, it has always been Kelce. That is going to be a huge adjustment for him. It's not as much as him looking for other options because Kelce is covered, but more knowing that he's just not there anymore.
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Originally Posted by poolboy:
so Kelce is due to be paid 11.5 million on March 15? Decision time comin up fast

If we’re a month down the road and he’s still unable to make up his mind, then that means he needs to retire.
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it's gonna be a long offseason
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Originally Posted by poolboy:
so Kelce is due to be paid 11.5 million on March 15? Decision time comin up fast

They can add a void year to reduce his cap number.
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Originally Posted by tredadda:
FYP. Whenever Mahomes has needed someone to go to in big time situations, it has always been Kelce. That is going to be a huge adjustment for him. It's not as much as him looking for other options because Kelce is covered, but more knowing that he's just not there anymore.

The usual suspects will gatekeep and keep any serious conversation between themselves
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Kelce has until March 14 to decide whether to retire, per the Athletic

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chief...-retire-report

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Well, the Chiefs have reportedly given him a soft deadline of "around March 14" to make his decision, according to The Athletic.

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Florio thinks he's done. It all but settles it. He'll be back
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What a bad situation.

You can't cut a guy that has brought this much to the team.

But if Mahomes is using him as a binky, that binky is chewed up and has holes in it. It should really be replaced. Get it over with.
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You can't be a pro athlete and be half out and be great. If he feels like he's half out then retire or be all in.
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