{"id":68070,"date":"2024-01-12T02:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T02:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/travis-kelce-addresses-his-future-in-the-nfl\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T02:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T02:09:32","slug":"travis-kelce-addresses-his-future-in-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/travis-kelce-addresses-his-future-in-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Addresses His Future in the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Travis Kelce<\/strong> <\/a>won\u2019t be putting his NFL career in the rearview mirror anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no reason to stop playing football,\u201d Kelce, 34, told reporters at a Thursday, January 11, press conference<\/a> ahead of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

On the field, Kelce \u2014 who is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs \u2014 continues to be one of the top players in the league. He will finish the 2023 season with 93 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns in over 15 games. He also aided the Chiefs to their eighth-straight AFC West Championship and ninth-straight playoff appearance with an 11-6 overall record. In November 2023,\u00a0 he broke the NFL record for reaching 11,000 receiving yards in the fewest number of games as a tight end.<\/p>\n

Kelce, however, has also made a name for himself outside of football. After sparking a romance with girlfriend Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> last year, the pair became a beloved pop culture phenomenon. He has also become the face of the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer\u00a0and hosted Saturday Night Live<\/em> <\/a>in March 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Celebrities Who Love Football<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tIt\u2019s no secret that athletes such as Tom Brady, Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers love football \u2014 but there are also plenty of stars who enjoy rooting for their favorite teams from the sidelines. Nick Lachey, for instance, has been known to cheer on his team from the couch alongside eldest son Camden. Jessie James [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While expanding his talents beyond football is something that Kelce has considered, he\u2019s not in a rush to prioritize entertainment over his life as an athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to do a few things outside of the sports world that I\u2019ve been enjoying doing, like getting on camera,\u201d he explained on Thursday. \u201cThe SNL<\/em> stuff<\/a> kind of opened up a new happiness and a new career path for me, but it\u2019s funny for me to even say that at this point in my career because I think it\u2019s so much further down the road than it is right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI love it. We still have success.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Kelce is focused on helping his team get through the playoffs and defending his Super Bowl LVIII championship. The tight end didn\u2019t even play in the Chiefs\u2019 Sunday, January 10, game against the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> to prepare his body for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I could get some rest going in<\/a> the next week, stay off the turf out there in L.A. and just avoid some hits, I was all for that to gear up for the playoffs,\u201d Kelce explained during an episode of his \u201cNew Heights<\/a>\u201d podcast. The choice to sit out kept Kelce from breaking the record for NFL tight end with the most consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. He was just 16 receiving yards away from his eighth consecutive year. Instead, Travis ended the regular season with 984 receiving yards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel like I should be playing the game that way,\u201d Travis explained on \u201cNew Heights,\u201d adding that he doesn\u2019t \u201cgive a s\u2014t about the record.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never sat here and said if I don\u2019t get 1,000 yards, my season was a failure,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve always had it in my mind \u2026 if I lose a Super Bowl, that\u2019s a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Travis has no plans to retire from football anytime soon, his brother, Jason Kelce<\/strong>, is a different story. The Philadelphia Eagles center has been candid about his thoughts on hanging up his helmet for good.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all anyone can talk about. Swift and Kelce were first linked in July 2023 when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end shared he attempted to ask Swift out after attending her Eras Tour. \u201cI was a little butthurt I didn\u2019t get to hand her one of the bracelets I [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s getting harder and harder to play,\u201d Jason, 36, explained during his Prime Video documentary Kelce<\/em>, which premiered last year. \u201cThere have been little things that are not big things yet but are going to turn into big things the longer I play.\u201d<\/p>\n

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