Travis Kelce is again to going by means of the identical NFL grind throughout Kansas Metropolis Chiefs coaching camp that had him enthusiastic about retirement earlier than the Tremendous Bowl in February.
Per Nate Taylor of ESPN, Kelce told reporters on Wednesday that he is having fun with coaching camp however is feeling “soreness” from exercises and practices in the summertime.
“You have to undergo the canine days and luxuriate in it for what it’s, man,” Kelce stated. “We’re rocking and rolling, man. It is coaching camp, so you are going to really feel the soreness and the heavy workload you are getting day by day. You have to take pleasure in it for what it’s and combat by means of that.”
Kelce did not reveal his plans to return to the Chiefs in 2025 till after the Tremendous Bowl. Main as much as the sport, he stated on the “New Heights Podcast” that lengthy postseason runs had taken a toll on his physique.
“The truth that we hold going to those AFC championships and these Tremendous Bowls, which means I’m enjoying an additional three video games greater than all people else in your complete league,” Kelce stated. “That’s loads of put on and tear in your physique and it’s loads of time spent within the constructing, focusing in your craft, specializing in the duty at hand and each problem that you simply arrange for your self.
Kelce is ready to enter his thirteenth season within the league and can flip 36 throughout the common season. With three Tremendous Bowl wins, 10 Professional Bowl nominations and 7 All-Professional honors, he has nothing extra to show when he decides the bumps and bruises aren’t value it.
As his physique continues so as to add ache in what is predicted to be one other lengthy season and postseason, Kelce may determine that this run is his final.
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