{"id":18977,"date":"2025-01-19T02:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2025-01-19T02:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:22:14","slug":"jason-kelce-pays-heartfelt-tribute-to-brother-travis-and-his-growth-as-an-nfl-star-before-chiefs-vs-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18977","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce pays heartfelt tribute to brother Travis and his growth as an NFL star before Chiefs vs Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Before what could be the last game of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-ca286ea0-d5e1-11ef-bc70-973228590312\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/travis-kelce\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Travis Kelce<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s legendary NFL career, his brother Jason issued a heartfelt tribute to his brother and his maturation in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now in his 12th season with the Chiefs, Kelce, 35, has established himself as one of the greatest tight ends of all-time and is seeking a historic\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-ca29ce30-d5e1-11ef-bc70-973228590312\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/super_bowl\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Super Bowl<\/a><\/span>\u00a0three-peat with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-ca15f810-d5e1-11ef-bc70-973228590312\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/kansas\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Kansas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If he isn&#8217;t satisfied yet, I don&#8217;t know that he&#8217;s ever gonna be satisfied,&#8217; Jason began on ESPN before the Chiefs hosted the Texans in the divisional round of the playoffs.\u00a0 &#8216;He&#8217;s such a competitive guy, and he&#8217;s surrounded by like-minded individuals that are highly, highly competitive by nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The thing that I&#8217;ve really enjoyed watching &#8211; obviously the receptions, and all the stats and everything of his career culminating into some of the most absurd numbers we&#8217;ve ever seen is impressive. But I&#8217;ve loved just watching the whole ride, from a youthful, just like energetic young kid who&#8217;s excited to be out there and happy to be realizing his dream, to now being this composed veteran presence &#8211; that still is angry now and then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But you&#8217;ve seen the whole career arc of him and I&#8217;m just really &#8211; couldn&#8217;t be more proud of where he is now, the leader he is. You can see how much the team gravitates towards him, and how much he&#8217;s really embraced that role.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9e974825bd8f97e2\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/18\/21\/94248775-14300499-Jason_Kelce_issued_a_heartfelt_tribute_to_his_brother_Travis_bef-a-16_1737235498568.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Kelce issued a heartfelt tribute to his brother Travis before the Chiefs-Texans game\" width=\"634\" height=\"430\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>2<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jason Kelce issued a heartfelt tribute to his brother Travis before the Chiefs-Texans game<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a59b5fcbe16562a5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/18\/21\/94249155-14300499-Travis_Kelce_s-m-18_1737236481410.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce is hoping he and his Kansas City Chiefs can pull off a historic three-peat\" width=\"634\" height=\"756\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><span class=\"plusSign-1IpQy\">+<\/span>2<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Travis Kelce is hoping he and his Kansas City Chiefs can pull off a historic three-peat<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;[Travis Kelce went] from a youthful, energetic young kid &#8230; to now being this like, composed veteran presence. &#8230; I couldn&#8217;t be more proud of him.&#8221; \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonKelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JasonKelce<\/a> on his brother&#8217;s journey with the Chiefs \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0pMhK6O74j\">pic.twitter.com\/0pMhK6O74j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNFL\/status\/1880716600627626049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking earlier this week on the\u00a0<a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fUQCpmJsd4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Stephen A. Smith Show<\/a>, Kelce said his thinking in regards to retirement &#8216;changes every single day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8221;I&#8217;ll re-evaluate it like I always do, and I&#8217;ll probably tell myself how much I love this thing, and I&#8217;ll come back next year,&#8217; he said. &#8216;It&#8217;s just something that you have to keep in perspective. I never want to get to the point where I&#8217;m not helping this team win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kelce signed a two-year, $34.25million deal with the team in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The tight end is still Patrick Mahomes&#8217; favorite target, as he led the team with 97 receptions, but his 823 receiving yards were his fewest since 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His three receiving touchdowns were also the lowest mark of his career, excluding his rookie season in which he only played one game due to injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nonetheless, Kelce was able to make history this season as he\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nfl\/article-13905171\/travis-kelce-chiefs-record-taylor-swift.html\" target=\"_self\">broke Tony Gonzalez&#8217;s franchise record for catches<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He also moved ahead of Antonio Gates for third in receiving yards among tight ends in November.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Before what could be the last game of\u00a0Travis Kelce&#8216;s legendary NFL career, his brother Jason issued a heartfelt tribute to his brother and his maturation in the league. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18979,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977\/revisions\/18979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}