{"id":23529,"date":"2025-03-06T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23529"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:00:04","slug":"travis-kelce-candidly-addressed-if-chiefs-super-bowl-loss-made-him-want-to-come-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23529","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Candidly Addressed If Chiefs\u2019 Super Bowl Loss Made Him Want to Come Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9ckuqclg9\">Akin to another native Ohioan sports superstar, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has finally made his decision: He\u2019s coming back to play for at least one more year in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0p4l714eu\">Kelce\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chiefs-travis-kelce-brutally-honest-explanation-for-why-hes-not-retiring\">formally announced<\/a>\u00a0his intention to return to the Chiefs on a new episode of\u00a0<em>New Heights<\/em>\u00a0where he fielded some tough, hard-hitting questions from his brother, Jason. Early on in the podcast, Kelce was bluntly asked how big of a factor losing Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles was in his decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vivaef7e0\">The 35-year-old called it \u201cprobably the biggest factor\u201d and then gave a thoughtful take on his playing future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lwyky16ha\">\u201cIf you would\u2019ve won, would you have come back for another season?\u201d Jason asked Travis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ryi0kt5ah\">\u201cI mean it\u2019s a pretty cool way to go out, but I still have this love for the game,\u201d Travis said. \u201cI think I would have thought about it more if we would have won\u2026100% the ending of that game, I feel like I owe the guys that I come into the building with a whole lot more effort and focus. I just don\u2019t know what it was during that game, man. I wasn\u2019t at my best.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_5\">\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_5_slot0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMvexuz29YsDFdn8_QUdTT0SGg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/fantasy\/si.com\/tout_d_1__container__\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_1ih6p6uxa\">\u201cThe more that I see clips or watch the film, put myself back into those moments, I\u2019m just like, \u2018What the f&#8212;?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Travis didn\u2019t BS when asked about how the Super Bowl affected his choice to play again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G0xWeOZGH2\">pic.twitter.com\/G0xWeOZGH2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Heights (@newheightshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newheightshow\/status\/1897312822004211932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8bkuskh3e\">Kelce admitted\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/new-video-travis-kelce-embarrassing-mistake-eagles-super-bowl-lix\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/new-video-travis-kelce-embarrassing-mistake-eagles-super-bowl-lix\">one mistake he made<\/a>\u00a0in the Super Bowl was \u201cunacceptable\u201d but added that he was confident he was playing football for the right reasons this upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vu96fno20\">Kelce, a usual postseason stalwart, finished with just four catches for 39 yards and no touchdowns in the 40-22 blowout loss to the Eagles. Good thing he\u2019ll get one more chance to end his career on a high note\u2014or, at the very least, end it like he wants to.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_vu96fno20\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akin to another native Ohioan sports superstar, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has finally made his decision: He\u2019s coming back to play for at least one more year &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23529","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\/23529","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=23529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23531,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23529\/revisions\/23531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}