{"id":38879,"date":"2025-03-05T12:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=38879"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:43:21","slug":"travis-kelce-reveals-the-reason-why-he-chose-not-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=38879","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce reveals the reason why he chose not to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Maxx Crosby tells Tom Brady to sign Aaron Rodgers for the Raiders<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By DANIEL MATTHEWS<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-03-05T12:12:39+0000\"> 07:12 EST, 5 March 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-03-05T12:34:45+0000\"> 07:34 EST, 5 March 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Travis Kelce\u00a0has\u00a0opened up on his decision not to retire in the wake in the Chiefs&#8217;\u00a0Super Bowl loss to the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The tight end teased the possibility of ending his career following the loss in New Orleans.\u00a0Kelce admitted the grind of life in the NFL had driven him &#8216;crazy&#8217; last season but it was recently confirmed that the 35-year-old would play on.<\/p>\n<p>Now, speaking on the latest edition of New Heights, Kelce said he &#8216;let down&#8217; his teammates with his performances last season.<\/p>\n<p>But the 35-year-old is not ready to turn his back on the NFL, insisting he still believes he can compete at the top.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think the biggest thing is that I f***ing love playing the game of football. I still feel I can play at a high level and possibly at a higher level than I did last year,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think it was my best outing. I think I let my guys down in a lot more moments than I helped them, especially if you look at my track record and how I&#8217;ve been in years past.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Travis Kelce has opened up on his decision not to retire in the wake in the Chiefs&#8217; Super Bowl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8216;I still feel I can play at a high level and possibly at a higher level than I did last year,&#8217; he said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;I want to give it a good run. I&#8217;ve got a bad taste in my mouth on how I ended the year and how well I was playing and how accountable I was for the people around me. I love so many people in Kansas City, both in that facility and the community and it&#8217;s home for me now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t want to leave that life yet. I put in a lot of hard work and focus into being the best I can be for Kansas City and last year it didn&#8217;t end well for us. I feel there&#8217;s a responsibility in me to play out the contract I initially signed to give the organization everything that I&#8217;ve got and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kelce signed a two-year, $34.25million contract &#8211; with $17m guaranteed &#8211; back in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>There is still one year left on that deal in Kansas City, where Kelce has played his entire career since being selected in the third round of the 2013 draft.<\/p>\n<p>The tight end has spent the last decade working under Andy Reid and, together with\u00a0 quarterback Patrick Mahomes, they have built the best team of their era.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a gut feeling. I f***ing love this game, man and love going into the building with the guys who are there,&#8217; Kelce continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Coach Reid has been one of the biggest influences on my life, not just in the game of football and I don&#8217;t want to stop going to work with him, learning from him or being the reason he doesn&#8217;t have success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want that guy to have the most success in the world because of who he&#8217;s been in my life. That&#8217;s the same with Pat (Mahomes). There are so many people in that building who I love with all my heart and I want to keep living out those dreams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I never second guessed it. 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