NFL insider James Palmer reported Wednesday that the sense he’s getting from the Kansas City Chiefs organization is that the end is near for Travis Kielce.
Palmer said that Kelce cried during a speech after the game, noting that he had also cried the year before when the Chiefs had won their second consecutive title.
However, after talking to “several people within the organization” that when he asked what their gut was telling them, “they were both like ‘my gut tells me this is it, but he hasn’t said anything in either direction to anybody here.’”
“The people in the building believe he has lost a step. They still believe he can completely play, but there’s so much on the other side as well. I think there’s just a lot really on his shoulders and what’s next. Do you keep playing because it’s what you know? I mean this is a massive decision and it’s a massive decision for the future of the organization.”
Kelce hedged his answer a bit when he spoke about the topic in the days before the big game.
The 35-year-old tight end expressed hope he’d still be playing when asked where he envisioned himself in three years, but acknowledged the uncertainty around everything.
