Travis Kelce got his intentions to know he’s coming back to the 2025 NFL season with Kansas City Chiefs.
It seems that part of this equation is unfinished business after a crushing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Lix – a game that he still hits his brain.
The latest episode of the “New Heights” podcast saw the future Hall of Fame tight end admit to hate what he looked at tape from himself under the 40-22 defeat, where he had only four catches in 39 yards.
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Kansas City Chief’s tight end travis kelce waves to the crowd after a loss to Philadelphia Eagles under the NFL Super Bowl 59 Football Fight, Sunday 9 February 2025, in New Orleans. (ABBIE PARR/AP Photo)
“I feel I owe the guys that I come into that building with a whole lot of more effort and focus,” Kelce told his older brother, Jason, while talking about returning to his 13th season in the league.
“I just don’t know what it was during that game, man. I wasn’t best. The more I see clips or watch the movie or put me back in those moments, man, I’m like ‘what f —?'”
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Kelce admitted to over-analyzing the tape to see where he went wrong, but his older brother, now retired after a Hall of Fame career at Eagles, advised not to do just that.
The counseling was of no use.
“That’s how I find motivation,” Travis said of over -analysis. “This is how I create the beast. That’s how I turn in touch.”
Travis is clearly willing to let the beast loose in the 2025 season with its intentions made known. In fact, he said he feels he could even play at a “higher level than I did last year.”
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce after caught a catch during warming before a NFL football match against Tampa Bay Buccaneers, November 4, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (Reed Hoffmann/AP Photo)
“I don’t think [Super Bowl LIX] was my best excursion, “he admitted.” I think I let my guys down for a lot more moments than I helped them, especially if you look at my track record and how I’ve been in previous years.
“I have a bad taste in my mouth in how I ended the year and how well I played and how responsible I was for the people around me.”
Travis also mentioned Kansas City and the community that has come to welcome him with open arms, as well as him that affects it through philanthropic works. It played a factor in the fact that he would go through another season.
Kelce has only one year left on his deal with Chiefs before becoming a free agent in 2026, which would be his age 37 season if he decides to continue playing.
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce goes off the field after a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles under the NFL Super Bowl 59 Football Fight, Sunday 9 February 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
“I can’t say if this will be the last year because I still love a lot of what I do for the city and the Chiefs organization. I know I got one on my contract and I will give you everything I got baby,” Travis told Chief’s fans.
