{"id":8550,"date":"2026-02-25T02:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/kansas-city-chiefs-prepared-for-kelce-retirement\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:02","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-prepared-for-kelce-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/kansas-city-chiefs-prepared-for-kelce-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs &#8216;prepared&#8217; for Kelce retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published10 minutes ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs say they have had &quot;positive&quot; discussions with Travis Kelce over his future but are &quot;prepared&quot; if the 37-year-old decides to retire. <\/p>\n<p>The American has pondered retirement in each of the past two off-seasons, before eventually committing to new short-term deals with the Chiefs. <\/p>\n<p>But three-time Super Bowl winner Kelce and his Chiefs team-mates had a campaign to forget last time out as they failed to qualify for the post-season. <\/p>\n<p>It has left Kelce mulling his future in the sport, but Chiefs general manager Brett Veach says the franchise are ready.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve kind of prepared for either scenario,&quot; said Veach.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re trying to position ourselves that either way. We have a plan moving forward.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/cvgrx3ny08do\">\n<p>Kelce&#x27;s last dance? Why Chiefs star could retire from NFL<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published24 December 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/cx2dr3lxv2jo\">\n<p>Why 2025 feels like NFL &#x27;snow globe&#x27;s been shaken&#x27;<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published18 December 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kelce, who has spent 13 seasons in the NFL, signed a new one-year deal with the Chiefs after their 2025 defeat by the Philadelphia Eagles in his fifth Super Bowl appearance.<\/p>\n<p>He had 851 yards and five touchdowns last term, but his 76 receptions was his lowest total since 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Kelce is reportedly set to marry the American popstar Taylor Swift, to whom he is engaged, later this year. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Travis is the best &#8211; he&#x27;s an icon and hopefully he comes back,&quot; said Veach. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s accomplished everything. He&#x27;s about to go get married and has a lot going on. We&#x27;ll continue to have positive dialogue and see what it ends.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/american-football\">American Football<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/american-football\/nfl\/scores-fixtures\">\n<p>NFL fixtures and results<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/articles\/cl5q9dk9jl3o\">\n<p>Get American Football news sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published16 August 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs &#x27;prepared&#x27; for Kelce retirementImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Travis Kelce has spent 13 seasons in the NFL Published10 minutes agoKansas City Chiefs say they hav&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}