New Orleans – If this was the final game of Travis Kelse's career, it would have been ugly.
What started from the Tell moment – his famous girlfriend, Taylor Swift, is booed by Eagles fans when she was shown on the scoreboard – which has become a worse night for the power couple.
Kelse didn't catch the two target passes in the first half. His sidekick, Patrick Mahomes, completely collapsed with two interceptions, including one that returned to a touchdown, and the Chiefs fell 24 points late after a 40-22 loss at the super. Bowl 2025.
Kelce, 35, is away from the low level of his full-time career with 823 yards and three touchdowns during the regular season.
After a one-game revival in the AFC division round, Kelse has been checked in the past two games.
Super Bowl 59 was marked for the first time in a 25-game playoff career where there was zero reception in the first half.
The first one had no 3:24 left in the third quarter. The third and 13 eight yards delayed down the departure of Down for a moment.
He finished at 39.
Kelse shows his love for football is not fading, but he sees his brother, former Eagles star Jason Kelce, thriving in his media role in the first year of his retirement. There are different lifestyles with Swift and other opportunities.
He has not completely shut down his retirement talk.
“Where will I be in three years? Ah, I don't know. Hopefully, I'm still playing football,” Kelse said earlier this week. “I love doing this. I love getting into work every day. I feel like there's still a lot of good football left, but I'll see what happens.”
It would have been a Cinderella story to have Kelse head on top as a core member of the NFL's first three-peat winners during the Super Bowl era.
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Instead, the Chiefs' bid to win the back-to-back championship was rejected, and the very famous Brand Nguraham was rejected. Injuries to return to the Super Bowl – Get a fairy tale ending.
Kelse reportedly “shept tears” during a pre-Super Bowl speech with his teammate on Saturday night.
Is it because he knows the end is near, or because he just wears his emotions normally on his sleeves?
“It was a month like these, a few weeks like these, that made us feel like we can play this game forever,” Kelse said later this week. “I think I still have a lot of football left in me.”
But moments like Sunday are painful.
With each Kelce retires, the five-year eligibility clock starts with his first Barott Hall of Fame career.
