Travis Kelce has almost walked away from the Kansas City Chiefs before.
Now, certainly one of the best tight ends in NFL history has an ideal path toward retirement.
The engagement heard around the globe is not just about Kelce planning to marry pop music superstar Taylor Swift and a $550,000 ring.
“There’s one gigantic piece of recent news that just hit the waves,” brother Jason Kelce said on the most recent Latest Heights podcast.
Travis Kelce is 35-years-old, already has one foot in Hollywood, and is about up for a captivating post-NFL profession the moment that he plays his final football game.
Andy Reid considered retirement in recent times, too, which suggests that two of the three biggest names that created the Chiefs’ dynasty have seriously contemplated leaving Kansas City behind.
As Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season approaches, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes possesses the most important contract within the league ($450 million) and signed a 10-year deal that’s team friendly with regard to average annual value ($45m).
“He has built a contract that the Chiefs can continually go get salary cap money out of,” NFL Insider Dan Graziano exclusively told talkSPORT.
But when Kelce rides off into the sunset with Swift, and the 67-year-old Reid coaches his final game with the Chiefs, would Mahomes be committed to Kansas City for the remainder of his profession?
Tom Brady once was a Latest England Patriot for all times, while Peyton Manning was without end an Indianapolis Colt.
Joe Montana was the face of the San Francisco 49ers’ dynasty.
Aaron Rodgers spent the initial 18 years of his profession putting up Hall of Fame numbers with the Green Bay Packers.
4 of the very best QBs of all-time eventually played with different teams and left the franchises that drafted them.
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Graziano acknowledged that ‘it isn’t guaranteed’ Mahomes finishes his profession with the Chiefs.
But his investment within the Kansas City community and a contract that outlasts the NFL’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement work within the Chiefs’ favor.
“He desires to be there for the remainder of his profession,” Graziano said.
Mahomes, 29, was drafted by Kansas City at No. 10 overall in 2017, and the Chiefs traded up to pick out the previous Texas Tech QB and baseball player.
Mahomes has earned greater than $232m during his eight pro seasons, and his current contract runs through 2031.
He’s 89-23 because the Chiefs’ QB and 17-4 within the playoffs, with three Super Bowl trophies, three SB MVPs, six Pro Bowl selections and two NFL MVP awards.
Brady has compared himself to Mahomes, and the previous Texas Tech gunslinger has turn out to be irreplaceable for the Chiefs.
“Things unraveled pretty much for the Chiefs last 12 months they usually still made the Super Bowl,” Graziano said.
“Mahomes type of carried them there.”
Kelce and Swift have an enormous marriage to plan.
Big Red may very well be in his final season coaching the Chiefs, and that is been the case for years.
Mahomes appears to be committed to Kansas City into the subsequent decade.
But Brady spent 20 years in Latest England, then fell out with Bill Belichick and wore a Tampa Bay uniform for his final three seasons.
Chief for all times?
Patrick Mahomes’ contract
Total value: $450 million
Average annual value: $45m
Length: 10 years
Expires: 2031
Profession earnings: $232m
2025 breakdown: Base salary of $1.2m, restructure bonus of $47.7m, workout bonus of $1m, salary cap hit of $28m
The very best era in Chiefs history will proceed on September 5 when Kansas City kicks off its 2025 season against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil.
The sport in Sao Paulo will likely be streamed without cost on YouTube.
“It is smart to look down the road and picture this stuff,” Graziano said.
“In fact, anything’s possible and … we have seen it. But, straight away, I do not think (the Chiefs are) viewing themselves as looking over the precipice of anything.”
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