It was clearly difficult for Kelse to talk about the game and biased outcome. There was support from his brother. Travis Kelse appeared to hold back tears several times during his opening remarks about the game.
“That’s a difficult reality,” Kelse said. “I love my teammates. I love my coaches. Chiefs Kingdom, sorry how it ended. It supports me with everything I do, they all cheer for me, and on Sunday I wanted the best.
“I need to tilt my hat at the Eagles. They were firing with every cylinder that came out. I felt like I couldn’t control what was going on in that game.”
Kelse knows that, like his brother, there is less football in front of him than what is behind him. In fact, there may not be much left.
Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport will make decisions about possible retirement before Sunday’s game could be Kelce’s last, and free agency begins in March I reported that it was possible.
Kelse, 35, said Wednesday that he plans to spend time before deciding whether to play in the next season.
“I know that everyone wants to know if I’m playing next year. “I’m kicking every can I do down the road. I’m making a crazy decision. I’m not doing it, but for now the biggest thing is being there for my teammates and there for my coaches. I’m going to get into this.
“I’ve been lucky in the last five or six years, but I’ve played more football than anyone else. It’s about people in that building and these AFC Championships, these Super Bowls, meaning it makes sense. The fact is, that means. I’m playing three extra games than anyone else in the entire league.
“It’s a lot of wear on your body. It’s all the challenges you set for yourself, focusing on your craft, focusing on the tasks in front of you. The process can be tough. It can make you better and it can drive you crazy now. You are looking at yourself or the success you once had Towards nine of your career, plus that, you’re not there at the biggest moments of your team, you, guys, they’re all very difficult. .
The outcome of Super Bowl LIX and the path to the final outcome is not encouraging for Kelce when considering what goes ahead for him. Like most of his chief teammates, Kelse had a nightmare day on the field at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans, with the first two targets (the inaccurate ones made by quarterback Patrick Mahome I went without reception (it was slow). He didn’t start to make much of an impact until the second half of the third quarter.
His four catches at 39 yards finally choked hollow, becoming what was essentially garbage time in a biased contest. Unlike the previous Super Bowl, Kelse was a non-factor, but he certainly wasn’t a member of the chief whose contributions didn’t make much difference.
Such results usually lead to the veteran layer in one of two directions. Take it as a sign that it’s time for either one to hang it, or use it as a motive to try again.
