Travis Kelce admits he ‘slipped’ last season while ‘being an entertainer’

Travis Kelce It was acknowledged that his off -field activities affected his performance for the Kansas City Chiefs last season.

“I think it might have slipped a little because I had a little more focus when trying to establish myself,” Kelce, 35, said Gq Story cover, published on Tuesday, August 12. “And the opportunities came up where I was excited to venture into a new world of acting and being an entertainer.”

Kelce made his first acting appearance on FX’s Grotesquerie Last year, playing a hospital called Ed Laclan was organized on the Ryan Murphy– Series produced. The star -footed star of the Prime Video Game Show Are you smarter than fame?And the last offseason filmed.

The new professional efforts in conjunction with Kelce had lows of career in reception yards (823) and touches (3) last year.

“I don’t say this like ‘I shouldn’t have done it,'” Kelce explained. “I say my work ethic is so much that I have so much pride in how I do things like I never want the product to tail, and I feel the last two years have not been to my standard.”

He added, “I have so much motivation to display this year for my guys.”

In addition to his regular sluggish season, Kelce had only four holdings for 39 yards in 40-22 shot loss of the Chiefs to the Philadelphia Eagles In Super Bowl Lix. Before that, Kelce had never held less than six passes in his four previous Super Bowl appearances.

This offseason, Kelce has consecrated himself to get his body in shape with a single track mind.

“Win Super Bowl is the only goal,” he said. “This is the only goal. It’s every goal.”

Kelce on rent Home $ 20 million in Boca Raton, FloridaThis summer – where his girlfriend, Taylor SwiftHe often visited him – as he prepared to enter his 13th NFL term.

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A large part of Kelce training has been led by speed and agility coach based on Fort Lauderdale Tony VillaniWhich has used speed drills to help re -engage some of the old Kelce form.

“I started to realize that when you went too fast, you couldn’t slow down,” said Villani Gq. “Every Travis tries to make the linebacker or security is to make him go after him. Once that linebacker or security persecuted him and runs, he is out of control.”

Villani added, “Travis plays between 12 and 16 miles per hour. That’s it. If he passes his domain, then he turns a track athlete and fails to change instruction. He caught a bass in the Super Bowl three years ago and jumped up to 19 miles per hour, the fastest speed he has hit in three years.” According to the 19 years old.

Kelce and the Chiefs open the 2025 regular season in Brazil against the Los Angeles Chargers on September 5.