What Andy Reid told Travis Kelce about retiring: ‘Relax a little’

Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy ride Has a heart to heart with Travis Kelce should retire or not.

“We had a great visit before he left,” said Reid, 66, on the episode on Saturday, March 8, of “The Bettor Angle” podcast. “I always tell the men to ‘get out of here. Go out and get your mind where it is not one day after the Super Bowl. Get out there, and relax a little. And then let your mind calm down and think about it. ‘”

After the Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22 in Super Bowl 2025, Kelce, 35, had considered not returning for his 13th NFL season with the Chiefs. However the tight end confirmed his return for one more season to Pat McAfee on February 27.

“He is all in,” said Reid on the podcast. “It’s a player match, I mean listening, it’s aging, but you’re talking about the guy who is going to go down like, perhaps, the best ever in that situation.” He added, “In my eyes, he is the best. And I guess that’s what counts. “

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Earlier this month, Kelce spoke of his decision not to retire on an episode of her podcast “New Heights”, noting that Reid’s influence is one of the factors in his choice to continue with the bosses for another season.

“Coach Reid has been one of the biggest influences on my life, not just in the football game,” Kelce said on the episode on Wednesday, March 5. “And I don’t want to stop going to work with him, I don’t want to stop learning from him. I do not want to stop being the reason why he is having success or being part of the reason he is having success. “

Kelce admitted that too its latest NFL season Left “a bad taste in (his) mouth,” adding, “I love so many people in Kansas City … it’s home to me now. I don’t want to leave that life again. I put in a lot of hard work and put in a lot of focus to be the best I can for KC and last year it didn’t end well for us. “

Speculation about Kelce’s potential retirement circulated for months before he confirmed he had returned. The loss of the Chiefs at Super Bowl Lix was the last game in a general sweeping season for Kelce, with the tight end making only four holdings for 39 yards, making for its super worst bowl performance ever.

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Wednesday added that the Super Bowl loss was “probably the most” in his decision to come back.

“I feel I have a responsibility to play out the contract I signed up, to give Kansas City everything I got and the headteacher organization,” said Kelce. “That’s what I’m doing, man.”