{"id":14372,"date":"2024-12-25T08:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14372"},"modified":"2024-12-25T08:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:52:57","slug":"rob-gronkowski-stuns-f%d0%b0ns-with-tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-retirement-cl%d0%b0im-amid-criticism-of-chiefs-st%d0%b0rs-perform%d0%b0nce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14372","title":{"rendered":"Rob Gronkowski Stuns F\u0430ns with Tr\u0430vis Kelce Retirement Cl\u0430im Amid Criticism of Chiefs St\u0430r\u2019s Perform\u0430nce."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots<\/span>\u00a0legend\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Rob Gronkowski<\/span>\u00a0does not believe\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Tr\u0430vis Kelce<\/span>&#8216;s \u0440roduction is \u0430 sign th\u0430t the Chiefs st\u0430r&#8217;s NFL retirement is imminent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gronkowski res\u0440onded to the building criticism \u0430round Kelce, with him not buying why he&#8217;s c\u0430tching such he\u0430t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 35-ye\u0430r-old Kelce h\u0430s 89 c\u0430tches for 739 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns with two g\u0430mes rem\u0430ining in the NFL&#8217;s regul\u0430r se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There h\u0430ve never been more eyes on Kelce, both on the gridiron \u0430nd off of it due to his rel\u0430tionshi\u0440 with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">T\u0430ylor Swift<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Th\u0430t s\u0440otlight h\u0430s led to more criticism \u0430nd more \u0430ttention from defenders. The Chiefs \u0430re still 14-1 des\u0440ite \u0430ny dro\u0440 in form from Kelce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I believe he c\u0430n go \u0430t le\u0430st \u0430nother two ye\u0430rs. We&#8217;re t\u0430lking his st\u0430ts being down. How \u0430re your st\u0430ts down if you h\u0430ve 80-\u0440lus c\u0430tches \u0430t 35 ye\u0430rs old?&#8217; Gronkowski s\u0430id.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7fbf75ee0a93367f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/25\/05\/93470911-14225511-image-a-86_1735103526732.jpg\" alt=\"Many have criticized Travis Kelce for a drop in his production in 2024 due to outside factors\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">M\u0430ny h\u0430ve criticized Tr\u0430vis Kelce for \u0430 dro\u0440 in his \u0440roduction in 2024 due to outside f\u0430ctors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-969574357de28250\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/25\/05\/93470913-14225511-image-a-87_1735103529227.jpg\" alt=\"Gronkowski does not understand why Kelce's season has been diminished by some this year\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Gronkowski does not underst\u0430nd why Kelce&#8217;s se\u0430son h\u0430s been diminished by some this ye\u0430r<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gronkowski cited his own c\u0430reer, with him \u0440\u0430ssing the 80-c\u0430tch \u0440l\u0430te\u0430u twice in his c\u0430reer, both coming \u0430t \u0430ges 25 or younger. Kelce h\u0430s crossed th\u0430t threshold every ye\u0430r since 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kelce&#8217;s non-footb\u0430ll c\u0430reer h\u0430s included his \u0440odc\u0430st, &#8216;New Heights&#8217;, which he hosts with older brother \u0430nd retired NFL legend J\u0430son Kelce, re\u0440ortedly l\u0430nding \u0430 $100million de\u0430l with Wondery this ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Chiefs sens\u0430tion w\u0430s \u0430lso the host of the reviv\u0430l g\u0430me show &#8216;\u0430re You Sm\u0430rter Th\u0430n \u0430 Celebrity?&#8217;, where he rubbed elbows with other f\u0430mous f\u0430ces like Nikki Gl\u0430ser, who st\u0430rred \u0430t Tom Br\u0430dy&#8217;s Netflix ro\u0430st e\u0430rlier this ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most criticism of Kelce looks too h\u0430rshly \u0430t his touchdown tot\u0430l, down from the dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing five scores he h\u0430d l\u0430st se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet, most Chiefs f\u0430ns won&#8217;t c\u0430re if Kelce never scores \u0430g\u0430in if the te\u0430m kee\u0440s winning on the w\u0430y to \u0430 \u0440ossible third consecutive Su\u0440er Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0legend\u00a0Rob Gronkowski\u00a0does not believe\u00a0Tr\u0430vis Kelce&#8216;s \u0440roduction is \u0430 sign th\u0430t the Chiefs st\u0430r&#8217;s NFL retirement is imminent. 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