{"id":22004,"date":"2025-01-26T03:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22004"},"modified":"2025-01-26T03:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:31:53","slug":"travis-kelce-takes-high-road-with-clear-message-for-haters-who-think-chiefs-tight-end-nears-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22004","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce takes high road with clear message for haters who think Chiefs tight end nears retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City will play its seventh AFC Championship game with Kelce leading the team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"qcImg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phantom-marca.unidadeditorial.es\/9c8323fac6f1ae49a079f2f4fd42fdc9\/resize\/1320\/f\/jpg\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2025\/01\/25\/17377828817314.png\" alt=\"Travis Kelce is 35 years old but isn&amp;apos;t done just yet.\" width=\"1980px\" height=\"1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Travis Kelce is 35 years old but isn&#8217;t done just yet.LAPRESSE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re only a couple of days away from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/2025\/01\/23\/6792a7ba268e3e49568b45af.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0hosting yet another\u00a0<strong>AFC Championship<\/strong>\u00a0game. The Chiefs have made the conference title game in each of the past six seasons (excluding this one),\u00a0<strong>hosting five of those and coming out victorious in four<\/strong>. On Sunday, they will host the\u00a0<strong>Buffalo Bills<\/strong>\u00a0as they continue their quest for an unprecedented three-peat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"qcmgidgb\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1677046\" data-uid=\"0bf33\">\n<div id=\"mgw1677046_0bf33\">\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"de2c04ee-db95-11ef-b13d-c84bd683e9ba\" class=\"mgline teaser-21646515 type-w\" data-i=\"2EawfANPxvVnJz0wk4x1y4CYdiD8jWBFtvx54xwc8Kt2mP50-2LWAqbVL45b41oxMFfQTwgP2pSDDvxOPpOWiF-AoVqXxKtceTP1sTVaJtU*\" data-cat=\"IAB9-7\" data-observing-start=\"1737862243759\" data-observing-time=\"1098\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"mgline-inner\">\n<p>They wouldn&#8217;t be here without their main core of players, mainly\u00a0<strong>Patrick Mahomes<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/2025\/01\/23\/6792763346163f350a8b4572.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Chris Jones<\/strong>. Those three veterans have been there every step of the way as the Chiefs have become a historic powerhouse. While Mahomes and Jones don&#8217;t seem to have slowed at all heading into 2025,\u00a0<strong>Kelce is the one who has started to show some age<\/strong>. Has it affected him, though?<\/p>\n<div id=\"qcmgidgb2\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xnri6.html?video=x9cz65c\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Asking for trouble! Travis Kelce praises Buffalo Bills&#8217; Josh Allen and his words might hurt Patrick Mahomes<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Travis Kelce laughs off haters who think he&#8217;s &#8220;washed&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A reporter asked Kelce if he feels anything when he hears outside voices saying he&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>washed<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>slower than he used to be<\/strong>&#8220;. He doesn&#8217;t pay it any attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>No. I laugh at it. It&#8217;s just fun, man. As long as I&#8217;m going out there and we&#8217;re winning, baby, that&#8217;s all that matters.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kelce might not be as dynamic as before, but there have been no haters who can say much as of late given how well Kelce has played. In his final regular season game on\u00a0<strong>Christmas Day<\/strong>, Kelce put up\u00a0<strong>84 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions<\/strong>. He then put up\u00a0<strong>117 yards and a score on seven catches against the Houston Texans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The tackle breaking ability and speed is almost all gone, but it doesn&#8217;t matter for a crafty and smart player like Kelce.\u00a0<strong>He can still get open at will, can block as well as any tight end out there, and is a threat in the red zone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City will play its seventh AFC Championship game with Kelce leading the team. &nbsp; &nbsp; Travis Kelce is 35 years old but isn&#8217;t done just yet.LAPRESSE&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Travis Kelce takes high road with clear message for haters who think Chiefs tight end nears retirement - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22004\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travis Kelce takes high road with clear message for haters who think Chiefs tight end nears retirement - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kansas City will play its seventh AFC Championship game with Kelce leading the team. &nbsp; 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