Earlier this month, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce has misplaced roughly 25 kilos this offseason.
In a Wednesday news conference, Kelce — who was listed at 6-foot-5, 250 kilos through the 2024 season — confirmed he has misplaced weight, however not that a lot.
“To begin with, I by no means stated that,” Kelce stated. “Do not consider every little thing you learn on the web.”
The TE did not specify how a lot weight he has shed however stated “[He’s] feeling good, and [he thinks] it is going to repay.”
In September, The Ringer’s Todd McShay instructed Ryen Russillo Kelce could have partied an excessive amount of along with his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, through the offseason and wasn’t in form.
Kelce regarded sluggish all through the 2024 season, furthering McShay’s idea. In 16 regular-season video games, the TE had 97 receptions for 823 yards and three landing catches, his fewest since his rookie season in 2013.
He additionally did not step up in Tremendous Bowl LIX towards the Philadelphia Eagles. Throughout the 40-22 loss, he had simply 4 receptions for 39 yards.
“Final yr, I believe I failed, particularly in that final recreation, in being a pacesetter and being the one that would step up and make performs,” Kelce stated. “I am simply setting the bar even increased for myself this yr than I had previously.”
In his first 10 seasons with the Chiefs, Kelce earned 4 first-team All-Professional nods and completed with 1,000 receiving yards or extra seven occasions. Though the load loss alerts he is taking this offseason extra significantly, he most likely will not replicate these ends in 2025.
Kelce turns 36 on Oct. 5, and even elite TEs decelerate of their late 30s. Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame TE Antonio Gates by no means completed with more than 548 receiving yards after turning 36 in June 2016.
Whereas Kelce could not attain his earlier heights in 2025, an uptick from the TE would assist the Chiefs. Final season, Kansas Metropolis ranked 14th within the league in passing yards (222.4) and fifteenth in factors scored (22.6).
Kelce hasn’t been seen touring with Swift as a lot this offseason, indicating he has been far more centered on his conditioning. That ought to assist him be sharper, which ought to maintain the Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl hunt in 2025.
