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 in the course of the 2024 season — confirmed he has misplaced weight, however not that a lot.
“To start with, I by no means stated that,” Kelce stated. “Do not imagine every 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 would repay.”
In September, The Ringer’s Todd McShay informed Ryen Russillo Kelce might have partied an excessive amount of along with his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in the course of the offseason and wasn’t in form.
Kelce appeared 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 didn’t step up in Tremendous Bowl LIX in opposition to 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 might step up and make performs,” Kelce stated. “I am simply setting the bar even larger 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 instances. Though the burden loss indicators he is taking this offseason extra severely, 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 might 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 rather more centered on his conditioning. That ought to assist him be sharper, which ought to preserve the Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl hunt in 2025.
