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 information convention, 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.
“Initially, I by no means mentioned that,” Kelce mentioned. “Do not imagine all the things you learn on the web.”
The TE did not specify how a lot weight he has shed however mentioned “[He’s] feeling good, and [he thinks] it would repay.”
In September, The Ringer’s Todd McShay advised Ryen Russillo Kelce might have partied an excessive amount of together with his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in the course of the offseason and wasn’t in form.
Kelce seemed sluggish all through the 2024 season, furthering McShay’s concept. 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 12 months, I believe I failed, particularly in that final recreation, in being a frontrunner and being the one that would step up and make performs,” Kelce mentioned. “I am simply setting the bar even greater for myself this 12 months than I had up to now.”
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 load loss alerts he is taking this offseason extra critically, he in all probability 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 greater 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.
