Kelce<\/a> is “fired up” about coming back. Kelce is already recognized as one of the greats and he\u2019s set to break more records in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We left it as, he’d be back and we’re excited to get him back and get him going,” Veach told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid also expressed confidence in a Travis Kelce return during a Tuesday inteview with NFL Senior National Columnist Judy Battista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think it will all work out. But I’m big on that, I’m big on stepping away,” Reid said.
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“I mean, Trav is positive. There’s no negative to it. But step back and get yourself away from it.
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\u2026 You just think clearer. We obviously hope he’s coming back. He’s been positive in that direction. We’ll cross all that here next week or so.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It doesn\u2019t seem like Travis Kelce is done yet. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is expected to return for his 13th NFL season, according to NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport. The news comes Chiefs GM Brett Veach\u2019s comments at the NFL Scouting Combine, where he said Kelce is “fired up” about coming back. Kelce is already recognized as one of the greats and he\u2019s set to break more records in 2025. “We left it as, he’d be back and we’re excited to get him back and get him going,” Veach told reporters. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid also expressed confidence in a Travis Kelce return during a Tuesday inteview with NFL Senior National Columnist Judy Battista. “I think it will all work out. But I’m big on that, I’m big on stepping away,” Reid said. “I mean, Trav is positive. There’s no negative to it. But step back and get yourself away from it. \u2026 You just think clearer. We obviously hope he’s coming back. He’s been positive in that direction. We’ll cross all that here next week or so.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n
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