Colin Cowherd suggests ‘clean break’ for Travis Kelce, Chiefs as he contemplates retirement

Colin Cowherd suggests ‘clean break’ for Travis Kelce, Chiefs as he contemplates retirement

Fox Sports host Colin Cowherd wants Travis Kelce and the Chiefs to rip the Band-aid off and go their separate ways.

Kelce said Wednesday he is mulling retirement as the offseason begins following a disappointing end to the season, including a no-show performance against the Eagles in a 40-22 Super Bowl 2025 blowout.

“[The Chiefs] have a really good GM and they draft well,” Cowherd explained on his Fox Sports show, “The Herd.”

Travis Kelce may have walked off the field for the last time after losing to the Eagles. AP

“This is the perfect time for a clean break. He’s got tons of money, lots of options. I think one of the mistakes basketball [and] football teams do is they cling to the end. It’s time for a clean break. He’s expensive, he’s a тιԍнт end, this is a good тιԍнт end draft, if they were gonna move up and be aggressive outside of left tackle, it’d be for [a] тιԍнт end.”

Kelce’s brother Jason, who retired last year at the age of 36, is now an analyst for ESPN and the two brothers have a lucrative podcast, “New Heights.”

Kelce surely has other options available to him on TV and other forms of media, but he’d also need to be comfortable giving up his $11.5 million roster bonus due March 14, combined with his $19 million salary for the 2025 season.

Typically, players retire at the beginning of the new league year, so if Kelce decides to hang it up, he will probably need to make it known by March 12.

“I know everybody wants to know whether I am playing next year and right now I am just kicking everything down the road. I am kicking every can I can down the road,” the three-time Super Bowl champ said on “New Heights” in an episode released Wednesday.

“I am not making any crazy decisions, but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches understanding there’s a lot that goes into this thing.”

Cowherd pointed out that Kelce is expensive, declining and perhaps distracted by his pop culture celebrity thanks to girlfriend Taylor Swift.

“He’s been their No. 1 target [for the] last three or four years and he’s just a very important person,” Cowherd said. “He blocks, he’s tough, the physicality, the temperament, but it may be time to quit.

It was a frustrating postseason for Travis Kelce. AP

“You start looking at Travis Kelce over the last seven years; he’s played another season of NFL football for playoff games, and we ask our тιԍнт ends to block often the best athlete on the other side of the field.”

Kelce previously that he would take his time making the decision on whether he would return to the Chiefs in 2025 and that his motivation to play is the biggest part of the thinking process.

“I think I can play. It’s just whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility,” Kelce said.

Colin Cowherd thinks it’s time for the Chiefs to get younger and cheaper at тιԍнт end. X, @theherd

Kelce is coming off arguably his worst season, bringing in 97 receptions for 823 yards and three touchdowns, while posting back-to-back playoff duds against the Bills and Eagles.

He is the Chiefs’ all-time leader in receiving yards (12,151) and touchdowns (77).

Related Posts

Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole breaks silence on wildly celebrating his Super Bowl loss

Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole breaks silence on wildly celebrating his Super Bowl loss

Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend, has broken her silence on attending the Super Bowl and witnessing what could potentially be the Kansas City Chiefs star’s last game….

Surging Nets block out tanking noise, beat 76ers to move closer to play-in spot

Surging Nets block out tanking noise, beat 76ers to move closer to play-in spot

It’s not even the All-Star break yet, and the Nets have already won more games than they were predicted to all season. Get used to it, they…

Nets’ Maxwell Lewis makes improbable return six weeks after breaking leg

Nets’ Maxwell Lewis makes improbable return six weeks after breaking leg

Maxwell Lewis’ Nets debut on Jan. 1 didn’t last long or go well, as he was carried off the floor after just one minute with a fractured…

Colin Cowherd: Why it is the perfect time for Travis Kelce to retire from the NFL and get a ‘clean break’

Colin Cowherd: Why it is the perfect time for Travis Kelce to retire from the NFL and get a ‘clean break’

Colin Cowherd believes the тιԍнт end-rich NFL Draft this year is Travis Kelce’s green light to retire. In light of the Chiefs’ devastating 40-22 loss to the…

Bill Belichick makes rare hint at his romance with Jordon Hudson in emotional goodbye to ‘Inside the NFL’

Bill Belichick makes rare hint at his romance with Jordon Hudson in emotional goodbye to ‘Inside the NFL’

Bill Belichick said a fond farewell to the ‘Inside the NFL’ crew on Wednesday night, as he ended his time on the program and prepared to take…

This was the saddest moment in Joel Embiid’s disastrous season

This was the saddest moment in Joel Embiid’s disastrous season

Joel Embiid did his best Ben Simmons impression. In the midst of a disastrous season, Embiid pᴀssed up a wide-open sH๏τ that could have given the Philadelphia…