Travis Kelce was battling a pretty “big illness” before Super Bowl LIX, Chiefs GM confirms
Travis Kelce, three-time Super Bowl champion, failed to deliver the whole season, and registered six targets for 39 yards in Super Bowl LIX.
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Travis Kelce, Brett Veach (Image via People/Kansas City Chiefs)
In a recent interview with NFL Insider Tom Pelissero, Kansas City Chiefs GM Brett Veach revealed that the Chiefs TE Travis Kelce was battling a major disease ahead of the Super Bowl LIX. The Kansas City Chiefs lost out on an opportunity to make history as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated them in a lopsided encounter.
Travis Kelce, who earned the record for most receptions and receiving yards for the Chiefs, is currently unconfirmed for the next season. The star tight end and three-time Super Bowl champion was expected to hang up his cleats after the Super Bowl LIX – however, the loss has toppled his plans. Nick Wright, a long-term Chiefs fan and an NFL panelist claimed that Kelce won’t retire in the face of one of the saddest moments in his playing career.
Brett Veach’s latest claim from the inside world is similar to what Wright has prophesied as well. Pelissero, in addition to his huge reveal about Travis Kelce’s major disease, also claimed that the team is expecting Kelce to return for the next season.
Speaking about Kelce’s illness, Veach admitted that they don’t want to expose it as an excuse but rather a mere fact. He went on to add that the Eagles would have defeated them even if Kelce was solid.
We’re never going to make excuses and talk about it, but he was battling with a pretty big illness there before the Super Bowl. But listen, the way the Eagles played, it wouldn’t have made a difference.
Brett Veach stated
#Chiefs GM Brett Veach told me Travis Kelce “was battling with a pretty big illness” before the Super Bowl. But the team doesn’t believe that loss to the #Eagles will be Kelce’s last game. At age 35, “I think that Travis is excited to come back.”
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 26, 2025
Full interview on The Insiders: pic.twitter.com/aJrFtsW6Dw
Veach also admitted to the reporters that he expects Kelce to return. He added that Travis Kelce left the season fired up as if he would be back to finish what they started.
How we left at the end of the season is that he was fired up. I think we left it as he’d be back and were excited to get him back and get him going.
Brett Veach told reporters
Kansas City Chiefs need to start looking beyond Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce, whether he plays next year or not, has entered regression. The star athlete is nearing the end of his career and it’s high time that the Chiefs start developing a new heir to fix their broken dynasty.
There are a few options that the Kansas City Chiefs wouldn’t need to travel and search for. Noah Gray and Jared Wiley are two in-house options that the Chiefs currently hold. Although Gray showed some promise, he’s entering his fifth year and he wouldn’t be able to lead the offensive line like Travis Kelce did. On the other hand, Wiley had his rookie year cut short and is yet to show any promising game.
The draft class and the free agency don’t seem that great, meaning that the Chiefs need to develop talent. Juwan Johnson of the New Orleans Saints is one of the best fits for the Chiefs. Although Mike Gesicki and Zach Ertz is also entering free agency, both have proved that they fit best with their current teams.
Tyler Warren, is one of the best in the upcoming draft but he’s expected to be selected in the top ten picks. The Chiefs could be in a puddle to figure out the tight end successor and bulking up on wide outs could be the best solutions in the time being.
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