Travis Kelce appears to be dropping hints about his looming retirement from the NFL.

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish just lately performed in opposition to the Cleveland Browns in Ohio on Sunday (December 15). In a current episode of his New Heights podcast co-hosted along with his older brother, Jason Kelce, he identified that he may need simply performed his final recreation in Cleveland ever.

“I simply love that metropolis, man. It was so enjoyable,” he mentioned. Jason and Travis grew up and went to varsity in close by Cleveland Heights earlier than their NFL careers.

“Once we flew in, I felt like a tour information. I used to be telling all people each single metropolis that we have been going previous, each monument, each constructing.”

He mirrored on his childhood in Cleveland and the way outdated recollections have been coming again to him. “Foolish recollections… have been going out and in of my thoughts. And it felt so surreal,” he mentioned.

Travis then talked about that though the 2025 NFL schedule has not but been made, there’s a slim likelihood that he’ll be taking part in a recreation in his hometown once more.

“I don’t know if it’s the final time I’ll ever play in Cleveland, nevertheless it kinda felt like I used to be simply giving it one final hurrah earlier than I’m accomplished as a result of I’ve solely performed there twice in 12 years.”

NFL scheduling is generally totally different yearly with only some necessities wanted for the 17 whole video games: six video games in opposition to divisional opponents, 4 video games in opposition to groups from a division inside its convention, 4 video games in opposition to groups from a division within the different convention, two video games in opposition to groups from the 2 remaining divisions in its personal convention, and the 17 recreation is a further recreation in opposition to a non-conference opponent from a division that the crew shouldn’t be scheduled to play.

The Unbiased has reached out to representatives for Kelce for remark.

Travis is in the midst of his twelfth season with the Chiefs. Jason introduced his retirement from the NFL after taking part in 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this yr.

Throughout his press convention, during which Travis was in attendance, Jason mirrored on what it was wish to play in opposition to his brother. “It was actually my brother and I our entire lives. We did virtually all the pieces collectively — competed, fought, laughed, cried, and discovered from one another,” the ESPN host mentioned.

“We invented video games, imagined ourselves as star gamers of that point. We envisioned making successful performs day after day. We received numerous Tremendous Bowls in our minds earlier than ever leaving the home. And once we weren’t taking part in, we have been on the different one’s video games.”

The now-retired NFL star additionally mirrored on their 2023 Tremendous Bowl matchup, during which the Chiefs got here out victorious in opposition to the Eagles.

“I received’t neglect falling brief to the Chiefs and the conflicting feeling of immense heartbreak I had selfishly for myself and for my teammates,” Jason mentioned, with tears in his eyes. “And on the similar time the quantity of delight I had that my brother had climbed the mountaintop as soon as once more.”