INDIANAPOLIS — There’s no need yet to write a breakup song about Travis Kelce and the Chiefs.
In the first major clue that Kelce could put off retirement, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach indicated Tuesday that he expects the Hall of Fame tight end to return in 2025.
“How we left it at the end of the season is that he was fired up,” Veach said when asked by The Post at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. “He has one more year under contract. Still think he has that fire and desire to play. As far as I’m concerned, there is no deadline [for a decision]. I think we left it as he’d be back. And we’re excited to get him back and get him going.”

Kelce did little to shut down speculation during the lead-up to Super Bowl LIX that he could retire after the game and enjoy life as a media personality — like his brother Jason has in his first year after retirement from the Eagles — and boyfriend of pop star Taylor Swift.
Perhaps the Chiefs’ failed bid to three-peat changed Kelce’s mind. He said on the “New Heights” podcast he shares with his brother that he wasn’t going to rush into any “crazy decisions” and would “take some time to figure it out” so he isn’t “half-assing it” next season.
“At this point, get out of town and relax,” head coach Andy Reid said of Kelce’s plans. “For right now, that’s what he’s doing.”
Kelce is due a $4.5 million salary plus an $11.5 million roster bonus on March 14 and another $1 million roster bonus on the fifth day of training camp.
“Hopefully he has a magical season to end his magical career,” Veach said.

The NFC East-influenced sweepstakes to add former Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett might be much ado about nothing.
Are the Commanders going to trade for Garrett to close the gap on the Eagles? Or will the Super Bowl champions continue to load up?
Browns general manager Andrew Berry continues to dig his heels in that Garrett is not available despite Garrett’s trade request and insistence that he will do whatever it takes to get dealt.
“Our focus is on building the team and Myles is a big part of that,” Berry said. “[The number of calls we’ve had] is irrelevant to this situation because we don’t have interest in moving Myles.”
Lions general manager Brad Holmes might have taken himself out of the running if the Browns reverse course by saying he “probably [can] not” add another star pass rusher.
The Packers reportedly proposed a rule outlawing the Eagles’ Tush Push.
Falcons head coach Raheem Morris sounds like he agrees.
“It should’ve been illegal three years ago,” the defensive-minded Morris said. “The Tush Push play, I’ve never been a big fan. There’s no other play in our game where you can absolutely get behind somebody and push them, pull them off, do anything.”
Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill had wrist surgery to repair a ligament and is expected to be sidelined until training camp, head coach Mike McDaniel revealed. That’s a wrench in the plans for any team trying to trade for Hill — a request he made public after the season but later walked back.
INDIANAPOLIS — There’s no need yet to write a breakup song about Travis Kelce and the Chiefs.
“How we left it at the end of the season is that he was fired up,” Veach said when asked by The Post at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine.
“He has one more year under contract. Still think he has that fire and desire to play. As far as I’m concerned, there is no deadline (for a decision). I think we left it as he’d be back. And we’re excited to get him back and get him going.”
Kelce did little to shut down speculation during the lead-up to Super Bowl 2025 that he could retire after the last game and enjoy life as a media personality — like his brother Jason has in his first year after retirement from the Eagles — and boyfriend of pop star Taylor Swift.
Perhaps the Chiefs’ failed bid to three-peat changed Kelce’s mind.
“At this point, get out of town and relax,” head coach Andy Reid said of Kelce’s plans. “For right now, that’s what he’s doing.”
“Hopefully, he has a magical season to end his magical career,” Veach said.