“I owe you a lot for what you’ve done,” Kelce told Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes has a forever friend in Travis Kelce.
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the NFL released a short clip of the Kansas City Chiefs players sharing a sweet exchange following the Super Bowl LIX, during which their team lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22.
In the mic’d up moment released by the league on X, Mahomes, 29, looks down at the ground as he walks to Kelce, 35, to dap his hand and say, “Love you, brother.”
He then hugs Kelce, who responds, “Forever dawg. You know that.” As they continue to embrace, Kelce adds, “I owe you a lot for what you’ve done.”
Travis Kelce Addresses Whether or Not He’ll Return to the NFL After Painful Super Bowl Loss
Various fans replied to the video asking, “Is Travis retiring???”
“This sure makes it feel like that was the last run. Hell of a run it was,” another fan wrote.
The tight end addressed rumors that he is heading toward retirement, following his brother Jason’s retirement in 2024, on the Wednesday, Feb. 12 edition of their New Heights podcast.
“I know everybody wants to know whether or not I’m playing next year, and right now, I’m just kicking everything down the road. I’m not making any crazy decisions,” said Kelce, who has been part of the Chiefs organization since 2013.
Travis Kelce during the 2025 Super Bowl.
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The tight-end has three Super Bowl wins, all with the Chiefs. This season, he continued to break records, including becoming the tight end with the third-most receiving yards in NFL history in November.
However, Kelce shared on his podcast that the most important thing for him and his teammates now following the Sunday, Feb. 9 loss is “being there” for each other and “understanding.”
He also assured listeners that he wasn’t rushing toward making a decision.
Travis Kelce during the 2025 Super Bowl.
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“I’m gonna take some time to figure it out. And, I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, it’s a wholehearted decision. I’m not half-assing it, and I’m fully here for them,” he said.
As for whether Mahomes, the star quarterback for the Chiefs and longtime friend of Kelce, believes he should retire, he told reporting following the Super Bowl that he will “let Travis make that decision on his own.”
“He’s given so much to this team and to the NFL. And he’s been such a joy, not only for me to work with, but for people to watch,” Mahomes said, noting that “he knows he still has a lot of football left in him.”
