Thanksgiving is an excellent time for football and family as millions tune into the annual games. The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t on the Turkey Day schedule this year but are focused on a hopeful bounce-back performance against the Las Vegas Raiders this Sunday.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is a football lifer with many years of dealing with star players and their decisions. Travis Kelce is one of those stars who has recently hinted at retirement shortly as his time in the league seems to be dwindling with age. Reid addressed the rumors during Wednesday’s Thanksgiving Eve press conference.
“I think he enjoys what he’s doing. I’m sure, though, the mileage on him. He’s got some aches and pains. We tried to help him out with that, but he didn’t like coming out. And so we make them come out in practice and get them out of pull them out of plays, and he wants to be in on everything.” said Reid, “But the older he gets, he’s got to handle that part. You know, get mileage on you, time and place.”
Kelce is in his eleventh NFL season, and at 34 years old, he knows there aren’t many years ahead of him. Reid, however, doesn’t seem too concerned that the end for Kelce is approaching anytime soon.
