{"id":373784,"date":"2025-12-28T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373784\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:49:43","slug":"nfl-news-travis-kelces-future-gets-bold-take-from-rob-gronkowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373784\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news: Travis Kelce&#8217;s future gets bold take from Rob Gronkowski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Super Bowl champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/rob-gronkowski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rob Gronkowski<\/a> made a bold prediction about Travis Kelce\u2019s future in the NFL as the Kansas City Chiefs star faces retirement questions with one game left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kelce may have played his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/travis-kelce-held-without-touchdown-possible-final-home-game-broncos-narrowly-top-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">final home game at Arrowhead Stadium<\/a> on Thursday night as the Chiefs fell to the Denver Broncos. He had five catches but didn\u2019t score in the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nfl-chiefs-travis-kelce-122825-1.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce waves to the crowd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates after first down during the second quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Gronkowski and the rest of the &#8220;FOX NFL Sunday&#8221; panel predicted what Kelce would do in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he\u2019s going to test the market out there and he has to vie for a championship and the Super Bowl if he comes back,&#8221; Gronkowski said. &#8220;I don\u2019t really see that happening with the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s gonna be a rebuild year kind of. They may have the potential to do it. But also, he has so many opportunities outside of the game of football. Is his heart in the place of, \u2018Hey, what\u2019s the next venture for me?\u2019 or \u2018Do I really love the game of football?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/packers-fan-pushes-ravens-wide-receiver-zay-flowers-during-td-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PACKERS FAN PUSHES RAVENS WIDE RECEIVER ZAY FLOWERS DURING TD CELEBRATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nfl-chiefs-travis-kelce-122525-2.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce points down field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates after catching a run during the first quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Kelce is in the final year of his contract and broke all of the Chiefs receiving records during his 13-year career in Kansas City. The possibility of Kelce playing elsewhere hasn\u2019t really been mentioned in the rumor mill, but Gronkowski retiring from the New England Patriots to play a few more seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a shock as well.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long also questioned what Kelce would come back to if he chose to play one more season with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City will be hamstrung in the salary cap, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/patrick-mahomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> will be coming off a devastating knee injury that ended his 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox.com\/fox-nation-bundle?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned::mc=seo::src=fn::cmp=13010061000::add=\" title=\"A Fox One and Fox Nation bundle offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766954983_262_fox-one-fox-nation-promo-111825-1.png\" alt=\"A Fox One and Fox Nation bundle offer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Bundle FOX One and FOX Nation to stream the entire FOX Nation library, plus live FOX News, Sports, and Entertainment at our lowest price of the year. The offer ends on Jan. 4, 2026. (Fox One; Fox Nation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs could be in for a retooling year if anything.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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