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Kansas City Chiefs enthusiasts breathed collective sigh of relief when veteran tight end Travis Kelce announced that he was staying with the NFL for another season and coming back to the Chiefs in 2025. Kelce is 35 and going to be 36 in October, so it\u2019s getting to that period in his career when he\u2019ll have to retire at some point, but not yet.<\/p>\n
Now, one NFL insider is shedding light on why Kelce decided to stay, and it makes sense. He also has a bold prediction for the Chiefs in 2025 that they are going to love.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs fell to the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0in a big way during the Super Bowl last season. It was a lopsided game, and it\u2019s not the way anybody would want to end their NFL career. Is that one reason Kelce decided to have another go with the Chiefs? Perhaps.<\/p>\n
In a May 20 feature for the NFL,\u00a0Jeffri Chadiha names four teams\u00a0that he believes could dethrone the Eagle and win the big game next season. His No. 1 pick is the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs, which much feel good to Chiefs followers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chiefs are always a safe pick when you\u2019re talking about teams that could contend for a championship,\u201d he stated in the piece. \u201cThey\u2019ve won three of the last six Super Bowls and they\u2019ve played in five overall since Patrick Mahomes took over at quarterback in 2018. The Chiefs obviously weren\u2019t so fortunate this past February, when the Eagles blew them out on the sport\u2019s biggest stage, but that\u2019s another big reason they sit atop this list: Humiliation tends to be a useful motivator for most franchises, especially proud ones like Kansas City.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Here\u2019s where Kelce comes in. Chadiha says that Kelce \u201cmade it clear that he spurned retirement because he didn\u2019t want to go out like that.\u201d So, don\u2019t expect another poor showing in the Super Bowl if the Chief make it there again, and yes, there\u2019s a good chance the Chiefs will be there again come February. They\u2019ll have the Bills and Ravens to contend with, but it can be done.<\/p>\n Chadiha also said that Mahomes is \u201cmost dangerous when he has a chip on his shoulder.\u201d That\u2019s more proof, he says, that the\u00a0Chiefs could go all the way\u00a0during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n \u201d Furthermore, most of the usual cast of characters remain on this roster, as Kansas City was able to keep both middle linebacker Nick Bolton and Pro Bowl guard Trey Smith from escaping in free agency,\u201d\u00a0he said, adding as an aside that \u201cBolton signed a multi-year extension, while Smith currently carries the franchise-tag designation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He does ask the question of whether Kanas City has \u201cfixed the offensive line problems that plagued them throughout last season and ultimately killed them against an Eagles team that tormented Mahomes relentlessly in the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n But, if the Chiefs want to win, it\u2019s all about the offensive life. Chadiha adds that, \u201cthe Chiefs are not going to win another championship unless that O-line improves. Everything this team aspires to revolves around that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kansas City Chiefs enthusiasts breathed collective sigh of relief when veteran tight end Travis Kelce announced that he was staying with the NFL for another season and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nKansas City Chiefs\u2019 Patrick Mahomes is \u2018Dangerous\u2019<\/h2>\n