Rob Gronkowski Sends Strong Message on Travis Kelce’s NFL Future as Chiefs TE Confirms Retirement Stance

The Kansas City Chiefs might be winning, but Travis Kelce is not. The team is 14-1 but their TE’s production numbers have been declining. For instance, he is the only one in the league with 75 receptions or more to be averaging less than 10 yards per catch. In fact, he isn’t even close to that cusp with his 8.4 yards per catch.

Usually, Kelce would be averaging around 12-13 yards per catch, but this is the first season where he couldn’t hit the 10-yard mark. But this also isn’t a one-off case because last season, the stat fell to 10.6. Is it just a down year or a signal for him to retire?

Well, fans may be concerned, but the TE isn’t. On his ‘New Heights’ podcast in September, he stated, “I’ve had a lot of catches in this league, man. I’m not worried the catches and the yards and all of that. I have the most fun when I get the ball thrown my way, I mean, who doesn’t? It has everything to do with execution, making sure we’re doing whatever we can to win these football games, man.”

Regardless, many people have complete faith in him. One such person is Rob Gronkowski, who simply won’t buy into the negative narrative.

Gronkowski is right here. While Kelce is 35, Mahomes is 29 and so, Gronkowski felt it was unusual to see such great chemistry with a QB so much younger.

Rob Gronkowski further stated about Kelce, “I believe he can go at least another two years. The guy has 85+ catches this year. We are talking about his stats being down? Are you kidding me? 80+ catches this year.

How are your stats down is you have 80+ catches at 35 years old. I think I had only 80+ catches only one time in my career and I was 22 years old and I had 90 catches that year. All the other years, I was like 50-70 catches. So that 80+, I mean, he is the security blanket…in