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Can the Chiefs win with Travis Kelce playing a smaller role? (1:38)
Louis Riddick gives his instrumentality connected the important relation Travis Kelce inactive has to play for the Kansas City Chiefs to win this season. (1:38)
Nate TaylorJul 24, 2025, 03:16 PM ET
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A contented has continued successful the archetypal week of the Kansas City Chiefs' grooming camp. The loudest roars from the thousands of fans during the team's on-field enactment during the archetypal 2 days of grooming campy were erstwhile backmost Patrick Mahomes completed a walk to choky extremity Travis Kelce.
Entering his 13th season, Kelce has improved his velocity and nimble quickness erstwhile helium has the shot successful his hands. Kelce, 35, made definite helium entered campy successful amended information compared to past season. He spent overmuch of that summertime gallivanting with his girlfriend, popular superstar creator Taylor Swift, who was successful the midst of her Eras Tour that included stops successful London, Dublin and Munich.
"He's svelte close now. He looks similar he's 20," manager Andy Reid said of Kelce portion grinning. "He's doing a bully occupation and he's successful large shape. I'm not definite helium didn't travel successful archetypal connected the full conditioning thing. He was close up front. You tin spot he's been moving out. He's worked hard to get to this spot."
Friday volition beryllium a pivotal time for Kelce, too. He's a supporting histrion successful "Happy Gilmore 2," a drama starring comedian Adam Sandler, which volition premiere Friday connected Netflix.
"I don't truly cognize however large his relation is oregon what he's doing in," halfway Creed Humphrey said Thursday of Kelce. "Happy Gilmore was an awesome movie, truthful I can't hold for the sequel."
Even earlier helium retires from the NFL, Kelce has proved helium volition beryllium a crossover prima successful the upcoming years. He has expressed his tendency to travel the way of erstwhile shot players specified arsenic Michael Strahan, Carl Weathers and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Last year, Kelce impermanent starred alongside Niecy Nash-Betts successful "Grotesquerie," FX's fearfulness and play TV show. Acting adjacent to Sandler, a drama legend, is Kelce's biggest relation yet.
"I can't hold to spot his acting skills," moving backmost Kareem Hunt said. "I'm going to clown him if helium does thing silly. It's a large deal. I can't hold to spot it."