{"id":221868,"date":"2026-01-06T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/travis-kelce-already-has-suculent-offers-on-the-table-to-leave-the-nfl-his-future-is-safe\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:12:32","slug":"travis-kelce-already-has-suculent-offers-on-the-table-to-leave-the-nfl-his-future-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/travis-kelce-already-has-suculent-offers-on-the-table-to-leave-the-nfl-his-future-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce already has suculent offers on the table to leave the NFL: His future is safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">S<\/span>ince they have missed the NFL postseason for the first time in a decade, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs.html?intcmp=MENUPROD&amp;s_kw=en-nfl-kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/travis-kelce.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a> are heading into a new future, one that began with the <strong>final whistle <\/strong>of that game and might lead to the <strong>starting gun<\/strong> for a historic career transition.<\/p>\n<p>While Kelce&#8217;s retirement doubts officially began following<strong> Sunday&#8217;s loss to the Raiders<\/strong>, insiders suggest that Kelce&#8217;s exit strategy<strong> is already paved in gold<\/strong>. According to a recent report from <em>Awful Announcing<\/em> and<em> The Athletic&#8217;s Andrew Marchand<\/em>, Kelce will try a move to television, where he is not just a candidate but arguably the <strong>most coveted media prospect <\/strong>since <strong>Tom Brady.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Chiefs players aren&#8217;t ready to move on from Travis Kelce<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">$20 million at the table<\/h2>\n<p>The conversation around Kelce&#8217;s future has shifted from his early performance doubts to what TV can actually afford to have someone like him on the network. Media experts suggest that Kelce could command an annual salary between the<strong> $10 million and $20 million<\/strong> figure, positioning him immediately as a top talent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a guy who is only going to take a top-tier role. Because he&#8217;s Travis Kelce, he can step right into a lead game-analyst spot or a major studio position&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Andrew Marchand<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Kelce reportedly <strong>entered his exit meetings this Monday,<\/strong> he admitted that while the decision to return in previous years was &#8220;easy,&#8221; this time feels different. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ll spend some time with the family and figure things out,<\/em>&#8221; he told reporters. <em>&#8220;Either it hits me quick, or I&#8217;ve got to take some time.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">\nHis future is on safe hands<\/h2>\n<p>Whether he chooses to help<strong> Patrick Mahomes<\/strong> chase one more final ring in <strong>2026 <\/strong>or hangs up the cleats this February, his financial and professional future is effectively <strong>bulletproof<\/strong>. With his brother Jason already established as a star on<strong> ESPN&#8217;s Monday Night Countdown<\/strong>, the potential for a &#8220;Kelce Takeover&#8221; of NFL media has never been more likely.<\/p>\n<p>His <em>New Heights<\/em> podcast, co-hosted with his brother <strong>Jason<\/strong>, is already a cultural phenomenon, with episodes amassing over 24 million views. His engagement to<strong> Taylor Swift<\/strong> has also helped expand his brand far beyond the typical sports demographic, making him a suculent personality for networks looking to attract a younger, more diverse audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/2026\/01\/06\/695d2655268e3e7b048b4591.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since they have missed the NFL postseason for the first time in a decade, the Kansas City Chiefs and Travis Kelce are heading into a new future, one that began with the final whistle of that game and might lead to the starting gun for a historic career transition. While Kelce&#8217;s retirement doubts officially began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[229,212,2034,122,93,44164,1022,2029,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-221868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-229","9":"tag-celebrities-english","10":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-english","12":"tag-nfl-english","13":"tag-nfl-trade-rumors-english","14":"tag-taylor-swift-english","15":"tag-travis-kelce-english","16":"tag-tv-shows-english"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}