Chiefs GM Brett Veach comments on Travis Kelce's status ahead of 2026 season

As the days get person to the authoritative commencement of the 2026 NFL season, Travis Kelce’s presumption with the Kansas City Chiefs remains a blistery topic. 

Kelce has said that helium would fto the Chiefs cognize whether helium volition play successful 2026 oregon not by the caller league twelvemonth to let wide manager Brett Veach and the remainder of the franchise to marque moves for the remainder of the roster. 

While speaking astatine the NFL Scouting Combine successful Indianapolis connected Tuesday, Veach was asked if helium had heard from Kelce yet.

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Kansas City Chiefs wide manager Brett Veach speaks astatine the NFL Scouting Combine astatine the Indiana Convention Center connected Feb. 24, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"Travis is the best," Veach said, per the New York Post. "He’s an icon … We’ll conscionable fto that process play out."

Owner Clark Hunt besides commented connected Kelce earlier this offseason, saying the Chiefs would beryllium respectful considering his idiosyncratic docket with fiancée Taylor Swift. 

"He has benignant of a engaged offseason coming up with his engagement and marriage, truthful we privation to respectful and springiness him the clip helium needs to marque a decision," Hunt said successful January. "But we surely anticipation that he’ll beryllium back."

The caller league twelvemonth begins connected March 11, erstwhile escaped bureau officially opens astatine 4 p.m. However, the ineligible tampering play volition commencement astatine noon ET connected March 9, erstwhile teams are allowed to hold to presumption connected escaped cause contracts with players. 

Kelce is not nether declaration with the Chiefs, which means the squad would person to fig retired a caller woody for him if helium wishes to return. 

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce walks disconnected the tract aft a nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles during the NFL Super Bowl 59 shot game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans.  (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Retirement has been a speech swirling astir the aboriginal Hall of Fame choky extremity for immoderate years now, but helium has returned each time. He whitethorn person hinted astatine doing the aforesaid during a "New Heights" podcast episode where helium discussed the team’s reunion with Eric Bieniemy, who volition erstwhile again service nether caput manager Andy Reid arsenic violative coordinator.

"I can’t hold to spot him backmost successful the building, man," Kelce said to his older brother, Jason. "He’s 1 of my favourite coaches of each time, 1 of my favourite radical of each time. I’ve had truthful galore unbelievable moments nether him arsenic a player, arsenic a person, and I conscionable emotion the guy."

Did Kelce mean helium couldn’t hold to spot Bieniemy really wrong the gathering moving together, oregon connected the extracurricular looking in?

It should travel arsenic nary surprise, though, that the Chiefs would privation their prima choky extremity backmost successful the gathering for 1 much ride, particularly aft a disappointing 2025 play that saw Patrick Mahomes endure a torn ACL precocious successful the season.

General manager Brett Veach of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Feb. 24, 2026 successful Indianapolis, Indiana. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

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The Chiefs missed the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2014 aft finishing 6-11.

Veach has much to interest astir than Kelce this offseason, though, arsenic Kansas City finds itself successful intriguing, but unfamiliar territory with a top-10 NFL Draft prime (No. 9). Also, there's been speculation different reunion could beryllium successful the works, with Tyreek Hill being released by the Miami Dolphins. 

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