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By Tyler Erzberger
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In what might be the last season of his historic NFL career, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce walked off the field emotional on Sunday, telling kids “not right now” as they asked for autographs and pictures as he headed to the home Arrowhead Stadium locker room.
Not only were the back-to-back-to-back Super Bowl finalists eliminated from the playoffs following a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, but they lost their leader and Kelce’s close friend, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who appears to have suffered a season-ending injury.
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It has been a rough couple of weeks for Kelce, who was a primary reason the team lost last week against the Houston Texans. In a moment where he could have helped extend the game and stage a last-minute comeback, he bobbled a ball that was intercepted.
With their backs against the wall on Sunday, every decision that they needed to go their way went the opposite, with them left needing a win to stay alive.
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As they tried to make a run at the end of the Chargers game, Mahomes went down with a nasty injury following multiple clutch connections to Kelce. Gardner Minshew entered the game to throw his first passes of the 2025 season and held on for a bit until throwing a playoff-ending interception to seal the deal for the Chargers.
It will be the first time Kelce has missed the playoffs since 2014, when Alex Smith was the quarterback, and he was only in his second year out of the University of Cincinnati.
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