The Super Bowl always has this brutal sense of immediacy to it. The nature of the game is such that after months and months of insanely hard work it just comes to a halt and like that, the NFL season is over and one team is coated in confetti,

Speaking on “New Heights,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, said whichever decision he makes about his future has to be a “wholehearted” one.

That’s one point Kelce made on the latest episode of his New Heights podcast when discussing whether he might retire. Kelce, 35, gave a long hug to Mahomes on the sideline late in the Chiefs’ 40-22 loss to the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, and fans thought it was a football farewell.