Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was battling an illness when his team lost Super Bowl LIX 40-22 earlier this month, ending the team’s quest for a “three-peat.”
The revelation was made by Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach.
“Listen, we’re never going to make excuses but [Kelce] was battling through a pretty big illness there,” Veach said.
The GM mentioned that Kelce’s mysterious illness, which Veach did not reveal, likely didn’t make much of a difference in the outcome of the game, though. “We didn’t have the end to our season that we hoped for,” he added, saying the team “picked a bad day to have a bad day.”
Veach also promised that the Chiefs would use the big loss as “motivation to get better.”
“You learn more from your losses than your wins,” he said.
The GM addressed rumors that Kelce, 35, is considering retirement. When asked if the…
