Travis Kelce has officially arrived for the Chiefs’ first game of the new NFL season.
Kelce, 34, looked cool and confident in a white and tan jacket and matching pants as he walked through the tunnel at Arrowhead Stadium for Kansas City’s game against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, September 5.
Fans were rewarded shortly after with a glimpse of Kelce’s superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift as she entered the stadium to cheer on her boyfriend.
Swift, 34, attended 13 Chiefs games last season, including their Super Bowl victory in Las Vegas.
The Chiefs have lost to all three opponents in the team’s preseason games, but the back-to-back Super Bowl champions are confident entering the new season, where they will have a chance to make history as the first NFL team to win three championships in a row.
Travis Kelce during warmups ahead of the Chiefs’ season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.
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Kelce recently talked about what the “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” he and running back Patrick Mahomes have with the Chiefs this season means to him during a Sept. 3 appearance at The Rich Eisen Show.
“I’m having a lot of fun, you know, I’m so grateful and so happy that I’m able to get into Year 12 and still have this energy and this love and ability to go out there and start working,” Kelce told Eisen.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) during training camp on Aug. 2, 2024.
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When asked if he was thinking about retiring after winning a ring with the Chiefs in February, Kelce said, “It didn’t even cross my mind.”
“I think the thrill of the challenge this year, being able to do it maybe the third time in a row, I think that alone was all I needed,” he said. “It was a spur of the moment thought, so there was really no way I wasn’t going to come back this year.”
The Grotesqueness the actor said he remembers something former NFL star Julian Edelman told him when it came to hanging up his cleats.
“He mentioned, you know, he had to hang it up when he couldn’t go out there and practice, he couldn’t go out there and work on his craft to feel like he was responsible for the guys next to him, and that’s when he started to question it,” he said. Kelce about the former New England Patriot.
The Chiefs and Ravens kick off at 8:40pm ET on NBC and Peacock.
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