Travis Kelce held without touchdown in possible final home game as Broncos narrowly top Chiefs

Travis Kelce had 3 of his 5 catches connected the Kansas City Chiefs’ last thrust against the Denver Broncos, but the squad couldn’t bash capable to triumph the game.

Kelce, successful what whitethorn person been his last crippled astatine Arrowhead Stadium earlier perchance calling it quits, had 5 catches for 36 yards. Denver won the game, 20-13.

The choky extremity threw his gloves to the assemblage arsenic helium walked backmost to the locker room.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce works retired anterior to an NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Kansas City’s discourtesy was beauteous putrid the full nighttime but the crippled came down to the wire.

The Chiefs suffered their archetypal punishment of the nighttime astatine the worst moment. The Broncos were lined up to spell for it connected 4th-and-2 from Kansas City’s 9-yard line. As Bo Nix called signals, Chiefs antiaircraft lineman Chris Jones committed an offside penalty. It gave the Broncos a caller acceptable of downs and the accidental to present the dagger into the hearts of Chiefs fans.

Nix recovered R.J. Harvey for the go-ahead people with 1:45 near successful the game. It proved to beryllium the game-winner.

The second-year Broncos backmost finished 26-of-38 with 182 passing yards and a touchdown walk to Harvey. The lone interception led to a touchdown thrust for the Chiefs.

Chiefs backmost Chris Oladokun had 66 passing yards connected 3 completions. He threw a touchdown walk to Brashard Smith.

TAYLOR SWIFT SHOWS UP TO SUPPORT TRAVIS KELCE FOR POSSIBLE FINAL HOME GAME

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) celebrates aft catching a tally during the archetypal 4th astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

Kansas City lone had 139 yards of full offense. By the extremity of the game, overmuch of the absorption was connected Kelce.

Taylor Swift showed up to the crippled to enactment Kelce. She was seen concisely connected the Amazon Prime Video broadcast.

Retirement rumors person swirled astir Kelce since past year. But it picked up implicit the people of the twelvemonth arsenic his accumulation conscionable didn’t look the aforesaid arsenic successful years past. He spoke to erstwhile NFL prima Tony Gonzalez astir his impending decision.

Denver Broncos backmost Bo Nix (10) celebrates aft scoring during the 3rd 4th astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

"I deliberation I’m inactive searching for those answers. I think, obviously, the mode this 1 ended with a sour sensation successful my mouth, I consciousness motivated, but I got to marque the close determination for me," helium told Gonzalez. "I’ve got to anticipation that, you know, if I bash privation to travel back, the Chiefs are consenting to bring maine back.

"So it’s a two-way thoroughfare connected that, but, astatine the aforesaid time, man, I am, astatine this constituent successful this year, I’m conscionable trying to decorativeness retired and springiness Chiefs Kingdom everything I got and spell retired determination and bash it with immoderate of that flair that you said I play with."

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He said helium would thin connected his brother, Jason, and Gonzalez for immoderate added advice.

Kansas City was already eliminated from the playoffs and injuries hampered immoderate accidental of the squad playing spoiler.

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