Torn up over his own regrettable performance, acutely conscious of the cumulative toll on his 35-year-old body, Kelce came off as somewhere between deeply conflicted and trying to convince himself to return during his “New Heights” podcast days after the game.

Travis Kelce was recently a guest on Bussin' With the Boys, and as you might expect, at one particular juncture of the conversation, the topic turned to a night in February and the events that transpired at Super Bowl 59.