Travis Kelce has decided that he's returning to play another year with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the tight end explained one of the biggest reasons why he chose to run it back.

“I think the biggest thing is that I f—— love playing the game of football,” Kelce said on the New Heights podcast. “I love playing. I still feel like I can play it at a high level and possibly at a higher level than I did last year. I don't think it was my best outing. I think I let my guys down in a lot more moments than I helped them, especially if you look at my track record and how I've been in years past. I want to give it a good run. I got a bad taste in my mouth in how I ended last year and how well I was playing and how accountable I was to the people around me.

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“I love so many people in Kansas City, both in that facility, in the community, and it's home for me now. I don't want to leave that life yet. I put in a lot of hard work and I put in a lot of focus into being the best that I can for K.C. Last year it didn't end well for us. I just feel like there's a responsibility in me to play out the contract that I initially signed, to give Kansas City and the Chiefs organization everything that I've got, and that's what I'm going to do, man.”

After the Chiefs' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, one of the biggest questions was if that was Kelce's last game. Kelce has been one of the best tight ends in the league for years, and it still looked like he had a lot left in the tank. Nonetheless, he'd also been exploring other things outside of football, including his podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce.

In the end, Travis decided that he wasn't done, and he'll be looking to go out on top, as the Chiefs will most likely be in the mix to be Super Bowl contenders once again.