Rob Gronkowski admits that Chiefs TE Travis Kelce might have surpassed him as the GOAT ahead of Super Bowl LIX
Kickoff for Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles is just around the corner. One of the benefits of the broadcast happening on FOX is that they employ former New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowksi, who was given an opportunity to sit down with Chiefs TE Travis Kelce ahead of the game. […]
Kickoff for Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles is just around the corner.
One of the benefits of the broadcast happening on FOX is that they employ former New England Patriots TE Rob Gronkowksi, who was given an opportunity to sit down with Chiefs TE Travis Kelce ahead of the game. These two have a lot of history together and they're often both mentioned in the conversation for greatest tight end of all time.
While Gronk still has plenty of faith in himself when it comes to that argument, Kelce's finally starting to sway him from that belief.
"Right now, I believe I'm the greatest tight end to ever play the game of football," Gronkowski told his colleagues on the FOX NFL Pregame Show. "But after watching that guy on the Chiefs over the last few years and after sitting down with him, I'm starting to change my mind, big time."
Kelce has already surpassed Gronk in the postseason. No. 87 has the most postseason receptions (174) in NFL history and ranks second all-time in postseason receiving yards (2,039) and postseason touchdown receptions (20), trailing only Pro Football Hall of Fame WR Jerry Rice (2,245 receiving yards and 22 touchdown receptions). He'll join Gronkowski and Marv Fleming as the only tight ends to appear in five Super Bowls. How did he get to this point? Gronkowski asked and Kelce answered.
"You already know how it is, man," Kelce said. "A lot of hard work with the teammates and understanding the coaches schemes and things like that, man. And chasing greatness like you."
Ahead of the game, there has been plenty of talk about the three-peat, but not from within Kansas City. Kelce says this year, they want it for those on the team who haven't tasted the glory.
"We do a really good job of ignoring the noise," Kelce said. "Now you see a familiar set of faces, but there's a handful of guys that have never tasted a mountain top. I want it so bad for them, more so than I feel like I want it for myself this year, it possibly being our fourth ring. I haven't even brought that into my mind. I'm just more focused on finding a way to beat the Eagles."
As for his own legacy, Kelce doesn't wish to be remembered for the accolades, stats or even the Super Bowl titles. Just like Patrick Mahomes, he hopes to be remembered in a different let.
"You know, early on, there was a lot of individual success and accolades that I wanted when I was younger," Kelce said. "What I want my legacy to be is how great of a teammate was, How awesome was he in the community of Kansas City, and did he make the game in the NFL better? Did he? Did he transcend the game nowadays? I just, I don't even really think about stats. I just want to go out there and do my best every single play for the guy next to me."
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