For the fans keeping close tabs on schedule and scheming his next potential meet-up with the 14-time Grammy winner, the calculus becomes much more difficult as the began their training camp Sunday morning. He will at Missouri Western State at St. Joseph's, , preparing for the rapidly approaching campaign, with the Chiefs releasing a photo of the upbeat tight end rocking his now-signature mustache, a positive aura former three-time Pro Bowler Kyle Long believes is due to Kelce's globetrotting off-season.

"Some training camps you take that long walk down the hill and think of all you didn’t get to accomplish in the offseason," Long wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in response to the picture of Kelce. "This guy has the look of a guy who didn’t miss a thing." Long retired from the NFL in 2019, since cultivating an X following of more than 350,000.

Before then, Long was a first-round draft pick that earned Pro Bowl honors in each of his first three seasons with the Bears. As such, the former offensive lineman is plenty familiar with the struggle of maximizing the NFL's six-month offseason, although he likely knew few teammates with the resources and clout of Kelce. With a team-high nine receptions and 93 yards, Kelce ended the 2023 campaign with a dramatic 25-22 overtime victory over in LVIII, beginning his offseason moments later via a romantic embrace with Swift on the Allegiant Stadium field.

Kelce then celebrated his third championship parade with the Lombardi Trophy in tow d.