Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has plenty he could be worried about as his team attempts to win a third consecutive Super Bowl, but retirement and Travis Kelces relationship with Taylor Swift are not causes for concern.

On The Athletics new NFL podcast Scoop City, Reid talked about preparing his team for this season now that some of his star players have taken their stardom to the next level.

Im OK with it as long as theyre ready to go, Reid said. And so training camp is kind of that proving ground. If youre not ready to go, its going to be obvious quickly. Just from the whether its a conditioning test or the long drive drills that we do. Those things that are, youre going to find out whos in and whos not in and whos put their time.

Reid thinks there is no one better able to handle the fame of dating a megastar like Swift than his star tight end.

I think its great for him, Reid told Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel. He can handle it. Matter of fact, I think he probably loves it. To a point. I think theres a great escape for him. I said that about Taylor, too. I mean, she comes to the game, she can kind of escape having to be the show. And Travis can do that. And when he goes to her concerts, shes a star. And he can be hanging out there and be the support or the waterboy.

Reid, 66, has faced a lot of questions about how long he will continue, but the coach insists he isnt thinking about retirement. Taking advice from his parents, he thinks he will know when it is time and the end of his current contract which runs through the 2029 season could be a point to consider that end.

I know Im on the bottom side of this thing and not on the top side of the net, Reid said. So as its coming, but I dont know what it is. And, this is a great place to coach, and Ive got good players. Ill be 71 at the end of this contract, and that seems like really old, you know, I dont really know. And, so I well, well see, see where it all goes.

Chiefs players have been bold in talking about a three-peat. But their coach isnt going as far in putting that out there: Its not healthy. Its a nice goal to put out there. Its hard to get one.

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