A Jason Kelce Appreciation Post

Legends don't end up in Philadelphia too often. They're rarely offensive lineman. Even more unlikely is they're a center. Jason Kelce defied all of that. For the last 13 seasons we've had the pleasure of watching him put on an Eagles uniform and help guide the offense to 2 Super Bowl appearances and a the city's first ever Super Bowl victory.

Kelce, a sixth round draft pick in 2011, has outlasted 3 head coaches (if he waited a week maybe 4). He's played with 4 different QBs taking snaps from him, all while guiding the offensive line into one of the best offensive line in the league year after year. An undersized lineman from the University of Cincinnati became, arguably, the greatest center of all time.

More importantly than becoming an all time great on the field, he became beloved by an entire city. It wasn't all because of his play on the field. No, that was just an introduction to us. Jason Kelce became a legend in this city because he became one of us. He's just a regular guy. Kelce married someone from here. He goes to the Jersey Shore. He goes to Philadelphia sporting events, like the rest of us. Jason Kelce just happens to be a future hall of fame football player with one of the most popular podcasts out there.

If you are the one person who hasn't seen the Kelce documentary, now is the time to sit down and get to know Jason off the football field. It's an incredible film that shows what he's like at home and with his family. In it he mentions wanting to be able to be the dad his daughters deserve. One that can still move around after years of beating his body up. It's too bad that this is how his playing days ended for him , but it is a very well deserved retirement.

There are many great memories with Jason Kelce, but none better than the greatest Super Bowl victory speech in the history of victory speeches.

Thank you for all the great years Jason Kelce!

Just so sad. Jason Kelce reportedly informed his teammates he of officially retiring after Eagles loss (via Adam SchefterAdam Schefter). We obviously knew it was coming, but man what an awful way for it to end.

No one knows what happened to the Eagles, why it was an collapse of epic proportion. Was it the coaching, was it Jalen regressing? What happened to the Eagles? As we continued to be sad week over week as the Eagles kept getting worse, we all knew in the back of our minds this could be it for Jason Kelce. He's talked about retirement for the past few seasons and I think we all knew this would be it. He wanted another Super Bowl ring and felt he had a chance.

Jason Kelce no doubt will be a first ballot Hall of Famer. You have to wait 5 years to get inducted, but man, can you imagine that speech? Here are some of his stats:

▪️ 13 seasons (all with Eagles)
▪️ 6x First-Team All-Pro
▪️ 7x Pro Bowler
▪️ Super Bowl champion

I listen to Jason and Travis' podcast "New Heights" every week and he definitely hinted at retirement. In the episode, after the Eagles lost to Arizona, he said, very somberly, we probably played our last game at the Linc. It was a quick mention, but his tone, it was obvious to me he was saying he played his last game at the Linc. There has been talks that Travis Kelce might retire as well, but in a press conference last week he said he has no plans to retire. He has one more year on his contact in Kansas City so my guess is he will play next season and he will then retire as well. He wanted to give his big brother his moment, which if you follow them, is very much something Travis would do.

The end of an Eagles season is always hard. We know some of our favorite players won't be back. In this case, what will happen to Lane Johnson, Brandon Graham, and Fletcher Cox. But this hurts more. Jason Kelce IS the Philadelphia Eagles. Good thing he lives in Philly, I have a feeling we'll see and hear from him alot.

Jason is never one to hide emotions as we saw over the past few seasons. He was extra emotional after last night's game.

Who would have thought the Eagles season ended the way it did.  No one still knows why.  That's the most frustrating part. They shouldn't have been that bad. Jason was so sad.

Seeing Jason run over to his Dad and Kylie was tough. Kylie was crying, she knew too. Obviously she is excited to have more time with him, but it's so hard seeing your loved ones in pain.

Jason always talks to the media, and last night he declined. I'm assuming he's saving everything for his official press conference.

NFL insider Adam Schefter is the one who broke the news early this morning. I'm assuming someone from the team text Adam, maybe it was Jason himself.

There is and will be no better speech than Jason's Super Bowl speech. We always loved him, but after the the speech, he became a legend. We love you Jason!

My guess is that he will wait until after next season.  Travis talked about how much his body hurts and if he and Taylor continue to date, I assume they will want to start a family and he seems like he wants to be a present dad.