Whatever Kelce decides to return for a 14th season with the Eagles or not, he’s not thinking about that at the moment. Brother Travis Kelce is going to Super Bowl LVIII with the Kansas City Chiefs, and there’s a good chance Jason will be sitting in a box with mother Donna and Taylor Swift — as he’s done this postseason.
Jason has even thought of attending the Pro Bowl, which likely wasn’t on his to-do list given the Eagles’ 10-1 start to the season. He’s not even sure what they do at the Pro Bowl anymore. Philadelphia appeared primed to make another deep playoff run before losing six of its last seven in one of the greatest collapses in NFL history.
The collapse still lingers throughout Kelce’s mind. How could it not?
Jason Kelce, whether he decides to return for a 14th season with the Philadelphia Eagles or not, is currently focused on supporting his brother Travis Kelce, who is heading to Super Bowl LVIII with the Kansas City Chiefs. Jason’s thoughts are centered around attending the Super Bowl alongside his mother, Donna, and Taylor Swift, a tradition he has maintained throughout this postseason.
“I don’t think we really got it done those last six weeks,” Kelce said. “There were different struggles in each of those games. I know it might appear one thing might fix one game — but it might not fix the other.
“Overall, when you get an entire offseason you get a much bigger perspective. You get to go into your own self tendencies more. You get to really dive into a lot of structural things. You get to reassess players and things. You get to really think much, much harder. Search for answers with the more time that you get.”
Even the idea of attending the Pro Bowl, which might not have been on his agenda during the Eagles’ promising 10-1 start to the season, has crossed Jason’s mind. He admits uncertainty about the current nature of the Pro Bowl activities. The lingering impact of the Eagles’ dramatic collapse, losing six of their last seven games after a strong start, remains on Kelce’s mind, understandably so given the historical significance of the collapse in NFL history.
“It’s hard to make those shifts a lot of times in season. It can be done, we didn’t get it done. I feel confident those shifts can be made.”
“I’ll always wanna be involved in the game,” an emotional Kelce said. “It’s a hard thing to step away from, completely I’m imagining. I still want — there’s a lot of things I still want to learn about football. I still want to figure out what we can do to figure out what happened these last six, seven weeks.
“There’s still plenty to learn. I’d love to learn route trees and different concepts. This is why this protection is called this, why this guy is bending this way. I know a lot about my little pocket of football, but I’d love to know more aout the collective whole.
“That’s something I’d love to get a better grasp on in the future.”