The speculation regarding Jason Kelce’s retirement is alive and well.
Former NFL stars Chris Long and Beau Allen recently joined the Eagles center on the latest edition of Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast and expressed that retirement is a “huge existential crisis.”
Among the many other topics they talked about was Long speaking on not only being an NFL player in the league but also the sibling to another NFL star.
Chris Long speaking about Kyle Long: “When he got in the league it was like everything he was going through… I just felt like a parent for the first time. You know, because like I know exactly what he’s going through. My dad’s sweating bullets watching us play every week.”
Talking about a game Kyle played against the Eagles: “William Hayes, one of my best friends on the D-Line in St. Louis was just getting on Kyle… Getting on Kyle in one play he just snaps and like the the absolute gorilla and Kyle comes out and he’s like King Kong behind the play.”
“After the play and he’s punching him and he’s getting ready to wind up and kick him and I’m sprinting off the sideline… You’ve seen the footage of me trying to grab this big son of b—-. And he’s so big and strong I go to grab him and he jerks out of it and I got a piece of his jersey in my hand.”
Chris Long continues: “The jersey comes off, bro. And I’m for sure thinking he’s going to be ejected. But everybody on the outside… to bring it back to you and Travis, they think it’s so cute. It’s always so cute and it’s all fun and games but for parents to watch their two kids play a football game, and that was a meaningless game in St. Louis, but it was the worst week of my life as a pro football player, and my parent’s lives because they’re just so f—— stressed. And they know the pressure.”
Long stopped playing football in 2018 after 11 years in the league. Long finished with 70 career sacks and 15 forced fumbles over 11 seasons while playing in 162 of 176 possible games. He spent his first eight years in the league with the St. Louis Rams, who took him second overall in the 2008 NFL Draft out of Virginia.
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For Kyle Long, the 2013 first-round draft pick had his body breaking down too much and he decided to retire in 2020 after seven seasons. He has famously dropped all the playing weight and living his best life.
Kelce’s retirement decision is still up in the air.
The NFL star, who along with his brother Travis Kelce shot to the forefront of the sports world, has yet to officially confirm his retirement.
