As were anticipated since January, Philadelphia Eagles middle Jason Kelce formally introduced his departure from taking part in within the NFL on Monday afternoon.
Round that very same month, Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reported that NBC, CBS and ESPN are “the likeliest landing spots” assuming Kelce needs to start out operating as an in-studio NFL analyst after season.
“For both NBC’s and CBS’ NFL pregame shows on Sundays, Kelce could easily commute from his home in Philadelphia, making the national TV jobs a one- or two-day work week,” Marchand defined. “NBC’s program is located in Stamford, Conn., while CBS’ is in Manhattan.”
It used to be up to now reported that Kelce met with ESPN and Fox Sports activities next the Eagles fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs “to discuss possibly linking up.” Again in January, Marchand unhidden in a work printed by way of the Brandnew York Put up that CBS’ “The NFL Today” program would have more than one openings next Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
In particular, CBS personalities Nate Burleson, Invoice Cowher, Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms are lately distant brokers. Ben Axelrod of Devastating Pronouncing discussed in February that CBS in-game analysts Matt Ryan, Jason McCourty and Ross Tucker may well be choices for “The NFL Today” if Kelce indicators in different places.
“While NBC and CBS are viewed as the favorites, ESPN is always a stalking horse and has interest,” Marchand mentioned about Kelce on Monday. “It has a variety of shows from its marquees on Sunday and Monday to its daily NFL programs.”
Marchand additionally steered that Kelce and Kansas Town Chiefs All-Professional tight finish Travis Kelce, Jason’s brother, may just proceed their usual “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce” podcast to Amazon en path to Jason turning into a contributor for that outlet’s “Thursday Night Football” protection.
Travis is predicted to run it again with the Chiefs as they struggle to grow to be the primary franchise in historical past to win 3 instantly Tremendous Bowl championships, however he and Jason may just ultimately grow to be a package deal trade in for an organization similar to Amazon.
Jason and his spouse, Kylie, had been spotlighted in an Amazon documentary that realistic to life how the Chiefs and Eagles finished journeys to Tremendous Bowl LVII all over the 2022 season.