Jason Kelce will join ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” after retiring from the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this yr, in accordance to an individual with information of the deal.
The individual confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on the situation of anonymity on Monday as a result of it was not anticipated to be introduced till the ESPN/Disney upfront presentation to advertisers on May 14. The Athletic was the primary to report on Kelce’s selection.
Kelce is predicted to exchange Robert Griffin III, who would proceed with the community as a school soccer analyst. Scott Van Pelt turned the host of the “Monday Night Football” pregame show final season with Marcus Spears and Ryan Clark as the opposite analysts.
Kelce performed 13 years for the Eagles and was probably the most wanted former participant by the networks for the upcoming season. He participated in final yr’s NFL Broadcasting and Media Workshop, which used to be identified as the “Broadcast Bootcamp.”
“This is all new territory for me. I’ve much more respect for it now,” Kelce mentioned on the time. “It’s very arduous to do one thing dwell, reactive of stimulus that simply occurred and having one thing intelligent and significant to say.”
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Kelce made an look on Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” throughout the Eagles bye week final season, when he was an analyst throughout the second quarter of the sport between the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears.
Kelce is predicted to proceed doing his “New Heights” podcast together with his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce.
With Kelce off the market, former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick turns into probably the most wanted TV free agent. Belichick acquired strong opinions as an analyst on Pat McAfee’s livestream throughout the first spherical of the NFL draft final week.
Monday ended up being a busy day when it got here to NFL pregame show strikes. CBS introduced earlier within the day that Matt Ryan is becoming a member of “The NFL Today” after splitting time final season within the studio and being a sport analyst. Ryan formally retired final week after a 15-year profession with the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts from 2008-22.
The community additionally introduced Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will go away after lengthy runs on the show. Simms got here to CBS in 1998 after the community gained the rights to the AFC. He was the lead sport analyst till he moved to the studio in 2017.
Esiason had been on “The NFL Today” since 2002.
