Jason Kelce found himself under fire again during the Eagles-Jaguars broadcast in London, and this time the heat came from the way he talked about Jacksonville’s emergency long snapper, DaVon Hamilton.
The Jaguars had to turn to Hamilton after regular long snapper Ross Matiscik left with a shoulder injury. Hamilton, a 320-pound defensive tackle, stepped into the special teams role, and Kelce was quick to praise the rare sight of a player that size handling the job. The former All-Pro center said he was “so impressed” with how cleanly Hamilton managed the pressure-packed assignment.
But Kelce also told a story about Hamilton being huge at one point, and fans took it as a shot at the Jaguars lineman’s weight. That was enough to send social media into a frenzy, with frustrated viewers asking for Kelce to be taken off the air.
“Kelce, please shut up, man,” one fan demanded.
“Kelce needs to shut his a- up,” a second fan stated.
“Jason Kelce is the worst f-king commentator in NFL history,” a third added.
“Can we sh-can Kelce at halftime?” a fourth fan asked.
Can we shitcan Kelce at halftime?
“Bro Kelce is actively rooting for the Eagles on national TV like Bucky Brooks in the preseason. Fire this dude at halftime, man,” one final fan commented.
The backlash tied into a larger concern that has followed Kelce’s work in the booth: whether he can really stay neutral when he’s calling games involving his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles. Critics had already questioned his objectivity after he repeatedly used “we” when talking about the Eagles in a previous broadcast, and Jaguars fans were already wary of an Eagles legend handling their game.
Kelce has acknowledged that challenge himself. Before the London matchup, he addressed the criticism on his podcast and told Jaguars fans, “I’m gonna try and do them justice.”
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