Jason Kelce was back in the booth for a second straight week during the NFL’s London series, and not everyone was buying what he was selling.
While Kelce was on color alongside Kurt Warner and play-by-play voice Dave Pasch for the Philadelphia Eagles-Jacksonville Jaguars matchup at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, NFL podcaster and journalist Jason Whitlock took aim at the former Eagles center on X. Whitlock was bothered by the tone of Kelce’s commentary and the amount of space he seemed to take up during the telecast.
"What is Jason Kelce doing? Why is he speaking Jesus' name in vain during a football broadcast?
What was funny? Kurt Warner needs to check him, not laugh it off,” Whitlock said on X.
A few minutes later, Whitlock returned with another complaint, this time about Kelce’s presence on the broadcast.
"Jason Kelce talks non-stop," Whitlock said.
Kelce did spend part of the game leaning into his own background and making a point of complimenting Jaguars defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton. He also joked about how size changed his own path as a player.
"When I got fat, when I put on weight, I used to long-snap in high school. When I got to over 300 pounds-ish, it became really hard to look in between your legs...
Way to go, DaVon Hamilton. I love it,” Kelce said.
Kelce also noted that he had long-snapped in high school before eventually shifting away from that role and focusing on center once he got too heavy to keep doing it.
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