The legendary Jason Kelce retired this offseason and will be replaced by Cam Jurgens at center. The WIP Morning Show discusses if the loss of Kelce has been underrated this offseason and how much his absence will affect the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024.
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00:00Let's get to the eagles also because again now it's just eight days to training camp, you know
00:04There's something that is a storyline to me
00:07That has flown way
00:09Under the radar with the eagles and it kind of annoys me to be honest with you and I want to kind of
00:15um get into this thing because it's not like we haven't discussed it, but I feel like there's
00:20I feel like it's almost been a little disrespectful the way a certain topic has been framed lately
00:26And and that is the fact that the eagles are going to go try to win a super bowl this year and and compete in
00:31A in a big way, you know have a great year and 10 wins 11 wins 12 wins 13. We'll say that's the idea
00:37And they're going to be doing it without jason kelsey
00:41And too often I hear from people
00:44Oh, well, no kelsey like no no no real problem
00:47You just slide cam jargons in there
00:49Like that's what I feel like john you frequently say and I I gotta tell you because that's what you do
00:54When you play professional sports, that's what you that's what you do, but it doesn't mean it'll work and it doesn't mean it'll work
01:00I mean, we're talking about the loss. You're right. It might not work. It might not work. This is this is uh,
01:07What the guy that I thought might be the greatest athlete in the history of philadelphia?
01:12Like once upon a time when we did a poll on our show. I remember like he is that great?
01:19Jason kelsey and you're acting like you're acting like the next guy's like come on down. No problem, dude
01:24I'm acting like the next guy was handpicked by the great all pro
01:30Jason kelsey every year the center that everyone wishes they had
01:35He handpicked cam jargons. He went and watched film
01:40to
01:41Because like to make this more than just like
01:44This is his family like like this team
01:48means so much to jason
01:50and the eagles that they
01:52Included him. No, that was cool and his I get it and he too
01:55Listen jergen said successor years under kelsey and that's good years under kelsey a year playing
02:01While the bullets were flying next right next to jason kelsey and by the way
02:07Last season I I can remember heading into it. Oh, whoa is
02:11Us what was the what are the eagles cam jurgens is just too darn small. I remember too
02:17Darn small. Oh, he's not going to be able to handle it out there. Well, he handled it
02:22He did a great job last season. He was solid
02:25I I
02:27He's an offensive lineman. So it is hard to convey. How do you how do you know exactly that he did?
02:32Well, well, he had no penalties the entire season and he allowed no sacks the entire season
02:38That's pretty good for a guy who's out there for the first time playing a position that's not even his natural position
02:45But last season gave him a chance to play
02:48With the bullets flying next to the man next to jason. I get that is invaluable
02:54It does but he's gonna be fine. We're gonna be fine. We're gonna be better than fine this offensive line
03:02Yes, he's got work to do
03:03He and jalen have a lot of work to do this offseason because they have to figure out how they're they're going to communicate
03:10This entire well, that's important without jason. Kelsey. They're making the calls declaring the mic setting the protection
03:17Someone has to do that on the field and it's it's the quarterback or it's the center. Yeah, or it's a little of both
03:24They have a whole new this is a whole new chapter in their football lives where they're now a lot more vocal
03:31They're communicating even more than they ever did