Sad news has been hitting the football world for the past couple of days. Apart from football players saying goodbye to their teams as their contract comes to an end, some other things in the NFL are occupying the fans’ minds these days. The “new news” is about Jason Kelce, arguably one of the greatest centers to play the game.
The older Kelce brother recently announced his retirement, grabbing the immediate attention of the whole football community. One of the hardcore Eagles fans even got Jason Kelce’s jersey number tattooed on him. Such is the level of fandom we are dealing with here!
Jason Kelce inspires people to get tattoos
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The Eagles Nation just uploaded a video on X and it’s captioned, “This #Eagles fan went and got Jason Kelce’s #62 tattooed on him after his retirement announcement.” The video shows the Eagles fan having the Philadelphia Eagles logo tatted on his hands along with Kelce’s jersey number on his wrist. The video came from an account called Vanessa Cee on Facebook.
This #Eagles fan went and got Jason Kelce’s #62 tattooed on him after his retirement announcement. 🦅#Eagles
(📸: Vanessa Cee on Facebook) pic.twitter.com/vNzXO9P0li
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) March 5, 2024
There’s no denying that Kelce is one of the most influential NFL individuals. His experience in the game of football, his wholesome personality, and his New Heights podcast are some of the reasons why he is so venerated. About 2.3 million people listen to Kelce speak about life and football with his brother. From what we can tell, Jason Kelce has had this kind of a hold on people for a while now.
One of his most controversial moments was the time he won the Super Bowl and went home to deliver his speech in the Super Bowl parade. Something transpired there that stunned a lot of media people, and the same words that shocked the corporate world became an inspiration for a lot of Eagles fans and beyond.
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Jason Kelce made another fan get a tattoo
In his Super Bowl LII parade speech, Kelce dressed as a Mardi Gras genie and baffled all his naysayers with an emotional speech. He talked about how people didn’t believe in the Eagles and used to shun the team a lot. After a couple of minutes into his speech, Kelce dropped the F-bomb, and the media was shocked at the spectacle.
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Eagles Fan Honors Jason Kelce’s Epic Speech By Getting A Tattoo https://t.co/w73b8vRJbB pic.twitter.com/wQPHscQGag
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) February 9, 2018
“F*** ‘em,” said Kelce at the end of the video and the moment became iconic. One of the fans went as far as to get his face tatted on himself. Below the face were the famous words, “f*** em.”
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Unfortunately, we won’t see an emotional Kelce playing officially on the football field ever again. Hopefully, he gets a broadcasting deal that he’s been after for a while now. What do you think about these Eagles fanatics? Drop your comments below.