With the surprising defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles on the road at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still settling in. Jason Kelce’s sudden retirement, his words before the game, appear to have come back to bite him. As the Eagles struggled heavily in the red zone, Kelce made fun of the concept.

It was a blowout loss for the Eagles, bowing out in the wild-card round. The NFC Champions lost 9-32 at the Raymond James Stadium. But could their focus on the serious nature of red zone plays be at fault?

Jason Kelce does not mind red zones

“Feels like red zone had to be named by a defensive coach”, said Jason Kelce on the podcast with his brother Travis Kelce. The brothers have a weekly podcast the ‘New Heights’ and before the wild card round, they both were taking a jest at the red zones.

“If it was named by an offensive coach, it would be the green zone”, said Kelce. The brothers then proceeded to make sound effects from their mouths, signifying danger.

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However, Kelce reiterated that it means that all defensive hands need to be on the deck when the opposition arrives in the red zone. This is not how the game panned out for the 7X Pro Bowler. On game night, the Eagles suffered in the red zones on both sides of the ball.

The Eagles managed to get inside the red zone only once and failed to score, while couldn’t stop the Bucs from reaching the red zone on 3 occasions and scoring in one of them. But with Kelce gone now, will the Eagles suffer more?

The Eagles are unable to fly

Even before the playoff game, the Eagles were struggling. They had lost five games in their six and crashed out in the first round itself. The Bucs exploited every weakness within the Eagles’ system.

Now with Kelce retiring, the Eagles will be scrambling to his replacement for the 2024 season. But will they have to go through a complete rebuild to achieve the past success?

Can the Eagles find a suitable replacement for Jason Kelce? Let us know in the comments.

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