Super Bowl LVII defeat wasn’t the main reason behind Jason Kelce‘s return to the Eagles for a 13th season as their starting center, but it was never long from his mind.
“I do think it played a factor,” Kelce said Friday on The Rich Eisen Show. “I don’t think it should. I wish it didn’t. But I do think that when you go that far and get that close and it doesn’t happen, I think your emotions and energy get going, and you want to do that. You know it’s close, and you know the team is gonna be good next year as long as everybody stays healthy. We’re returning a lot of pieces on offense. So, yeah, that all plays a factor.
“If it was a different situation, I don’t know what the answer would be. I still think I would play.”, he said.