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With his off-the-field popularity soaring, Jason Kelce’s retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles started the clock ticking on his next move. It seemed evident that he would work in NFL broadcasting with some network, but which one?

The former center all but confirmed it would be ESPN, calling it “the right fit” on Wednesday’s edition of the “New Heights” podcast that he and his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, do each week. ESPN has yet to announce the move.

“Nothing has been officially inked or announced yet, but obviously there’s been a lot of reports out there about me going to ESPN,” Kelce said on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYz8K9pnzn8" target=_blank>the podcast’s latest episode</a>. “I think time will kind of take care of that, but it’s a tremendous honor to even be considered to potentially work there. That network was everything that Travis and I watched growing up. … We had Rich Eisen on the show last year, and we talk about all these guys that we grew up watching. We lived watching ESPN.”

“Before phones, that was the only way to get all the coverage,” Jason said. “We were glued to the TV each and every day, so the fact that I <i>may</i> potentially, probably will be working there is pretty darn cool, man.”

Jason was careful with his word choices but admitted he would be “a talking head now,” a move that was clear with his participation last year in the league’s broadcasting and media workshop, a boot camp for athletes looking to make the jump to media. During the Eagles’ 2023 bye week, he turned up on Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” and has made a number of appearances, drawing attention from multiple networks when he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/04/jason-kelce/" target=_blank>announced in March</a> that he was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/16/jason-kelce-retired/" target=_blank>retiring after 13 seasons</a> with the Eagles.

While reiterating that an ESPN deal was not official, he continued: “I did my due diligence. You want to make sure that you’re really looking at things, talking to people who are knowledgeable in the industry. … Meeting and talking to everybody over at ESPN, it became apparent that it was really the right fit and at the end of the day it was something that I’m really, really looking forward to, this next phase. I guess it’s a little bit clearer now, which I’m certainly excited about.

“I know to some degree who I’m working with and think very, very highly of all of them. I’m excited to learn. … I know a lot about football but not a lot about this world.”

The Kelces are expected to continue doing their podcast, and Travis will continue playing for the Chiefs, who restructured his contract this week to make him the NFL’s highest-paid tight end.

With Jason’s move, the broadcasting landscape for the NFL this fall begins to take shape. On Monday, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/29/boomer-esiason-phil-simms-out-nfl-today/" target=_blank>CBS announced changes</a> to its Sunday pregame show. Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms are out after long runs on “The NFL Today,” with Matt Ryan joining James Brown, Nate Burleson and Bill Cowher on the set. J.J. Watt will make occasional appearances.

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Cindy Boren arrived at The Post in 2000 as an assignment editor in charge of baseball and NFL/Washington Football Team coverage. She switched to full-time writing, focusing on national sports stories and issues, when she founded The Early Lead blog in 2010. 

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