While announcing his decision, an emotional Kelce burst into tears during a teary farewell speech in Philadelphia, where members of his family and Sirianni watched on.
And as he begins drawing up his plans, the Eagles coach believes they have to replace one of the greatest players in NFL history at center next season.’But what’s great is these guys have been around Jason for three, four, five, six, seven years, and so we’ll see who that is [replacing him] at center, we’ll see who that is at right guard.
‘But I know we’ve got a lot of good pieces. We’ve got Landon [Dickerson], Lane [Johnson], two guys that are Pro-Bowlers and have been for the last couple of years now, Lane’s been for a long time.
‘Jordan Mailata’s played a lot of good football, Cam Jurgens got a lot of good minutes last year – and we’ll see how the rest of it plays out.’
Sirianni was also asked about the possibility of Tyler Steen, drafted by the Eagles in the third round of last year’s NFL Draft, being an option to come into the offensive line with Kelce no longer around.
