The Eagles Could be Ready to Move on From Everyman
The Eagles are going to have a couple of tough decisions to make this off-season, mostly about bringing people in. But according to Jimmy Kempski they may already be set on letting someone go:
“The Philadelphia Eagles are considering moving on from starting center Jason Kelce this offseason, whether by trade or outright release, a source told PhillyVoice.
Kelce, who turned 29 in November, was drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and immediately became the starting center, appearing in 78 regular season games for the Eagles, all of which he started.
Kelce is scheduled to count for $6,200,000 against the salary cap in 2017, $3,800,000 of which the Eagles would save if they traded or released him. Kelce is the tenth-highest paid center in the NFL, according to overthecap.com, and there’s a significant gap in pay between himself and the eleventh-highest-paid center.”
As Kempski points out, Kelce’s most obvious replacement is Isaac Seumalo, who played different line positions this year but is a natural center.
For now, it’s just a sourced report. But if he does in fact move on elsewhere, they might have to hang his jersey in the rafters at the O.D. It only seems right.