Jason Kelce very briefly noted the Rams in his retirement speech

In his retirement speech, Jason Kelce alluded to a 2017 game against the Rams that impacted the Eagles during their Super Bowl winning season.

Jason Kelce very recently announced his retirement from the NFL. The longtime offensive lineman and future Hall of Famer gave an emotionally charged goodbye as he set his sights on life after the NFL. In his address, Kelce touched on a number of topics mostly to do with his own personal journey in football and his expierence with the Philadelphia Eagles, but he also made brief mention of the Los Angeles Rams.

The entire speech can be viewed right here, and his quick mention of the Rams is right around 18 minute mark. Kelce says:

“I won’t forget finding out in the 2017 Rams game that Carson Wentz had tore his ACL. The whole team had an uneasy feeling in the locker room. All of us questioning what this would mean…Malcolm Jenkins addressed the team. He gave a very typical Malcolm speech invoking confidence in who we were and breaking it down with his patented “We all we got, we all we need!”

I’ve said this before. In a league with only 32 teams they are all connected one way or another. In this case, Kelce mentions the Rams because it was in a Rams game that Carson Wentz became seriously injured. Wentz had a chance to take the Birds to a Super Bowl that year. Instead, Wentz would get hurt and then former Ram, Nick Foles would go on to lead the Eagles all the way to winning the Super Bowl in that same 2017 seaason. It’s a remarkable story.

To add even more Ram’s flavor to this article, apparently there were rumors that the Rams maybe wanted to add Kelce to the squad before the start of what would become Kelce’s Super Bowl winning season with the Eagles.

Funnily enough, it was this past season that we saw Wentz win a game for the Rams against the San Francisco 49ers. Now going into this season it is the Rams who may have the chance to bring Wentz back on their roster. What a turn of events for the former Philly quarterback.

Anyways, the Rams may have been mentioned by Kelce, but the real story is of course Kelce’s retirement. What a career for the veteran center. Congratulations to him and his family. I guess I won’t get to write that “Rams should trade for Jason Kelce article”, but then again never say never. Tom Brady once came out of retirement afterall. Perhaps history repeats itself?