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How Jason Kelce Included Trainer Battling Cancer in Retirement Conference
Jason Kelce asked his trainer to tape his ankles one last time for the press conference where he announced his decision to retire from the NFL
(It was initially reported in January that Kelce had informed his Eagles teammates of his retirement plans after losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC wild card game.) Jason Kelce lines up during an NFL Wild Card playoff football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 15, 2024 in Tampa, Florida.Perry Knotts/Getty Images“In what would be his final season, when I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo radiation and chemo, he offered his shore house if I needed to get away, and offered to pay for meal services to help my wife and I out,” O’Pella wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, March 5, “and he called me randomly when I had been home, too sick to come in [because] of chemo, just to check on me and chat about random things.” Jason Kelce has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Eagles offense for more than a decade, but he was realistic about the idea of retirement prior to officially stepping down in March 2024.
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