Self-respecting sportswriters—assuming any exist—could not possibly applaud Jason Kelce’s retirement. The former Philadelphia Eagles center always seemed to have the rare understanding that journalists ask questions because they want to hear the answer, and fans who grumble are just customers who care. Kelce will surely land with a TV network or a streaming platform, though in an ideal world, teams would get an extra roster spot for players whose only duties are media sessions, and Kelce would continue going to the Eagles locker room after games to take off his shirt and explain what just happened.
Kelce will be missed—perhaps even more, as my colleague Conor Orr wrote Monday, than people realize. But by retiring, Kelce might answer a question that even he could not completely answer while he was playing: Is the tush push about the push of the tush, or the tush in front of the push?
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