Recently retired Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce is entering his new phase alone without man's best friend. Or at least this particular best friend.
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Kelce's wife, Kylie, posted as much after their dog Winnie passed away, paying tribute to her on Instagram.
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Jason Kelce, 36, retired at the end of the season, spending his entire career with the Eagles (2011-23). He recently said on the Kelce brothers podcast that life feels no different so far.
"I've actually still gone down to the facility to get a couple of weight-lifting sessions in," he told Travis.
"I'm a creature of habit," he continued. "... I feel no different. I'm assuming once, you know, organized team activities (OTAs) start up, and especially once training camp and the season starts rolling around, it'll really start to hit a little bit more. But one week in, yeah, not much different to be honest with you."
He added that he has received "over a thousand" texts from friends and former teammates since he retired.
"Honestly there's been a lot ... it was awesome hearing from guys that I haven't talked to, or teammates I haven't talked to, in years that reached out," he said. "You know guys that, like, you feel like, 'I don't even know if that dude remembers me.'"
