“Get on the Field, B**ch”: Jason Kelce’s Wife Kylie and Drew Afualo Respond to Critics of NFL Kickers
“I figured out that my spot was behind the camera in school. That was my revelation.” Jason Kelce’s wife, Kylie Kelce, once admitted that she was more invested to be behind the camera after quitting hockey. Hence, keeping that interest alive, the pregnant mom of three has been doing shows or collaborating with her husband for some interesting NFL punches. But this time, Kylie Kelce has a message for the online critics.
During a recent podcast episode of Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce, co-host Drew Afualo brought up an interesting point about sports commentary, especially from men. She said, “Not gonna lie, men can’t comment on sports like whether it’s performance or just general commentary, unless I watch you perform the sport for at least an hour. You’re not allowed to comment on it on social media or in real life unless I see footage of you doing the exact same thing.”
Chiming into this, Kylie Kelce too supported the argument. The former hockey player added, “The minute you said that, I was like all of the guys who sh– talk NFL kickers.” No doubt, the NFL kicker’s position has been under heavy scrutiny for years. Comments like “kickers have no place in football,” or that they only have one job to do and that kicking is an easy task, all these suggest how many NFL fans are brutal when it comes to criticizing the kicker’s job.
Hence, that’s the reason why Kylie Kelce brought up the NFL kicker point as well as Afualo adding women’s sports to it. Keeping the discussion further, Afualo said, “Exactly, get on the field b–ch, let’s see it. Anytime they talk about women’s sports, let’s see it. Get out there!” Besides this, Mrs. Kelce was also quick to add rugby critics into this category as well. She said, “I would love to see you play rugby for 30 seconds and just get annihilated.”
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Although Kylie Kelce spoke up against the critics of NFL kickers and rugby, the interesting part here to note is her husband himself once criticized the kicker role, and later failed miserably at it!
Jason Kelce just got a taste of his own words, and its pure comedic gold! In October 2024, he confidently criticized NFL kickers on his ‘New Heights’ podcast. He claimed field goals were “too easy” and suggested tougher rugby-style goalposts, by saying, “It’s too easy to kick field goals now. We gotta go to rugby goalposts. Kickers should not be influencing football games as much as they are right now. We need to make kickers way less valuable. That is not what football is about.” Really, Jason?
Well, a month later in November at Penn State’s Pat McAfee Kicking Contest, Kelce himself lined up for a field goal attempt. McAfee announced that with every successful kick, $100,000 donations will be given for hurricane relief. However, when the former Eagles star went for it, he unfortunately missed it. Not once, but twice! That was definitely an oops moment for him.
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Seeing this, his wife, Kylie Kelce, didn’t miss a chance to react to it. With her signature-style humor, in a hilarious Instagram comment, she poked fun, asking Jason, “Maybe you should’ve worn tight pants?” Hilarious! The internet loved it too.
Nevertheless, the relief amount was funded to the responsible organization without Jason Kelce’s goal kick.
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