Jason Kelce Injured Fan's Knee Doing Pregame Chest Bump
09/16/2024 08:30 PM
Jason Kelce partied too hard for one Philadelphia Eagles fan to handle.
The recently-retired Eagles center returned to Lincoln Financial Field as an ESPN employee to cover Week 2's Monday Night Football matchup against the Atlanta Falcons. He was certainly excited to go back home.
Before the game, Kelce pumped up Philly fans alongside Nick Foles, Fletcher Cox, and Santa Claus. The slimmed-down offensive lineman showed some unorthodox dance moves while wearing an all-green tracksuit.
Kelce also encouraged an Eagles superfan, Ron Dunphy, to meet him in the air for a jumping chest bump. It didn't go well for Dunphy.
Dude just blew his knee on the chest bump @JasonKelcepic.twitter.com/NocvYXIQcg
— Trevor roberts (@Trevorr38147006) September 16, 2024
After the chest bump, Kelce went off the stage and into a crowd of surrounding fans. Meanwhile, Dunphy grimaced and appeared to be in significant pain.
Dunphy later confirmed on social media that he injured his knee. However, the heavily tattooed fan has no regrets.
"So worth it," he wrote.
Kelce spent his entire adulthood cultivating mass to punish NFL defenders. Even if he's down from his 295-pound playing weight, running at him with full force probably wasn't the best idea.
Dunphy joked that it's easy to see why the Tush Push was so effective with Kelce snapping the ball to Jalen Hurts.
Early in the season, the NFL already has a long list of injured stars. Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown is missing Monday's game with a hamstring injury, joining the likes of Jordan Love, Christian McCaffrey, Isiah Pacheco, Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua, and Deebo Samuel among many more key players hurt.
Unfortunately, it looks like Dunphy might need to join some of them on the injured reserve after his run-in with Kelce.
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