Jason Kelce Feels League’s New Windows Are Slowly Weakening NFL Sundays

Jason Kelce is a little old-fashioned when it comes to watching football games. Traditionally, fans tune in to watch NFL games on Sundays after completing their daily work. Sitting on their couch, popcorn, soda—it’s a party.

Most NFL games usually take place on Sundays, but in recent years, the league has expanded games to different weekdays. In doing so, Kelce believes, it’s slowly taking away the charm football games once had.

One of the reasons [the NFL] got so popular and big was because… it was an event. Sunday is the NFL, and everybody sets their week apart to tune in to their games that are happening on Sunday, and you’re watching kind of all of them now take place across. I worry that we’re getting away from that just a little bit by building too many of this.

Jason Kelce said on the recent episode of the New Heights podcast

Is the NFL scheduling too many non-Sunday games?

NEW EPISODE OUT NOWhttps://t.co/kKK5usd7VP pic.twitter.com/Oj2c8Huxmf

— New Heights (@newheightshow) May 20, 2026

According to Awful Announcing, the league has 197 Sunday games scheduled in the upcoming 2026 season, down from 198 in 2025 and 211 in 2021, the first year of the expanded 18-week schedule.

That’s because the league is making a big push to make football available all throughout the week. For instance, the 2026 season will start on a Wednesday, featuring a Thanksgiving Eve game and playing more international games than ever before.

It’s mostly due to the growth in viewership from previous years, even though many of the games are exclusively streamed on online platforms such as Amazon Prime (Thursday Night games) and Netflix (Christmas games). This is merely a stepping stone for the NFL and its goal of becoming a global sport.

Jason Kelce named the Philadelphia Eagles best candidate to enter the Hall of Fame

The Philadelphia Eagles drafted Kelce 191^st overall in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft. He went on to play 193 regular-season games spanning 13 seasons.

During that time, Kelce was named to the Pro Bowl seven times and an All-Pro six times. Kelce was the starting center for the Eagles when they defeated Tom Brady’s New England Patriots at Super Bowl LII in 2018. Needless to speculate that Kelce’s CV screams that he will be a Hall of Famer someday.

NFL.com’s Eric Edholm recently compiled an intriguing list of potential inductees. Kelce is among them.

[Jason] Kelce, who gains eligibility in 2029, figures to go in on either his first or second ballot. He’s an extremely recognizable figure, and Kelce’s tremendous accomplishments. He’s a six-time first-team All-Pro. Make him a relatively easy call, even at the historically difficult position of center. Fletcher Cox is also eligible that same year, and he might get in eventually, but Kelce is the no-brainer call here.

Eric Edholm wrote

Was this the best Super Bowl parade speech in NFL History?

Jason Kelce has always been great with the mic 🔊pic.twitter.com/NBgET3pROYhttps://t.co/oELi6GsZ55

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 16, 2024

Kelce announced his retirement on March 4, 2024. At present, he co-hosts the New Heights podcast with his younger brother and Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce. ESPN signed him as an analyst for their Monday Night Countdown pre-game show. He also hosted a standalone show on the network titled They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce.

Earlier this year, the 38-year-old joined the pit crew for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series No. 17 for Corey Day at the 2026 Ag Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

ESPN hired Kelce to be part of its media roster for the Augusta Masters. However, golf consumers were unhappy with the decision.

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