Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce will miss time following elbow surgery.
The team did not provide an estimated timetable for the 34-year-old veteran’s return to the field.
The five-time Pro Bowl selection and four-time first-team All-Pro hasn’t missed a regular season game since 2014.
“After trying to work through discomfort in his elbow, it was agreed that a routine ‘cleanout’ was in his best interest and would also allow for a speedy recovery, the team said.
Kelce has started 122 consecutive games, keeping the streak alive with one snap in the 2021 regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys.
Entering his 12th season, he has started 159 regular-season games and eight postseason games—including a victory in Super Bowl LII—since the Eagles drafted him in the sixth round out of Cincinnati in 2011….