Jason Kelce pays tribute to Nick Mangold

The decease of Nick Mangold has profoundly shaken everyone progressive with the NFL. The fashionable subordinate passed distant aft complications from chronic kidney illness astatine the property of 41.

Throughout his agelong career, Mangold accomplished large things, becoming an All-American astatine Ohio State and being drafted successful the archetypal circular of the 2006 draught by the Jets. New York did large things connected the wings of this subordinate and his teammates, and fans of this nine lone retrieve him positively.

Kelce reacts

After his death, Jason Kelce, a halfway and longtime player, paid tribute to his workfellow connected the New Heights podcast:

“Nick was phenomenal. He was unbelievable successful walk protection, helium was an unbelievably astute leader… and helium would execution radical successful the tally game. He was unbelievable erstwhile helium was successful the NFL, helium was unbelievable astatine Ohio State,” Kelce said. “It’s conscionable a travesty that this happened astatine specified a young age.” 

“You wanna speech astir 1 of the stalwart, champion violative lineman to ever play the game. A batch of radical travel up and archer me, ‘You’re the champion halfway to ever play.’ Like, I get that from different people. And it’s hard to person that, due to the fact that I cognize successful my bosom that Nick Mangold astatine his champion was 10 times the subordinate that I ever was. Like, I could ne'er beryllium that ascendant astatine the halfway position,” - helium said.

Mangold made 7 Pro Bowl appearances successful his 11-year career. He was the Jets' regular center, missing lone 4 games during his archetypal 10 seasons.

During Rex Ryan's tenure, helium was a cardinal subordinate who led New York to the AFC Championship Game successful 2 consecutive seasons, but the Jets failed to scope the Super Bowl, losing to the Indianapolis Colts successful 2009 and the Pittsburgh Steelers successful 2010.

New York has not made the playoffs since. Mangold was the starting halfway during the Jets' past winning play successful 2015. Although a Super Bowl rubric eluded him, helium won a nationalist rubric with Ohio State successful 2002. The franchise fable was inducted into the Jets' Ring of Honor successful 2022.