Jason Kelce's extended visit to the MNF booth must have excited Falcon fans

Rising media superstar Jason Kells paid an extended visit Monday Night Football Booth during last night's Falcons-Eagles game. The move certainly thrilled Eagles fans.

And the Falcons upset those in part.

Biased fans (That is(all fans) often spend much of their time scrutinizing every word uttered by the people working a given game, searching for any evidence that a talking head “hates” their team. They routinely ignore the good and obsess over the bad, often making innocuous comments as an indication that broadcasters are “on” the other side.

Falcons fans didn't need tinfoil hats last night. As many have said (including Devin McCourty on Tuesday PFT is live), Kelce's presence made it feel like an Eagles preseason broadcast.

Kelce is great, and his talent (in my view) is wasted on a pregame show. He can be a great game analyst. But jamming him in the booth for the second Eagles game without him will only anger those who follow the other team.

When things got really interesting, Kells should have been in the booth. Wouldn't it have been great to hear what he had to say about the Atlanta 10 with less than two minutes to play and the Falcons' decision to pass on third-and-three out of a timeout? Was he critical, or was he a (former) company man?

Why wasn't he put on standby for the postgame show? It was a perfect opportunity for Kelce to offer raw, factual commentary on why the Eagles did what they did. And whether they should have done anything different.

Kells was probably glad he wasn't in a position to comment on the situation. Many would have rolled their eyes if he had defended the Eagles. Had he talked about coaching decisions, he would have received some pushback from his former team.

This is Kells' real test. Can he risk pissing off the only team he's ever played for — and invite the wrath of Philly fans — by telling the unvarnished truth, as he sees it?

First, he had to rewire his brain to see it by shifting from “we” to “them.” And realizing that his primary duty is now to the audience.