Jason Kelce Goes Off On Dov Kleiman Over “Wildly Misleading” Post About NFL Waterboys

This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Former Super Bowl champion Jason Kelce remains active on social media, often expressing his opinion about big issues, such as the Detroit Lions asking center Frank Ragnow to repay part of his signing bonus after he retired.

Kelce, who has found himself at a crossroads with fans, continues to be vocal about NFL-related topics. On Friday, NFL aggregator Dov Kleiman tweeted that NFL “waterboys” earned over $3,000 per game, which amounted to $50,000 per season.

Kelce didn’t appreciate that description and went on a rant to clarify that those people were just in charge of offering hydration to players.

Jason Kelce Explains Actual Waterboys Roles

On Sunday, the one-time Super Bowl champion explained the role the man in the photo used by Kleiman had on the team.

“The guy squirting water into Zach Ertz’s mouth is Joe O’Pella,” Kelce tweeted. “He’s an athletic trainer that’s been with the team for over 15 years at this point. NFL teams don’t really have water boys, athletic trainers are usually the ones responsible for having water on the practice field and during games, but this post is absolutely hilarious.

“A guy who rehabbed my ACL tear in my second year, has a masters degree from Pitt, and has years of experience keeping Eagles players healthy and on the field being called a ‘Waterboy’ is crazy, and I’m already giving him shit for it, but good lord this post is so wildly misleading. Either way, thought I’d clear the air, that the people with Water Bottles during games actually serve much bigger roles on NFL Teams.”

Yes, the salaries are great, but they don’t earn them by just shooting water into the players’ mouths.