Jason Kelce makes absurd comparison of what running the 'Tush Push' is like

Jason Kelce is very experienced with the “tush push” play, being the centerpiece (no pun intended) of the hybrid QB sneak play. The former Philadelphia Eagles center didn’t have to deal with it in 2024 during his first year of retirement.

With the play on the cusp of being banned, although that issue has been tabled for now, Kelce made an absurd comparison of what the tush push is like. When you think about it, it might not be that absurd.
Kelce’s been on record that despite the play being borderline unstoppable, it’s quite a hassle to run it as often as the Eagles did. As long as the play is still allowed, Jalen Hurts and the entire offensive line will still run it, but perhaps feel the same way as Kelce.

“It’s more of a grueling play of, like, you gotta take a (expletive) and it just won’t come out,” Kelce said on New Heights. “You’re just squeezing forever, until that thing comes out. That’s what it’s like. That’s what’s grueling about it.”

Sure, Kelce has jokes such as going to the bathroom is very comparable to the tush push. But the future Hall of Fame center did have a logical explanation as to why the play should not be banned from the league.

“I get it,” Kelce said. “I get why certain teams want to ban it for competitive reasons. I get why some people think that it’s potentially unsafe. I think optically it looks unsafe. For me personally, I never felt like there’s that much more more of a risk of injuring somebody on the play, and I don’t think there’s any statistics to back that up. … I think the only argument I see for potentially banning it is—is there a competitive advantage? Is it unfair that players can push? And should we allow players to push rather than ball carriers or anybody to have to do things on their own?

“I think it’s going to be a hard rule to enforce. When is that enforced? Are gang tackles outlawed? When [Chiefs center] Creed Humphrey gets behind a running back [in the open field] and pushing the pile forward—do we not want that? Because I like that.”

Travis Kelce echoed his thoughts too. He agreed that the tush push should be here to stay in football.

“There are four downs that a team gets to get a first down or get in the end zone,” Travis said. “If the tush push is just one play that you run when you have a short-yardage situation, those may come up a handful of times throughout a game. You can’t get upset at that one play. … I think it’s a football type of play. … I don’t think we need to be banning this.”