Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce has had enough of the discussion surrounding the tush push.
The discourse surrounding the “Tush Push” has reached a feverish pitch as the rugby-style quarterback sneak has been central to the Philadelphia Eagles’ dominance over the past two seasons.
The Eagles’ Tush Push is squarely in the crosshairs of the NFL’s Competition Committee, with a recent report by The Athletic suggesting that Commissioner Roger Goodell wants the play done away with entirely.
Kelce isn’t losing sleep over a potential ban. In fact, he had a message for Roger Goodell.
“Ban it.”
“At this point, I don’t care. I’m over the discussion about it,” Kelce said. “We were really good at running quarterback sneak before we did the push. I don’t think it’s a necessary part for it. It certainly helps, there’s no question about it. I don’t have the energy to care about whether it gets banned or not. We’re going to run it right now because we’re good at it and it’s effective, and whatever they decide to do next season we’ll find a way to do something at a high level.”
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The play has become a staple of the Eagles’ offense, and other NFL teams have tried and failed to replicate it in 2023.
Kelce did push back on a pair of popular arguments from fans, noting that he hasn’t seen an uptick in injuries due to the play and mentioning that other teams haven’t been as effective running the play.
“If they do ban the ‘Brotherly Shove’ there will be a good reason behind it that the commissioner wants to get done,” Kelce said. “Whether people agree with it or not, it is what it is and we move forward.”
He also noted the team was 36–38 on QB sneak even before they started using the push.
“The Tush Push gets a lot of the hype, but ever since [Eagles offensive line coach] Jeff Stoutland’s been here, we’ve been pretty darn efficient on quarterback sneaks.”
The outlawing of the Tush Push would force NFL teams to stick to traditional quarterback sneaks where the quarterback follows his blockers, as opposed to being pushed forward from behind.
