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May 21, 2025
Tush Push Ban: Jason Kelce, former Eagles center, believes his comments regarding the tush push may have been misunderstood.
He suggests his words were not interpreted correctly.
To set the record straight, he is now willing to speak to NFL team owners directly before they vote on a potential rule change that would ban teammates from pushing the quarterback forward like Jalen Hurts has done multiple times.
Kelce wants his side of the story heard—by him.
On his New Heights podcast, Jason Kelce opened up about wanting to attend the NFL owners’ meeting in Minnesota.
He said he feels the need to clear the air. His past comments about the tush push, he believes, were misunderstood.
Kelce wants to make it clear—he never called the play dangerous. And it definitely wasn’t the reason he decided to retire.
Jason Kelce stated that he was actually going to Minnesota and was flying there to get to the truth at the NFL owners’ meeting.
At the last meeting, Jason Kelce heard some owners and coaches say, in jest, that he retired because of the tush push.
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They mentioned how often he got hurt on that play, but he said that's not true.
He just wants to show up and answer any questions about the play himself.
He doesn't care if they ban it or not. That is what voting is for, he said.
Even if it is banned, Jason Kelce thinks the Eagles will run quarterback sneaks very effectively.
He joked that he would even come out of retirement. Just tell him he only has to run 80 tush pushes, and he said he would take that job in full! That would be the easiest job in the NFL for him!
Today is the owners meeting for the NFL. The question is will the owners listen to Jason Kelce? And, still make a rule change?
The potential new rule also means a ban on pushing ball carriers. And, you can think of the Eagles' tush push as gone.
Or at least that means the tush push, is gone at least. But it really is a play that continues to define short-yardage success. But, today could be the last for good.
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