The “Tush Push” play has been successful for the Philadelphia Eagles, but there is one downfall according to center Jason Kelce.
Essentially, getting smushed.
“Man, all the weight and everything lying up on top of you,” Kelce told NBC’s Devin McCourty. “And you’ve got to wait for everybody else to get up before you can get up. It’s a grueling play, for sure. And, you know, if you do it right, you’re at the bottom … “If, if you’re not at the bottom, it usually didn’t go well.”
Ouch.
The Tush Push is essentially a play where the offense is pushed by the rest of the team in hopes of a first down or touchdown.
It’s caused a lot of controversy.
The NFL Competition Committee is looking into seeing if this is a legal play with more research to be conducted after spending the offseason studying it.
NBC’s Peter King called the play an “abomination” that should be taken out of the league. Kelce himself responded to those claims in an episode of New Heights.
“First of all, abomination is a strong word. You usually here that with like serial killers or like … that’s like against the lord. What’s the definition of abomination, ungodly? That’s a strong word for a quarterback sneak play.”
Kelce doesn’t appear to want to make the play stop. Despite what others say, and how his body responds.
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