Jason Kelce addresses big lie about tush push

NFL teams have been debating whether they want the tush push to be removed from football, and former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce does not want those in favor of the ban to use him as part of their argument.

Kelce revealed on the latest “New Heights” podcast that he had decided to fly to the NFL owners’ meetings in Minneapolis, Minn., to address some reports he had heard involving his name. The former Pro Bowl center said some owners and coaches said at the previous owners’ meetings in March that Kelce retired because he got hurt “frequently” on the tush-push play.

That is not true, according to Kelce. Kelce says he would come out of retirement if all he had to do was run the tush push.

“I’m just going to answer any questions people have about my partaking in this play. I don’t care whether it gets banned or not,” Kelce said. “At the end of the day, this is why you vote on things. And if they vote to ban the tush push, the Eagles are still gonna run quarterback sneak at a very high percentage. I’m just going to offer if anybody has any questions about the tush push or if I retired because of the tush push.

“I’ll tell you this right now: I’ll come out of retirement today if you tell me all I gotta do is run 80 tush pushes to play in the NFL. I’ll do that gladly. It’ll be the easiest job in the world and it’ll be, like, 80-something snaps.”