Jason Kelce describes tense, Illuminati-Like NFL meeting that saved the Tush Push

Jason Kelce might be retired, but he still knows how to move a pile.

This week, the Eagles legend found himself not on a football field, but inside what he called the “inner sanctum” of the NFL — the owners meeting in Minnesota, where the league’s most controversial play, the Tush Push, stood trial. And somehow, Kelce’s voice may have helped swing the vote.

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The push play — made famous by Jalen Hurts and an offensive line led by Kelce — survived by a narrow 2-vote margin after the Packers proposed a modified ban. That’s when Kelce, 37, stepped in to set the record straight on his own experience with the play and the false narrative that it somehow drove him into retirement.

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“Dude, I’m in a room with all these owners and billionaires,” Kelce told the 94WIP Morning Show. “It felt really surreal to even be in that room. I don’t know if the Illuminati is real, but I feel like that room really is close to that. It was wild.”

Jason Kelce admitted he expected the play to be banned before stepping into the room. But once inside, he noticed that not everyone had made up their minds, and both he and Jeffrey Lurie took full advantage of that.

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Kelce spoke honestly about the physical demands of the play, pushing back on the idea that it’s inherently more dangerous than anything else happening on a football field.

“I was there to tell them, ‘Listen, it’s a grueling play. I’m not going to negate that,’” Kelce said. “But there’s no momentum buildup. It’s not high-impact. I have a much better chance of getting hurt out in the open running full speed.”

Jason Kelce wasn’t the only one to go to bat for the Birds. According to him, Lurie “went very strong” in his address to the other owners, pushing back against the idea that the Eagles had been included in the conversation up to that point.

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The Eagles’ owner made it clear that the organization felt shut out of a process that was, essentially, designed to eliminate a play that only one team seems to run effectively.

“It was really tense after Jeffrey went because of how passionate he was,” Kelce said. “He made his point clear and known.”

Despite the drama, Jason Kelce says he didn’t get any insider scoop on the vote. Like the rest of us, he found out the results in a text — this one from Jordan Mailata: “Thanks for your service. Another year of pushing tush.”

Another year indeed.

And if this thing is really a war in the trenches, the Eagles just got a massive win on the political front.

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