Eagles great Jason Kelce says the difficulty of officiating the tush push would 'be a reason to ban it'

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The Philadelphia Eagles' famed tush push was in the middle of another controversy during the team’s 38-20 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. 

Quarterback Jalen Hurts had the ball stripped out of his hands by Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux as he extended for a first down. The Giants recovered the ball, and it looked like they came up with a key takeaway, but the referees blew the play dead due to forward progress. 

The Eagles were awarded a first down, much to the chagrin of Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who was fuming. Two plays after the fourth-down conversion, the Eagles scored a touchdown to go up 14-7.

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Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts appears to fumble the ball while running the tush push play against the New York Giants at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Oct. 26, 2025. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Former Eagles star center Jason Kelce said the referees blew the call.

"It’s a fumble, they missed it," Kelce said during a recent episode of "New Heights."

Travis Kelce said the referees either had to call his momentum was stopped before the line to gain, and it should have been a turnover on downs, or a fumble. Instead, the referees gave the Eagles a first down.

Jason agreed with his brother and said Hurts’ forward momentum was not stopped. He said that if the tush push is hard to officiate, then it is a reason to ban it. 

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