If the Philadelphia Eagles were known as the team who ran the Tush Push the most over the last few years, the Buffalo Bills were a very close second.
That's what makes the argument made by Bills owner Terry Pegula such a bizarre one over the last few months.
With the Tush Push ban vote failing on Wednesday, word is coming out on some of the bigger teams to have spoken out against the play. Most, like the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, and others, used the potential vote as a way to get the variation of the quarterback sneak out of the league to hurt the Eagles.
The Bills had no such mindset. They simply wanted the play banned.
Pegula's reasoning? Because All-Pro center Jason Kelce retired.
ESPN reported during league meetings that the Bills owner suggested that the reason Kelce retired from the Eagles was because of the Tush Push. Kelce's comments on his "New Heights" podcast were only further evidence for Pegula.
After league meetings this week, with Kelce showing up to speak out about the play, Pegula's original claim doesn't just look false, it looks completely foolish. The Bills use the Tush Push more than anyone else outside of the Eagles.
For the owner of the team make of a reason to ban it is next level stupidity. And it's even worse now that the rule change didn't even pass.