Andy Reid on 'Tush Push' Debate: 'If We Could Do It Effectively, I’d Probably Do It'

The Tush Push has become a controversial topic yet again this offseason, with the Green Bay Packers submitting a rule proposal to ban that particular form of quarterback sneak and Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris publicly criticizing the play.

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told PFT Live on Tuesday, however, that his team would run the play more if they could do so at a high level.

"[The Philadelphia Eagles] do it better than anybody, so they're gonna get criticized," he said. "Heck, if we could do it effectively, I'd probably do it."

Reid did say he had some safety concerns regarding the play, citing the wear-and-tear former Eagles center Jason Kelce said he endured at the bottom of the pile during Tush Push plays.

"That's how I feel, but these committees take care of all this injury stuff," he said. "You hear Jason Kelce coming out—he said it when he was playing, he said it when he's retired. And I got a lot of trust in that kid; he's tougher than shoe leather. He's out there going, 'This is a great play, but it kills me. As a center, I was getting destroyed.' ... That in itself is an alarm that you gotta look at."

While there's been no data to this point that suggests the Tush Push presents more injury risk than other types of plays—a point the NFL itself has acknowledged in the past—there seems to be a renewed resurgence to outlaw the play. That would require 24 teams signing off on banning it, however, a fairly tall task.