Must-watch TV: Shane Gillis “graphically” explains the ‘Tush Push’ while roasting the NFL

Last night’s ESPY Awards were full of hysterical, memorable moments. Shane Gillis hosted and starred in a handful of skits as the top athletes in the world were honored from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Philly’s own Shane Gillis

Gillis gave a monologue that was met with both laughter and shock as a couple of jokes may have landed a little harsh on the ears of some of the athletes. The one skit that seemed to give everyone a hearty chuckle with is the Tush Push skit.

Set up like an epic sports movie trailer, with a guest cast that included Internet personality Druski. The set up was Gillis a janitor, working in the locker room of a struggling football team, who speaks up and shares an idea, a play, a revolutionary way to play the game.

The play that Gillis drew up: the “Tush Push.” We know the Tush Push thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles who have used the play almost exclusively on short yardage situations, and with incredible success.

Weaker teams will vote against it

The skit poked fun at the Eagles a bit, but more at the premise of the play. After a little motivational speech, Gillis lays out the Xs and Os of the play. “You’re going to line up at center,” Gillis tells Druski. Then he looks at his QB and says “You line up behind him.”

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He goes on to explain the play in graphic detail as Druski continues to get more disillusioned by the idea. Meanwhile everyone in the locker room starts jumping on board. Druski, fed up with the idea, asks is that even a legal play, to which Gillis who is a famous Eagles fan in real life answers “yes.”

That became a talking point at the NFL meeting following the season. The legality of the Eagles patented Tush Push was debated, and some teams voted to get rid of the play, not because of how unstoppable it is, but on the grounds of safety. Gillis took a swipe at teams like the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants were among the 22 teams that reportedly voted against it. “The weaker, softer teams are going to have to get together and vote against it like cowards. Could you imagine a football team going and complaining about a play working too well?”