Shane Gillis' Tush Push skit from the 2025 ESPYS

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Shane Gillis opens the 2025 ESPYS bit by riffing on how the Philadelphia Eagles’ “tush push” quarterback-sneak has turned into the most talked-about play in football. In trademark deadpan, he jokes that the move is “the only thing keeping Philly from burning down its own stadium,” then pokes fun at how the rest of the league calls it dangerous only because their offensive lines “eat salads instead of cheesesteaks.” His pacing is loose but quick; each tag lands on an easy laugh about linemen body types, copy-cat coaches, and rule-change subcommittees that “meet more often than the Senate.”

Gillis shifts to a mock instructional segment. Wearing a whistle and clutching a laminated play sheet, he drags a crash pad onto center stage and invites two “volunteers” in full pads—later revealed to be Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson in surprise cameos. The comedian narrates in exaggerated coach-speak while Kelce and Johnson demonstrate the surge; at one point he stands behind Kelce to play the quarterback, only to be catapulted forward when Johnson pushes, selling the bit with an over-the-top pratfall. He compares the motion to “three guys trying to fit through a Wawa doorway at once” and declares it “the most important scientific breakthrough to come out of Philadelphia since the soft pretzel.”

From there, the skit widens into a faux public-service message about player safety. Gillis claims the tush push is statistically safer than “telling Philly fans Santa Claus isn’t real,” then rolls grainy “archive footage” of failed sneaks by other teams. Each clip is doctored to include slapstick sound effects; Gillis narrates like a wildlife-show host observing clumsy animals in their natural habitat. He closes the segment by insisting the league should mandate the play rather than ban it, asserting, “If everyone used the tush push, nobody would punt, and America would never have to watch another 13-10 Thursday night game.”

The climax features Gillis challenging five retired quarterbacks—Nick Foles, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger—to attempt the push behind Kelce and Johnson. Each QB milks their entrance for laughs; Gillis rates them on a handheld scorecard, awarding Foles a perfect 10 because “the Philly Special still buys eternal goodwill.” As confetti cannons fire, Gillis delivers a tongue-in-cheek plea to the competition committee: “Let the big guys eat and shove—football is better when the ground game looks like a bar brawl at last call.”

He walks off with one final line—“Remember, kids, always get consent before a tush push”—earning a roar from the crowd. The camera cuts to athletes in the audience mimicking the shove and laughing, cementing the bit as the signature comic highlight of the 2025 ESPYS broadcast.

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