“They’ve been warning me of that for years,” Kelce said. “I had a tendency to do that in the past so they’ve definitely warned me before. I’ve got to be smarter, especially in that situation.”

Kelce said that because it was third-and-inches, the officials weren’t going to tolerate him moving the ball forward at all, as that would be basically moving the ball across the line to gain. Kelce thinks that if it hadn’t been such a short-yardage situation, the officials would have let it go.

“I think if that’s a full yard to gain, probably not as much, but because it was so short, if I move it forward at all it’s going to be called, and I’ve just got to be smarter than that,” Kelce said.

The penalty was incredibly costly, as the Eagles were at the Seahawks’ 3-yard line and were probably only a couple of tush pushes away from a touchdown. After the penalty they had to settle for a field goal, essentially taking four points away from the Eagles in a game they would go on to lose 20-17.