The tush push is one play. It’s basically run by one team. (A few others dabble.)

But it certainly gets people talking.

At this week’s NFL owners meeting in Minnesota, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie lobbied for an hour on behalf of the tush push, his team’s ballyhooed goal-line go-to.

If that happens on the Senate floor, it’s called a filibuster. Like Strom Thurmond arguing against civil rights in 1957. (Thurmond babbled for over 24 hours. Racism must be energizing.)

At one point during Lurie’s drivel, San Francisco owner Jed York asked him “how much more (bleep)” he had left to say. York wasn’t laughing.

In an attempt to be as stupid as Thurmond, Lurie said the tush push was comparable to a wet dream for a teenage boy, according to ESPN sources. Because the tush push is so successful that the rest of the NFL wants it outlawed.

Creepy. Keep the tush push, but ban Lurie from talking.

NFL VP Troy Vincent chastised Lurie for his analogy, pointing out it came in mixed company. Netflix will do a documentary.

Bro/gym teacher Jason Kelce had to have his say. Very likely at a high volume. What was the retired Eagles center even doing at an owners meeting?

In the end, the tush push survived despite 22 of 32 teams voting against it. It’s like the Electoral College. You can lose but still win. (Twenty-four votes were required to ditch the tush push. A 75% majority.)

The Pittsburgh Steelers voted against the tush push.

The usual suspects criticized the Steelers for doing so, saying it betrayed their commitment to physical football. (Have you seen the Steelers play recently? They’ve long since betrayed that commitment.)

But it made sense for the Steelers to turn thumbs down. The Steelers don’t run the tush push and didn’t stop it when they played the Eagles in December.

If the Steelers did run the tush push, it seems like powerful rookie running back Kaleb Johnson and mammoth tight end Darnell Washington could provide the push.

But here’s doubting Aaron Rodgers wants to provide the tush.

Heck, Rodgers won’t get his tush to OTAs and minicamp. He’s too busy dealing with personal issues, mostly that Minnesota doesn’t want him.

The argument against the tush push is silly, though the combined stupidity of Lurie and Kelce makes me wish it got kiboshed.

There’s no evidence to suggest the tush push is particularly unsafe. An 18-game schedule is unsafe, but the NFL can’t wait to adopt that.

Trying to outlaw the tush push is too Eagles-specific. Targeting a particular team.

Critics say the tush push “isn’t a real football play.”

Nonsense. That’s exactly what it is.

It’s men’s football. It’s in the trenches. It’s a physical play in a sport that gets less physical all the time.

The Eagles’ X-factor in executing the tush push is the lower-body strength of quarterback Jalen Hurts. So, every other team’s quarterback should squat more and leg press more. (There’s also an exercise called the Bulgarian Split Squat. Sounds vaguely dirty. Lurie might like it.)

Some feel the tush push isn’t entertaining.

Most of football isn’t entertaining. Should the Steelers’ entire offensive game plan be banned?

Be careful. Once you start legislating entertainment, you wind up with John Cena turning heel.

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