Bills defensive lineman Jordan Phillips has responded to Jason Kelce accusing him of dirty play during Buffalo’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 26.
Kelce had argued that Phillips should have been fined for hitting Eagles guard Cam Jurgens after jumping offsides trying to stop a “Tush Push” play. Phillips, meanwhile, said it is “crazy” the All-Pro center would say he was out of line.
“When you look at the ‘Tush Push’ he dives at somebody’s knees every play and tries to roll them up,” Phillips said to WROC-TV. “For him to speak on somebody being dirty, I don’t think he has any right or any means to call for a fine when he does a whole bunch of stuff. I think it’s crazy for him to even mention that.”
Phillips also threw a jab at Kelce and the weekly “New Heights Podcast” he does with his brother, Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce.
“He is a well-respected guy around the league for whatever reason,” Phillips said of Jason Kelce. “Now he suddenly has a voice because he’s on his brother’s podcast and he thinks he can use it. But the way he’s using his voice doesn’t make any sense.”
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: #Bills DT Jordan Phillips is going after #Eagles C Jason Kelce for saying the #NFL should fine Phillips for a play where Kelce thinks Phillips purposely tried to injure Cam Jurgens.
He also says that Kelce is a well respected guy around the league “for some… pic.twitter.com/mz9i1yAj4M
— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) December 7, 2023
Phillips’ response comes after Jason Kelce admonished the 31-year-old veteran for hitting Jurgens after jumping offsides, calling the move “a disgrace” and claiming Phillips “purposely” tried to injure the Eagles interior lineman.
“Teams are really trying to stop that play,” Kelce said back on Nov. 29. “I thought it was bulls–t at the time. I really did. I said so to the official on the field. I said, ‘I’ve been running that play a lot of years. I’ve seen people jump offsides. He made zero effort to stop after he jumped offsides.’ He purposely tried to hurt Cam Jurgens. I thought it should have been a personal foul and I think he should be fined for that play.”
“[Jordan Phillips] purposely tried to hurt Cam Jurgens and I thought it should have been a personal foul…I thought that play in particular was absolutely a disgrace that the NFL should not allow.”
Jason Kelce didn’t hold back on the hit Cam Jurgens took against the Bills: pic.twitter.com/9Vf8zkqNsz
— WIP Morning Show (@WIPMorningShow) November 29, 2023
Phillips was neither penalized on the field for the hit nor fined later by the league.
The Eagles won the game over Buffalo 37-34 in overtime.