The play was too successful. 

Instead of teams trying to find a way to stop the Philadelphia Eagles' tush push play that was prevalent throughout the Super Bowl, the NFL is turning to its competition committee to slow the Eagles down. And in a recent report by The Athletic, it appears that the whole reason for the controversy surrounding the play exists because teams don't know how to stop it. 

“That’s a gray area,” said Alex Whittingham, a defensive quality control coach for Kansas City, in a recent report by Kalyn Kahler. “Not a rule that they’re breaking right now, but they are pretty much unstoppable when they do that.”

According to the report, several members of the NFL's competition committee watched the play over and over. The committee primarily focused on the Eagles' variation of the push play but acknowledged that other teams did utilize it as well. 

Apparently, multiple people close to the committee held the belief that the play "isn't football," according to Kahler. 

Other individuals lambasted the play stating that it "was ugly," according to the report. 

But there is some good news. The play is most likely not going to change during the off-season. 

Take a look at what Kahler wrote: 

The second person and a third briefed on the matter said that they don’t anticipate any change to the pushing this year because no one in the room has voiced a strong enough opinion yet, and the competition committee is typically slow to move on an issue the first time it is raised. 'We’re not losing sleep over this,' said the second person briefed on the matter."

Not all voices surrounding the play have been negative. Apparently, the Eagles have a strong defender in Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, who enjoys the influence the rugby-style play has had on the game of football. 

Regardless, the only reason the tush push is even being discussed goes back to one thing: The Eagles were really good at running the play. 

If Philadelphia was marginally worse at pushing quarterback Jalen Hurts forward, the play probably wouldn't be a discussion at all. 

The saying goes, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Well, in the Eagles' case, it should be if you can't stop 'em, complain to the league office enough to try and get them to change the rules. 

“All I know is everything we’re doing is legal and it works, and just because people do something that’s really good, doesn’t mean it should be outlawed,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. 

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