The Dallas Cowboys are about to undertake the single hardest endeavor in the entire NFL: Stopping the Tush Push.

That's right: When the Cowboys travel to face the Philadelphia Eagles next Sunday, they'll be face-to-face with the play that's made Jalen Hurts and his offensive line so feared. Recently, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni noted that they don't do "First and ten," instead they do "first and nine" because moving the chains in a yard-to-go situation is so automatic for them thanks to the Tush Push.

In case you've been living under a rock for the last year and change, the Tush Push (or Brotherly Shove), is the Eagles' version of the QB sneak where multiple players push the quarterback forward. With one of the best O-lines in football, Philly has been extremely dominant with it, failing to move the chains only once or twice this season. They've been so dominant that they recently went for it on fourth down on their own 26 because why the heck wouldn't you when your success rate running the play is well above 95%?

A new strategy to stop the Eagles' Tush Push?

Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who continues to have massive success running his unit, hinted toward having a new strategy to do the impossible and actually stop the play.

"For us, it won't be exactly what we've done or shown before," Quinn told reporters on Monday. "It'll be something that we'll have to do a little bit differently."

What that means exactly for a short-yardage play where, in his own words, " you have 22 guys all in the space of about seven yards," is impossible to know for us mere mortals. If the highest-paid coaches in the world haven't quite figured it out, I'm not about to pretend you and I will. Ultimately, however, Quinn seems to understand the best way to stop the Tush Push is to never let them into a position where it's even a possibility. Of course, that's easier said than done, but still an understanding that could dictate gameday strategy.

"Because somebody is excellent at something, you want to make sure that you're playing to your strength, just like we are," Quinn said before diving into a combat analogy. "Sometimes that doesn't mean doing the same exact thing. You know, like if you're in an MMA fight and you're a really good stand-up (fighter) and I was really good on the ground, we'd be like, 'I'm not going to stand up with you, so I'm going to make you fight the way I want to fight.'"

Cowboys can't really practice for the play

One of the key challenges of the Tush Push is that it's not an easy one to simulate in practice. There's a reason why the Eagles are better than most teams that run it and running it away from gameday would probably be counterproductive as teams wouldn't do it the right way while risking their health.

"How do you drill one specific part of it where you can do that safely?" Quinn explained. "We certainly can't have (Cooper Rush) and Trey (Lance) in practices hunkering down and see what happens, you know?"

Instead, the Cowboys are "taking bits and pieces out" to work on the play ahead of the key Week 9 matchup.

Is the Tush Push overblown? 

Everyone wants to discuss the Tush Push when it comes to the Eagles, but they're not 7-1 solely because of it. They're a really good offense with playmakers outside and a run game difficult to stop.

"It'll be one part of the game, honestly," Quinn said. "It gets a lot of attention but those throws to A.J. Brown go a lot further than that one-yard sneak. (…) They've got a bunch of explosive plays."

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