Chiefs HC Andy Reid keeps it real with Eagles' tush push comment
The Kansas City Chiefs will be preparing through the weekend to take on the Philadelphia Eagles next Monday night. However, there's one play that the Chiefs won't practice ahead of the highly anticipated Super Bowl rematch and that's stopping the Eagles' special quarterback sneak. Also known as the "tush push" or "brotherly shove," the Eagles […]
The Kansas City Chiefs will be preparing through the weekend to take on the Philadelphia Eagles next Monday night.
However, there's one play that the Chiefs won't practice ahead of the highly anticipated Super Bowl rematch and that's stopping the Eagles' special quarterback sneak.
Also known as the "tush push" or "brotherly shove," the Eagles offense comes together on a short-yardage play and pushes quarterback Jalen Hurts through the opposing defense for an almost guaranteed first down.
Reid gave his thoughts on the rugby-like play, adding that he doesn't think it's worth prepping his players for during practice, simply because you can't.
“That’s a tough one to practice," Reid said. "You almost have to do it live. So I don’t think they’re spending a ton of time on it. I just think they’re good at it. I think their inside three do a pretty good job with it and they’ve grown with it over time. That’s what I see."
The Eagles have over a 90 percent success rate when they run the play and they don't even practice it themselves.
"We don't just go out there and practice it at practice," Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith told ESPN's "This is Football" podcast over the bye week. "It's the details of it. And also half of it is just the will to wanna do it. Those guys (on the offensive line), they enjoy doing stuff like that. When we got to 1-yard situations, they will sit there laughing. … I honestly feel like there's nothing to do unless we fumble it. I feel like that's the only way you can … stop it."
Several other teams have attempted to mimic the play, but they've either failed or have had players injured along the way. Because of this, the NFL plans to investigate the tush push and potentially ban it altogether.
Until then, the Eagles will continue to use the tush push to their advantage.
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