Eagles WR DeVonta Smith explains scary side of 'Tush Push'
The Philadelphia Eagles' special quarterback sneak, aka the "tush push," is the most successful play they run of offense. But it's dangerous. Eagles' wide receiver DeVonta Smith shared the scary side of the play during an appearance on ESPN's "This is Football" podcast. " "Man, I'mma push a little bit, but then, look, I ain't tryna […]
The Philadelphia Eagles' special quarterback sneak, aka the "tush push," is the most successful play they run of offense.
But it's dangerous.
Eagles' wide receiver DeVonta Smith shared the scary side of the play during an appearance on ESPN's "This is Football" podcast. "
"Man, I'mma push a little bit, but then, look, I ain't tryna get up in that pile, man," Smith said. "Bad things happen when you're in the pile."
"For folks that's never been at the bottom of the pile, you can't breathe," Smith continue. "It's just like, everybody's on top of you. No matter how hard you try to breathe, it just doesn't work. … I think at this point (our guys) just lay there. They don't say nothing, they just be laying there, just waiting for somebody to help them up."
While Smith, like any reasonable human being, may not be a fan of getting caught under a pile of huge linemen, he's certainly not against the 'brotherly shove," which has been successful for the Birds over 90% of the time.
"The details," he said. "We don't just go out there and practice it at practice. 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."
In fact, the Eagles have been the only team that is so good at running the 'tush push' that the NFL has plans to investigate the play this upcoming offseason and possibly ban it.
Until then, the Eagles are going to use it to their advantage and 170-pound Smith is going to make sure he keeps himself on the outside of the dog pile.
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