NFL looking into banning Eagles' Tush Push
The Philadelphia Eagles' version of the quarterback sneak, aka the "Brotherly Shove" or "Tush Push," has worked so well for them that the NFL plans to thoroughly investigate it. In the rugby-like play, the Eagles offensive line comes together to shove Jalen Hurts from behind in order to pick up some extra yards. Last season, […]
The Philadelphia Eagles' version of the quarterback sneak, aka the "Brotherly Shove" or "Tush Push," has worked so well for them that the NFL plans to thoroughly investigate it.
In the rugby-like play, the Eagles offensive line comes together to shove Jalen Hurts from behind in order to pick up some extra yards.
Last season, the Birds ran the play 41 times and were successful on 37 of those attempts.
However, the play has not worked out so well for other teams who have tried to mimic it.
In fact, recent injuries to players from the attempting the Eagles' QB sneak has the league thinking about banning it, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
"The controversial play has the attention of the competition committee," Schefter wrote on X/Twitter, "and the NFL and the NFLPA plan to study all the injury data related to the play, as is customary, during the off-season, per a league official, especially after two Giants were injured on the play Monday night."
This isn't the first time that the NFL has considered banning the infamous Eagles play as they looked into it this past offseason and ultimately decided not to challenge it.
The good news is that the Eagles will have at least one more season to use it to their advantage before it's potentially ripped out of their playbook.
"The brotherly shove also will be a topic of discussion during the off-season, as it was last off-season," Schefter added. "But nothing will change this season; the brotherly shove is here for 2023."
But if you ask Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni his thoughts–the league should spend their time drawing up a defensive play to stop it as opposed to getting rid of it.
"There is clearly a talent to it that our guys have," Sirianni said. "I get that some people are complaining about it, but stop it. Stop the play."
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