Tom Brady speaks out on Eagles' tush push
The "tush push" or "brotherly shove" has been extremely successful for the Philadelphia Eagles, but Tom Brady thinks it's only a matter of time before Jalen Hurts gets injured. Philly's version of the quarterback sneak is where the offense comes together to push or shove Hurts during a short-yardage play for an almost guaranteed first […]
The "tush push" or "brotherly shove" has been extremely successful for the Philadelphia Eagles, but Tom Brady thinks it's only a matter of time before Jalen Hurts gets injured.
Philly's version of the quarterback sneak is where the offense comes together to push or shove Hurts during a short-yardage play for an almost guaranteed first down.
The Eagles have run it over 30 times and have 92 percent success rate.
Brady, who has plenty of experience to speak on the hot topic after playing under center for 23 NFL seasons and running the tush push himself, expressed a major concern on the play during a recent episode of the 'Let's Go!' podcast.
"The only thing I worry about in that particular play is they all know what's coming when you line up in formation and that quarterback is going to take a lot of shots," he said. "I don't know how many times you want your quarterback taking shots. So yeah, it's effective for a one-yard gain but it might be ineffective someday when someone hits a right shoulder of the quarterback because they know it's coming. So you may have some short-term gain, you may have some long-term pain."
Brady thinks the smartest decision for the Eagles would be to come up with a different version of the tush push or run the play a lot less than they have been.
"They might have to come up with a tush toss or some variation of the tush push to keep people honest," he said, "because if they keep lining up and your teammate's your quarterback, and even though Jalen is a pretty strong guy, you're putting yourself in harm's way."
Brady isn't the only one that isn't a huge fan of the play, in fact the league is going to spend the offseason investigating the play for injuries and decide if they should ban it or not.
Eagles' center Jason Kelce believes players might start faking injuries in order to get it outlawed by next fall.
"I'm telling you," Kelce said on of the 'New Heights' podcast. "I swear, I guarantee. Guys are going to start faking injuries. It's going to start off [as] minor injuries at first, but they're already thinking about how can we get this outlawed for next season."
For now, the play isn't going anywhere and the Eagles are going to keep using it to their advantage… even if the GOAT thinks it's too risky.
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