Saquon Barkley, Eagles and Tush Push
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With the tush push here to stay (at least for another year), every team other than the Eagles has two potential objectives: (1) come up with a way to do it; and/or (2) come up with a way to stop it.
The Philadelphia Eagles have had a field day on social media since the NFL failed to ban the Tush Push, the highly controversial iteration of the quarterback sneak that the team has perfected.
The controversial “tush push” play will not be banned for the upcoming NFL season, according to multiple reporters covering the owners’ meeting in Minnesota.
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SB Nation on MSNJets helped keep “Tush Push” legal...Will they take advantage?The Jets were one of the ten teams to vote against the ban. The Super Bowl Champion Eagles have used the “tush push” to turn short yardage situations into almost automatic conversions. Using the mobile 6’1” 223 pound Jalen Hurts, the play has turned into a big advantage for Philadelphia.
NFL owners voted against banning the play, but Andrew Perloff writes that Philly’s reaction is only going to make Roger Goodell do everything in his power to change the rule next year.
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Deanna Slamans beat the Birds in filing a trademark application, but said she doesn’t plan on restricting others from using the language if it’s granted.
The Minnesota Vikings were fighting for their playoff lives late in the 2023 season. They were in an intense battle with the Cincinnati Bengals and faced
Jalen Hurts doesn’t call it the Tush Push. No, he likes to keep it standard: The quarterback sneak. But the only thing standard about the play that involves Hurts getting shoved by a teammate or two in the physical region that defies verbal grace is the consistency with which the Philadelphia Eagles pick up first downs,
The Philadelphia Eagles' tush push is staying around after a failed proposal to ban it at the owners meeting, but that could be short lived.
The Browns’ vote shouldn’t come as a surprise given their deep Philadelphia connections, as Mary Kay Cabot pointed out on the podcast: “You’ve got Andrew (Berry) having worked for Howie Roseman, the great GM of the Eagles, you’ve got Catherine Hickman, who worked for the Eagles... It’s almost like the Browns sister team in the NFL.”
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