Jealousy Seems to Be the Order of the Day When It Comes to How Other NFL Teams Treat the Eagles.
It will now be May before the NFL rules on the legality of the Tush Push. Many reasons will be given for this lingering debate including of course the safety of this glorified quarterback sneak. But the fact that hardly any Eagles opponent was able to stop it still lingers as a possible motive for banning it.
The Eagles aren’t feeling hopeless — here is why you shouldn’t either.
The Eagles proved this season that on fourth down — that they are pretty much unstoppable anyway. This includes a fourth and 2 in the Super Bowl where a completion to A.J. Brown was brought back due to an offensive pass interference call. Running with Barkley, passing to either Brown, Smith, or Goedert, or even using the athleticism of Jalen Hurts. The Eagles can pickup one yard in almost every way.
Sure, certain aspects of the Tush Push may be banned from the NFL but it’s highly unlikely that the quarterback sneak itself will be — a play dating back to the Ice Bowl and Bart Starr’s Green Bay Packers. Every NFL Team has a quarterback sneak in the playbook. The concept of the play itself will not go from high school football, college football, or the NFL.
The Tush Push didn’t just materialize as a signature play of the best team in the NFL. It was born out of a confidence that the Eagles have possessed for years — manifesting itself most recently through their youthful leader and his quarterback — who approach each game as if there is nothing that the Eagles cannot do. What they almost certainly will do — is to improvise ways to frustrate opposing NFL defenses once again.
Free agency has come once again the Eagles will take the field in fall of 2025 with much the same offensive weapons as 2022, 2023, and 2024. It’s certainly enough talent to get one yard — if not 400 a game.
And while you might be upset that some in the professional sports world who are disdainful of the recent near decade of success — the Eagles themselves are not. They know that even without Kellen Moore on the sidelines — this offense is plenty innovative enough to improvise a new go-to play for one yard. Even if its the longest yard.
Besides — You can always just give the ball to AJ Dillon.
Many will be watching the results of the owner’s meetings in May with high emotion. The Eagles will be prepared for any outcome and will approach the outcome with the same professionalism as they always do — avoiding being overcome with emotion.
You shouldn’t, either.
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