Tush Push
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Birds' fan, but not a fan of NFL's version of the wedge with ability to physically aid the ballcarrier.
My understanding is that players on the line hate it because there are a lot of injuries. Other than that, I just want the rules to be even and consistent. It is hard to ref a tush push when players push on first, second, as well as third and short. For the most part, I don't care much.
No injury data to support that. Over 95% of tush push plays run in the league last year resulted in no injury. Run it or stop it. Love it as an Eagles fan.
Where was our Tush Push vs OSU last year? Warren with Cousins pushing him, I think that play gets in the end zone with 4 attempts inside the 5.
To clarify this, the play is a QB sneak, executed within the rules the league has set.
The eagles are very good at it. They have a QB that can squat >600lbs and a very good OL.
31 other teams have tried and cannot execute it as well.
If 32 teams all executed the play roughly the same, making short yardage situations non-competitive, then I'd be all for a rule change. But that is not the case. 1 team runs this well because of the physical attributes of a player or a perhaps a couple players. If the NFL changes the rule, it will be a capricious move made out of envy, to lessen the success of one team.
By the same rationale, the NFL should have banned audibles because Peyton Manning was so good at exploiting defenses once he saw the alignment.
The eagles are very good at it. They have a QB that can squat >600lbs and a very good OL.
31 other teams have tried and cannot execute it as well.
If 32 teams all executed the play roughly the same, making short yardage situations non-competitive, then I'd be all for a rule change. But that is not the case. 1 team runs this well because of the physical attributes of a player or a perhaps a couple players. If the NFL changes the rule, it will be a capricious move made out of envy, to lessen the success of one team.
By the same rationale, the NFL should have banned audibles because Peyton Manning was so good at exploiting defenses once he saw the alignment.
You are missing the point. You should not be able to push a player from behind. That was not in the rules originally. I don't care if 1, 5, 15 or 32 teams are good at it or not good at it. The act of pushing a player from behind in any situation should be banned. It is just as bad if a WR catches a pass downfield and his forward progress is stopped yet a scrum ensues and he is still not down then along comes two 300 pound offensive linemen to push him forward 5 more yards. It is bogus.
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