At 10-1, the Philadelphia Eagles currently have the best record in the NFL this season, and dating back to 2022, they’ve won 24 of their last 28 regular-season games.
One key to the Eagles’ success during the last two years has been their ability to convert first downs in the majority of their short-yardage situations.
Philadelphia has been able to have a high rate of success in short-yardage situations thanks mostly to the “tush push,” a play they run that basically involves every member of the offense pushing quarterback Jalen Hurts past the first-down marker.
The “tush push” has become virtually impossible for the Eagles’ opponents to stop since they began implementing it into their offensive strategy, and because of this, other teams around the NFL want the league to make it illegal to run the play.
Knowing this, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly wants to “permanently” ban teams from running the “tush push,” according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini (via Bleacher Report on Twitter).
Roger Goodell wants to “permanently” ban the Eagles’ “tush push” play, per @DMRussini pic.twitter.com/JldU8j30eN
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 3, 2023
Goodell is basically the voice of the NFL owners, so when something like this comes out, it’s usually because multiple owners around the league have voiced their frustrations to the Commissioner.
If the play actually does end up getting banned, the Eagles and their fans are certainly going to feel like their team is being unfairly singled out.
Other NFL teams have attempted to run their own version of the “tush push” this season, and many of them have failed.
So why should Philadelphia be punished for running the play successfully at a higher rate than all of the other teams that have attempted it?
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