Authorities in the National Football League need to be rejoicing that in the seventh week of the 2023-24 routine season, the No. 1 story swirling around the league is not incredible concussions, or off-field arrests, or a gamer practically passing away on the field of play. It’s not even whether Taylor Swift is great or bad for Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs (that concern has actually been appropriately addressed by Kelce’s unbelievable play whenever Miss Americana remains in the structure). No, the argument that is flapping the most gums is over a play by the NFC-defending champs Philadelphia Eagles called, relying on whom you ask, “the brotherly push” or “the tush push.”
This play, which generally permits the Eagles to get a minimum of a backyard, isn’t pleasing to the eye, however it’s ruthlessly reliable.
This play, which generally enables the Eagles to get a minimum of a lawn whenever they require one, specifically on 4th down, isn’t pleasing to the eye, however it’s ruthlessly reliable. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who crouches and deadlifts more than 500 pounds, lines up under center Jason Kelce (yes, Travis’ bro), who takes place to be among the very best to ever play the video game. As Hurts gets low and starts moving on from his position behind Kelce, 2 other colleagues press Hurts from behind. In 2015 the Eagles finished 90% of their “tush presses,” and this year it’s a lot more unstoppable. As expert Greg Olson stated of the brotherly push: “There are really couple of things you can require to the bank in the NFL. This is plainly among them.”
Without concern, the Eagles’ capability to pull this play off provides a definitive benefit. In every series, rather of it being very first and 10, it’s essentially very first and 9, due to the fact that if they can get 9, there’s little hope stopping them from getting 10. Not remarkably, the owners and media associated with NFL groups who do not have a Hurts-Kelce combination, and aren’t almost as efficient running the play, are apoplectic and speaking about prohibiting it.
There are numerous arguments that they make to validate this, the most specious being that the play postures a danger to gamer security. It holds true that 2 New York Giants were hurt attempting to imitate the Eagles’ now signature play, however this argument is hooey. It would resemble taking the quarter pounder off the McDonald’s menu due to the fact that of salt and cholesterol issues however leaving the remainder of the options the exact same. Whatever in football threatens, and there is absolutely nothing unique or more harmful about the brotherly push.
There can just be 2 factors the remainder of the league would wish to ban this play. The very first is envy. They do not like that the Eagles’ specific workers provides a competitive benefit. Naturally, they can’t state that aloud due to the fact that such an argument would sound dreadful.
Do the Miami Dolphins, the group the Eagles beat Sunday night, 37-17, have a competitive benefit due to the fact that, in receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, they have perhaps the 2 fastest gamers in football? Obviously they do. And the Dolphins are maxing out their competitive benefit each week with a high-flying offense that looks like a Maserati. The league likes a Maserati-style offense since it brings eyeballs to the tv screens, and if there is one thing the NFL has actually constantly understood is that it is a tv program.
The Eagles have actually taken among the most amazing, nail-biting plays in football and turned it into a gim me.
Which brings me to the 2nd factor others in the league may be opposed to the brotherly push: It’s visually unattractive. The Eagles have actually taken among the most interesting, nail-biting plays in football, the fourth-and-1 conversion effort, and turned it into a gim me.
While other groups aren’t almost as reliable running this play, there’s got to be an issue that they will improve at it, that they will start running the play as frequently as the Eagles do which the tv item will suffer. Veteran NFL scribe Peter King states the NFL has actually made a “horrible error in not legislating a rugby play out of the NFL.” He likewise calls it an “abomination” which in running it, the Eagles are “pressing the guidelines too far.” Rich Eisen, of the NFL Network, states “it looks unsightly,” and he appears to object that “just the Eagles” can get it done.
What is so awful about maxing out your physical capacity? As Eagles Coach Nick Siriani put it, “We’ve viewed the remainder of the league and, rather honestly, they can’t do it like we can.”
I like the concept of groups figuring the Eagles out. Let defenses develop to stop the tush push. If there is something the NFL succeeds, it’s overreact, no matter the problem. Here’s a chance for the league to not overreact to upset anti-Eagles crowds and media individuals who discover it to be inartful along with unpleasing to the eye and let the advancement of the play look after itself.
The play is not rugby, however a throwback to football’s earliest roots before there was a forward pass and before it looked like individuals on the field even understood what they were doing. Generally the NFL rewards custom. And in this case, it would be smart in this case not to decline the “tush push” as something brand-new, however to value it as something old.
Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin is sports editor of The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports, consisting of “The Kaepernick Effect.” He is likewise the host of the “Edge of Sports” podcast.
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