You Tried – We (Tush ) Pushed Back
Sorry haters. Try again.
This week, the NFL ruled to allow the Tush Push as enough NFL owners did not vote to make the play illegal for the 2025–2026 NFL season.
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While it is difficult to imagine that fifty years from now — this team will be remembered for a glorified quarterback sneak — it’s far more likely that they will be remembered for a once-in-a-lifetime running back, a lockdown defense with two amazing rookies defensive backs, two devastating wide receivers, and youthful/animated coach, and the greatest quarterback in team history.
Vic Fangio wanted to keep the game plan simple for the Eagles’ rookies. The result is that Cooper DeJean, the first player in NFL history to return an interception in the Super Bowl on his birthday, and the first NFL team to reach that Super Bowl with two rookie starting defensive backs. Their defensive performance contributed to the highest-scoring NFC Championship Game in history.
But the ruling that keeps the tush-push legal isn’t just about this play. It’s about the competition’s futile attempt to limit Philadelphia’s present dominance. It’s tacit approval that the NFL has little ability to legally maneuver against this defense, and no answer to the Eagles’ offense.
This doesn’t even begin to accomplish that goal.
But what this decision from the NFL does is send a message. Don’t dispute the Eagles. Beat them. Find a way to stop all of their weapons on offense.
Try to throw against them on defense. Try to outsmart one of the most animated young coaches in the NFL. Try to out-maneuver one of its greatest defensive coordinators.
You may want to continue appealing for a rule change.
Good luck with anything else.
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