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Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 2/26/25.
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Nick Sirianni: Calls to ban tush push “unfair” and “a little insulting” - PFT
Sirianni addressed concerns that some have raised about injuries and said he did not think “the numbers on that play suggest” that it is a bigger risk to player safety than any other. Sirianni also called it “a little insulting” to say the play should be banned because the Eagles are good at it. “I almost feel a little insulted because we work so hard at that play,” Sirianni said. “The amount of things that we’ve looked into how to coach that play, the fundamentals. There’s 1000 plays out there, but it comes down to how you teach the fundamentals and how the players go through the fundamentals. . . . The fact that it’s a successful play for the Eagles and people want to take that away, I think is a little unfair.”
Do Not Ban the Tush Push - Acme Packing Company
The Green Bay Packers submitted a request to the league to ban the famous Philadelphia “Tush Push,” or for those who do not like referring to the human posterior, the “Brotherly Shove.” This struck many, including me, as counterproductive, until Tex pointed out correctly that the Packers’ use of tight end Tucker Kraft on sneaks does not actually fit the strict definition of the Tush Push, and so would not be impacted. (Seriously, read more here.) But whether the Kraft play is a Tush Push, or just a Krafty (ha!) variation, the league SHOULD NOT BAN THIS.
The NFL Scouting Combine Anger Translator - The Ringer
This week, the Packers submitted a proposal to ban the tush push. The obvious implication is that teams are sick, tired, and jealous of the Eagles physically dominating them, and now they’re so embarrassed that they want to legislate the play off the field. For the most part, I’m on the Eagles side here—if it’s so unstoppable, just learn how to do it yourselves?!? (Only the Bills have come close to Philly’s roughly 5-in-6 conversion rate.) But in a way, Morris is right that the tush push is the result of the Eagles finding a loophole in how rules are enforced. As the Los Angeles Times explained in 2022, pushing teammates was not allowed in the NFL until 2005, when the league decided the anti-pushing rule was too hard to enforce, and they instead banned pulling teammates. But it took a decade and a half for the Eagles to realize that such a change in officiating could cause a tectonic shift in short-yardage situations. Again, if everyone is allowed to do it, then complaining about it just sounds like whining.
Why Nick Sirianni is confident Kevin Patullo is ready to be OC - NBCSP
Patullo, 43, has been the Eagles’ passing game coordinator for the past four seasons under Sirianni and the two are close. Sirianni on Tuesday confirmed that Patullo...
