‘Insulted’ Eagles furiously hit back at NFL rival’s proposal to ban Super Bowl winners’ iconic ‘Tush Push’

'Insulted' Eagles furiously hit back at NFL rival's proposal to ban Super Bowl winners' iconic 'Tush Push'

The Philadelphia Eagles did not stand with their NFL rivals as teams across the league campaign to ban their Super Bowl-winning play, the ‘Tush Push’ or ‘Brotherly Shove.’

Philadelphia relied on the move this season, in which the quarterback gets pushed forward by the players behind him when knocking on the end zone’s doorstep.

Given the success that the Eagles found with the play, which they scored against Kansas City at the Super Bowl, it did not take long for other teams to start crying foul to the NFL.

With the Tush Push being under scrutiny at the NFL Draft combine this week, Nick Siriani reʙuттed at the narratives surrounding the play.

‘I can’t tell you how many times we’ve practiced the snap, we’ve practiced the play — it’s not a play that’s easy to practice so there’s different ways we’ve figured out how to practice it — the complements that come off of it that can create explosive plays,’ he said.

‘The fact that it’s [portrayed] as an automatic thing, we work really hard, and our guys are talented at this play, and so it’s a little insulting to say we’re good at it so it’s automatic. We work really hard at it.’

Nick Siriani pushed back on NFL rivals proposing to ban their signature play, the Tush Push

Nick Siriani pushed back on NFL rivals proposing to ban their signature play, the Tush Push 

The Eagles have been executing the play well all season and used it to win the Super Bowl

The Eagles have been executing the play well all season and used it to win the Super Bowl 

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On Tuesday, Green Bay Packers GM Brian Gutekunst confirmed that his team proposed banning the play. In a Q&A posted on the Packers’ website earlier this week, team president Mark Murphy claimed the Tush Push was ‘bad for the game.’

Unless Green Bay decides to withdraw the proposal, NFL owners would vote on it at the annual league meeting next month in Palm Beach, Florida. The bid would need 24 of 32 owners to vote in favor for it to pᴀss.

Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris indicated on Tuesday that he would vote in favor of the ban.

Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott, a member of the NFL’s compeтιтive committee whose team frequently uses the play, said ‘there’s always been an injury risk with that play’ and that the techniques used have been ‘potentially contrary to the health and safety of the players.’

Siriani also rejected the notion, saying, ‘I think if you look at that because we’ve looked into that too, there wasn’t a lot of injuries there. I think that’s a little made up, to be honest.’

‘Now, the numbers will tell the truth, but I don’t think there was many injuries with it this year. I can’t remember one injury we had on that play, and we ran it more than everybody else.’

Jalen Hurts with the first touchdown of the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/Vb5uNegxDn

— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 12, 2023 The Eagles ran 108 tush pushes since 2022  and scored a touchdown on 87 percent of them

The Eagles ran 108 tush pushes since 2022  and scored a touchdown on 87 percent of them

According to ESPN, the Eagles ran 108 tush pushes since 2022, which is nearly twice as many as the next-closest team in Buffalo (55) and 92 more than third-most attempt by the Chicago Bears (16).

The Eagles and Bills have scored a touchdown or secured a first down on 87 percent of their tush pushes. Meanwhile, the rest of the NFL completed just 71 percent, per ESPN Research.

‘Obviously, I’m protective of it because we’ve had success with it,’ Sirianni acknowledged. ‘I think the compeтιтion committee will do a good job of looking at everything, but I do feel that way a little bit, a little bit insulting in that sense of, the guys work hard at it, we work hard at it.

‘Just because it’s a successful play for us doesn’t mean that it should go away.’

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