{"id":1137,"date":"2025-04-01T23:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:34:57","slug":"eagles-owner-gets-honest-about-effort-to-ban-tush-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/eagles-owner-gets-honest-about-effort-to-ban-tush-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Owner Gets Honest About Effort To Ban \u2018Tush Push\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_447509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447509\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447509 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is seen on the field prior to a game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on November 24, 2024 in Inglewood, California.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-src=\"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jeffrey-Lurie-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-447509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers issued a proposal to the NFL not too long ago to ban the \u201ctush push,\u201d the variation on the old quarterback sneak play where an offensive lineman pushes a team\u2019s quarterback forward.<\/p>\n<p>While a number of teams have used the play, the Philadelphia Eagles have routinely run it in third and fourth-and-short situations over the last couple of years, and it helped them win last season\u2019s Super Bowl championship.<\/p>\n<p>One argument in favor of banning the play is that it is supposedly a dangerous play that could directly lead to serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The vote to perhaps ban the \u201ctush push\u201d has been tabled for a little while, but Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie asserted that there is no proof that it is a dangerous play.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere isn\u2019t injury data. It\u2019s a precision play. \u2026 It\u2019s a play available to every other team in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> owner Jeffrey Lurie on the Tush Push ban being tabled until May:<\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t injury data. It\u2019s a precision play. \u2026 It\u2019s a play available to every other team in the league. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AXOAk0t05f\">pic.twitter.com\/AXOAk0t05f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeff_McLane\/status\/1907160199002988633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While player safety is a major issue for the NFL, the other side of the argument as far as the \u201ctush push\u201d is concerned is that it would be unfair to ban something just because a team has mastered it.<\/p>\n<p>When last season started, Philly was coming off a 2023 campaign during which it started 10-1 but lost five of their last six regular-season games and got slammed in the wild-card round of the playoffs by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>They were one of the NFL\u2019s worst defensive teams that season, and they responded by bringing in defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, and the result was one of football\u2019s best defenses in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles also have one of the game\u2019s best offensive lines, which has helped them run the \u201ctush push\u201d to near perfection.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/eagles-owner-gets-honest-about-effort-to-ban-tush-push\/\">Eagles Owner Gets Honest About Effort To Ban \u2018Tush Push\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images) \u00a0 The Green Bay Packers issued a proposal to the NFL not too long ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}