NFL will NOT ban the ‘Tush Push’, says league official with teams insisting Jason Kelce and the Eagles should not be ‘punished’ – despite reports commissioner Roger Goodell wants it axed
- Quarterback Jalen Hurts scored eleven touchdowns last season with the ‘Tush Push’
- NFL execs praised the Eagles for successfully executing the ‘Brotherly Shove’
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The Philadelphia Eagles’ ‘Tush Push’ will likely live on now that NFL executives have revealed the league has no desire to ban the strategy.
In this move, later called the “Brotherly Shove,” two players push the quarterback over the line to make a sneaky gain.
Despite speculation that the measure could be banned after extensive use in Philadelphia, NFL chief executive of football operations Troy Vincent confirmed the league has no such intention.
“Don’t punish a team that is doing well strategically,” Vincent continued Pro football talk.
Additionally, Vincent revealed that the NFL respects the Eagles for successfully executing the push, saying, “Their success rate (is) just amazing.”
NFL executive Troy Vincent revealed that the league does not want to ban the Brotherly Shove
Center Jason Kelce expressed his frustration over rumors that the NFL would ban the ‘Tush Push’
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (R) reached the end zone fifteen times with the shove last season
The Athletic reported that the Eagles have a 93.5 percent success rate when they used the move last season. As the strategy became a key part of the Philadelphia offense, star quarterback Jalen Hurts reached the end zone and produced 11 touchdowns on the Brotherly Shove.
In December, The Athletic also reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wanted to ban the movement. The noise around the Tush Push caused frustration for Eagles center Jason Kelce.
“Listen, forbid it. At this point I don’t care. I’m over the discussion about it,” Kelce said on the New Heights podcast.
“We were really good at running quarterback sneaks before we made the push. I don’t think it’s a necessary part. It certainly helps, there’s no doubt about that.
‘I don’t have the energy to worry about whether it will be banned or not. We are going to implement it now because we are good at it and it is effective. Whatever they do next season, we’ll figure out a way to do something at a high level and make it effective.”
However, according to Vincent, the Tush Push was not mentioned when the NFL’s competition committee met this week at the NFL combine in Indianapolis.
Nevertheless, despite shutting down the speculation, it is expected to come up at the league meetings in Orlando next month.