Inquiring minds need to know....
So are the Eagles the only team that knows how to do the Tush Push properly? Seems like teams should be trying to do a better job of it themselves, rather than trying to get it banned.
Either / or is fine. I’ve heard it called both.
It should be banned simply because it is dangerous to those on the bottom of the pile...................
It’s tush push or the brotherly shove.
“Tush Push” but Philly fans also call it the “Brotherly Shove”. It works because of Hurts’ leg strength (as mentioned above) and being practiced/used more often by Philly than other teams. It’s not an illegal play (yet).
If “Golden Boy” Mahomes was the QB doing this... everyone would most likely love it, esp. if Travis Kelce (Tay-tay’s special guy) was helping on the play.
Re: the specific call yesterday ... the whistle did blow, because of stopped forward progress. The ball looked to be already out at the time (on slo-mo) but players had stopped when they heard the whistle. The Giants’ player who grabbed the ball from a reaching Hurts actually bobbled it himself (did not have full possession), and it was picked up by another Giant who just stopped running (Saquon Barkley was the only other player nearby) once the 2nd whistle was heard. Otherwise, he likely could have run it downfield for a TD.
Probably a bad call, definitely questionable, but the challenge was disallowed because you can’t challenge forward progress end calls. The 2nd challenge was allowed because they wanted a ruling on the fumble, but that was not overturned. They might have given the ball to the Giants where the play ended, but it was iffy. There have been much more egregious calls this year ... and don’t get me started on the incredibly stupid “taunting” calls. Oy!