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The 2025 NFL season starts Thursday night with the reigning Super Bowl -Master Philadelphia Eagles, and that means fans will almost certainly see the team’s signature game -the controversial tush -push -who survived a ban on this season.
The short yard game, also called “Brotherly Shove”, has been a staple in Philadelphia’s violation. It is dependent on the Eagles’ powerful offensive line, and teammates pushing quarterback jalen hurt sneaky, often resulting in a touchdown or first down.
A proposal from Green Bay Packers to ban the play could not get enough support from NFL owners in May. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie reportedly gave a “passionate speech” and brought in retired team legend Jason Kelce – the long -time center at the bottom of these bunkers – to help argue in favor of keeping it.
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Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) Scores on Tush -Push during the game between San Fransisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles on December 3, 2023 at Lincoln Financial Field. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Eagles have used the piece with unmatched success, most recently in their 40-22 Super Bowl Lix victory over Kansas City Chiefs as Hurts was pushed into the final zone for a score.
Opponents claim that the tactics are unreasonable and raising security concerns, but the NFL has found no evidence of injuries attached to the play. The NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said in April that the lack of data on security risks made a ban difficult to justify.
Eagles’ Dallas Goedert on ‘Tush Push’ stay in the NFL: ‘They just aren’t that successful’
Not all players agree. Washington Commanders Linebacker Frankie Luvu called the play “Cheap” after repeatedly jumping offside in last season’s NFC championship game, which forced officials to warn him that he would be punished for unsportsmanlike behavior if he continued.
However, Eagles claims that any team can run the piece – they just aren’t that effective. The tight end Dallas Goedert defended it under the tight end university in June.
The Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen hurts (1) lines up to tush -push game on the goal line against Kansas City Chiefs under the Super Bowl Lix at Caesar’s Superdome on February 9, 2025. (Mark J. Revilas-prescribed images)
“It’s a great football game,” Goedert told Pakinomist Digital. “In my opinion, the third and one are the hardest spectacle. If someone runs through a hole and plays in the back field, then your drive is over. We like to say everything is first and nine for us. If we can get nine meters, we think we’re going to get the first one down.
“We are working really hard on it. Our offensive line, there are exercises for it. It’s not like we’re the only team that can do it. They can do it. They just aren’t that successful.”
Cowboys, Philadelphia’s NFC East-Rival, will be the first to try to stop Hurts, and Eagles’ Skyve-driven violation when the NFL season begins on Thursday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) scores touchdown on a tush -push under the Super Bowl Lix between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on February 9, 2025 at Superdome in New Orleans, LA. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Maybe Dallas has some of his own planned for DAK Prescott and company.
