Part of the reason Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles were able to fight their way to a Super Bowl was their ruthless red zone efficiency, aided by their "Tush Push" quarterback sneak that has proven to be just about unstoppable when run correctly.
That hasn't stopped teams across the league, frustrated with their own inability to perfect this play, from trying to outlaw the play, implying it gives the offense an unfair advantage. One team tried to anonymously convince the NFL's competition committee that the play should be outlawed, and the culprit seems like someone trying desperately to pray on Philly's downfall.
The Green Bay Packers, who lost to the Eagles twice last season, were revealed as the team that is trying to get this play outlawed. If there ever was a personification of sour grapes, this fits Green Bay like a glove.
Packers revealed as team trying to ban Eagles' Tush Push
If the rest of the league was converting the Push with ruthless efficiency, Green Bay might have some reasonable ground to stand on. In reality, the Eagles are just matserts of this play, while everyone else is trying in vain to copy the same method that Nick Sirianni and company use.
This seems like a reflexive response to the Eagles riding the Push and Hurts' improved play all the way to a Super Bowl. After all, the Packers have tried this play themselves in the past. If it's such a bad, illegal play, why would you run it yourself in critical situations?
The Packers not only lost to the Eagles in Brazil on the back of a suspect Jordan Love performance, but they were knocked out of the postseason thanks to another Love stinker. Hurts didn't even have a particularly good game, and they were still unable to pull out a win. The Packers sound bitter and sore after the Push beat them twice.
The Eagles have the perfect offensive line and quarterback to run this enhanced version of the quarterback sneak, which doesn't mean they should be punished by the rest of the league. After the revelation of Green Bay's deception, the next Packers-Eagles meeting will have some extra spice to it.
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