the Eagles, Tush Push
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The play the Philadelphia Eagles have essentially perfected went to a vote at the NFL owners meetings Wednesday on whether it
Count Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson among those who aren't big fans of the Philadelphia Eagles' controversial Tush Push play.
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After months of debate and hours of discussion at the NFL's spring league meetings in Minnesota Wednesday, the fate of the "tush push" — the play the Philadelphia Eagles run more successfully than any other team — has been decided.
It's been a great few months for the Philadelphia Eagles. Not only did the organization win Super Bowl LIX in one of the most dominating exhibitions in league history, but they also won off the field as recently as Wednesday.
To make matters worse, the NFL chose the Green Bay Packers as the poster child for the rule change, to no avail. The Philadelphia Eagles didn’t take too kindly to that, but it will probably come back to haunt them in a year when this proposal most likely resurfaces.
One NFL team set out to kill the Eagles' favorite short-yardage play, and Philadelphia didn't miss the opportunity to take a shot at them.
The Eagles came out on top by the slimmest of margins, a 22-10 tally that doubles as the final score of the Birds' win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC's Wild Card Round. Twenty-four opposing votes were needed for a ban. The next question is obvious. Who sided with the Birds?
A vote to ban the tush push from competition in the NFL failed and ESPN's Booger McFarland weighed in on why he supports the play.