Ought to the Tush Push be Banned? Charles Woodson, Howie Lengthy Disagree on Eagles

Should the Tush Push be banned?

It’s the biggest question in the NFL this season, as the Philadelphia Eagles continue to successfully run the physically imposing short-yardage play that sees quarterback Jalen Hurts push forward with assistance from those behind him, for a grueling pickup on the ground to move the sticks or get the Eagles into the end zone. 

The FOX NFL crews offered their respective takes on whether the play should be banned.

“The Tush Push should not be banned just because the Eagles do it better than everybody else,” “FOX NFL Kickoff” Analyst Charles Woodson said. “It can be stopped. It has been stopped, but nobody can stop them, though, so the Tush Push [is] right here to remain.”

NFL homeowners got here two votes in need of enacting a ban on the Tush Push in Could, with 22 groups voting in favor of eliminating the play; at the very least 24 out of 32 groups should vote in favor of a change for it to undergo.

“I believe it is going to be banned,” “FOX NFL Sunday” Analyst Howie Lengthy mentioned. “It has been poorly officiated. The middle’s lining up together with his head over the ball, which is prohibited. They are saying ‘effectively, there’s no actual proof that it is bodily damaging,’ however once you’re spearing your head into one other 350-pound or 340-pound offensive lineman, down the street, you are going to really feel it. Belief me, at my age, I do know.”

After all, the Corridor of Fame defensive lineman would’ve been defending the Tush Push had Lengthy’s Raiders confronted it within the Nineteen Eighties.

Final week, FOX NFL and School Soccer Guidelines Analyst Dean Blandino asserted that there is a “50-50” likelihood the play survives previous this season. Furthermore, Blandino expressed in the course of the FOX broadcast of the Eagles’ Week 2 win over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs that he is “completed with the tush push” as a result of “it is a arduous play to officiate.”

“FOX NFL Sunday” Host Curt Menefee added: “I believe it is simply an unpleasant play. It is a non-football play. Hopefully, no person will get damage doing it. I do not prefer it in a sport. I believe it does not actually serve a goal, however so long as it is authorized, you may’t blame the Eagles or anyone for utilizing it.”

On that word, the defending Tremendous Bowl champions are out to a 3-0 begin this season. Hurts and the Eagles face one other unbeaten crew in Week 4, as they’ve a street matchup in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).

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