It Took The Philadelphia Eagles Just 8 Plays In Preseason Before Shoving The Tush Push Down The NFL's Throat Again
There was so much debate surrounding the Tush Push this offseason. The Green Bay Packers, who are a bunch of pussies, tried their hardest to get it out of the game for good. They still had their tails tucked between their legs after their season was murdered by Philadelphia in the wild card round, and they were seething with a jealous rage about how dominant the Eagles are at running this play. They begged and pleaded and cried like a bunch of little bitches to the league to get rid of the play. We all know what happens next.
Enough teams were able to turn their brains on and voted against their salty little proposal. You can't ban a play just because one team is really, really, really good at it. So what do the Eagles go out and do with their opening drive in preseason?
A 9-play, 75-yard drive capped off with a Tanner McKee Tush Push for 6. It doesn't need to be Jalen Hurts being pushed in by Saquon Barkley with Cam Jurgens, Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata, and Landon Dickerson leading the way. The Eagles can run out Tanner "best NFL quarterback to ever come out of Stanford" McKee, and a bunch of backup linemen to get the job done. That's the difference between the Philadelphia Eagles and the rest of the league. That's Jeff Stoutland University at its finest. It's an organizational commitment to greatness and execution. They all buy in and sell out on this play. And that's what makes it so automatic.
Bad news for the rest of the league if this is how the season gets started.