Eagles -star provided thoughts about NFL’s failed prohibition attempt

For a short moment it seemed that the notorious “Tush Push” game of Philadelphia Eagles was set to see his conclusion. While the Green Bay Packers led a group of teams who tried to have the piece removed from the NFL, it all recently went up. It was close, but as Lane Johnson said, the piece lives to see another day.

Johnson, a prominent player in the attacking line of the Eagles, recently spoke about the piece that has drawn a lot of praise and criticism for the Eagles.

“It’s wild for a QB -Sneak – something that has been around for a long time – and if it was eliminated, it would not hurt us alone,” Johnson said on ‘The Rich demand -Show. ‘

“There are other teams. I feel that the bills are really good at it, and there are teams that will eventually be good at it. It is at least another year. It was very close, and it was something that I thought it would have been removed, and it could still be very short. If someone involved in the piece, I never thought this would grow in in.”

Fans of the Eagles have embraced it and even call it the ‘Brotherly Shove’, because it has almost become an automatic first-down in short third or fourth place.

Besides Philadelphia, the piece has generated many complaints from fans, players, coaches and owners, because there has been a consistent argument that the piece is not a ‘football game’. Some have also cited the safety of players as a care, although concrete evidence that the game is dangerous for players’ health has not been provided through arguments.

According to Johnson, the players who are directly in the mix on both sides of the ball during the piece should be to speak if they think it is a real safety problem. Centers, guards and nose tackles are usually much confronted when the game goes down. And when it comes to the Eagles, they have a lot of size in that area, which makes the piece so successful for Philadelphia, in the eyes of Johnson.

“I credit the size that we have had in the middle in recent years,” Johnson explained. “[Jordan] Mailata is really good at it. I’m okay, but it’s real, we have a lot of heavy squatters. “

According to Pro Football FocusThe Eagles have the most Quarterback snipping in the NFL since 2021. The Buffalo accounts were the next in line, with a difference of 39. While the Eagles have a high stroking percentage of 83 percent on the play, the accounts had a slightly higher conversion at 84 percent.

It is not automatic, but teams have had very difficult to prevent the Eagles from converting in critical short scenarios. Although the battle against it was strong, it eventually failed. Johnson does not seem to trust that the “Tush Push” is here to stay, but the Eagles will certainly keep it above the top of their playbook, as long as it is legally to run.