Over the previous couple of seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles have mastered the rugby-style quarterback sneak that has turn into often called the “tush push” or “brotherly shove.”
On brief yardage performs, quarterback Jalen Hurts sometimes strains up underneath heart with two or three gamers behind him. He takes the snap, the offensive line surges ahead and Hurts will get a giant push from behind. Most of the time, the Eagles achieve the yardage wanted for a primary down.
The Eagles tried the “tush push” 41 instances this season, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers managed to cease the brief yardage play for simply the fourth time all yr throughout a playoff sport Monday.
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Okay.J. Britt (52) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers strains up earlier than a play throughout an NFL wild-card sport towards the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium Jan. 15, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Photographs)
Within the second quarter, the Eagles lined up for a two-point dialog on the 1-yard line.
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The Eagles had been stopped in need of the purpose line and settled for six factors. Buccaneers linebacker Okay.J. Britt was one of many defenders who contributed to the essential cease. No flags had been thrown on the play, but it surely appeared the referees missed a face masks name.
Britt appeared to drag Hurts backward by his helmet in the course of the play.
The NFL’s tremendous course of sometimes includes a participant receiving a letter informing the participant of a violation. The discover additionally tells the participant the quantity of a tremendous. Gamers have the precise to attraction a tremendous. Notices are normally despatched out days after a sport and are usually finalized and introduced by Saturday.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Okay.J. Britt (52) pulls on the helmet of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) in the course of the first half of a 2024 NFC wild-card sport at Raymond James Stadium Jan. 15, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (Kim Klement Neitzel/USA At present Sports activities)
Britt acquired a $5,592 tremendous for what the league decided was an act of pointless roughness in the course of the “tush push” play, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Saturday.
“After I actually jumped over him, my hand was on his again,” Britt stated by way of AL.com.
“(Security Antoine) Winfield type of pushed my hand after I was grabbing him, and like an on the spot factor, I simply grabbed the following closest factor. And I didn’t actually imply to seize his helmet. I’m not even a unclean participant. I might by no means ever attempt to do nothing like that. However I’m glad we acquired a cease, and I’m glad I wasn’t flagged.”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Philadelphia Eagles line up throughout an NFC wild-card sport at Raymond James Stadium Jan. 15, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Photographs)
Tampa Bay additionally stopped the Eagles’ “brotherly shove” try throughout a Week 3 sport with Philly.
The loss to the Buccaneers sparked a number of questions on the way forward for head coach Nick Sirianni. After main the Eagles to a Tremendous Bowl look final yr, the third-year coach oversaw a late-season collapse.
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After a powerful begin to the common season, the Eagles dropped 5 of their last six video games.
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