After a push to have the play banned, the Tush Push survived for another season, as a movement to remove the play from the NFL fell two votes shy of the 24 needed at the NFL Owners Meetings this past spring.
Yes, the pun was intended there.
But that meant that the Tush Push was on the menu for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night when they opened the season against the Dallas Cowboys to kick off the 2025 NFL campaign.
However, as luck would have it, the best use of the play actually came from Philadelphia’s defense following a Dallas turnover.
Late in the third quarter, with the Cowboys driving, trailing 24-20, the Eagles forced a fumble from former teammate and current Dallas running back Miles Sanders for the first turnover of the contest:
That came after a play after a penalty on Philadelphia safety Reed Blankenship on third down gave the Cowboys a fresh set of downs.
After cornerback Quinyon Mitchell scooped up the loose football — and Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott made a touchdown-saving tackle — Mitchell and the rest of the Eagles defense line up in the Tush Push formation, with Mitchell under center Cooper DeJean:
After the weeks of debate over the play, it made for an incredible celebration for the Eagles defenders.
