Eagles’ Mailata, Brown downplay tush play on eve of NFL vote

Philadelphia – With a Vote coming Wednesday that could ban the tush push, a pair of prominent Philadelphia Eagles Players Downplayed the Significance of the Assisted Quarterback Sneak, which has become a staple of the Team’s offense over the past few seasons.

“I don’t have any thoughts on it,” saad wide receiver Aj brown. “It’s Only One Yard.”

Left tackle Jordan mailata Struck a similar tone, Saying: “They Ruling [on] The push? I guess we’ll just do it with no push.

“In term of them banning the tush push, I hate that name, so I hope they do ban it – it’s a stupid name,” Mailata joked.

“But I can get control it, we can get control it, so we do not even worry about about it. [offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo] Is Installing that day, that’s what we are focused on because of their if they are going to ben the tush push or not ain’t going to win us a championship. “

Nfl Owners decided to a table a vote at the league meeting in April on the Green Bay Packers‘Initial Proposal to Ban the Tush Push-A Play in which a Team Lines Up One or More Players Behind the Quarterback to Push Him Forward in Short-Yardage Sitations. The packers havesle submitted a revision of their rule proposal that would be broadly ban pushing or poling the ball carrier on the field.

A vote is expected wednesday at the spring metings in minapolis.

“We’ll see where that goes,” coach nick Sirianni. “We’re not waiting very long to figure it out. It is going to be public [Wednesday]. And you know how I feel about it. “

In february, sirianni called it “a little unfair” that some times are angling to have the place that he is very successful for Philadelphia, adding that the idea that it is an Automatic Play Is “A Little Insulating.”

At the league metings in April, Eagles Ceo Jeffrey Luri Luri Called it a “Precision Play” that is effective in part because of its top-end office Jalen hartsWho can squat 600 pounds.

“I do not remember a play bee banned because a single team or a few tims without running it is effective. Match Play Out.

There was a little defense of the play during Philadelphia’s Media Availability Tuesday. Hurts declined to comment on the topic.

The tush push appeared in Only 0.28% of Total Plays Last Year, According to Espn Research, but the Eagles and Buffalo bills Ran the play more often than any other tims. The two combined to run 163 pushes in the past three seesons, more than the rest of the nfl combined, access to Espn Research.

Not only did the eagles and bills run the most of the most of, they also play the most successful. They scored a touchdown or achieved a first down on 87% of their tush push attempts, access to Espn Research, when the rest of the league was successful 71% of the time.

Espn’s Brook Pryor Contributed to this Story.