"TAMPA, Fla. -- The Philadelphia Eagles scored on a pair of quarterback sneak fakes in Sunday's 31-25 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, showing there's more to the tush push than a yard and a cloud of dust. "It's an exciting play. Makes it pretty exciting, right?" said coach Nick Sirianni, using the moment to support a play that has its fair share of detractors across the league."
"The initial variation came midway through the first quarter. Quarterback Jalen Hurts got in an athletic stance under center on first-and-goal as if he was about to sneak it but instead passed it underhand to tight end Dallas Goedert, who followed a caravan of blockers into the end zone. "I was really happy we got it called," Goedert said. "I think we put it in about four years ago, maybe five, when the staff first got here and it worked to perfection.""
"The Eagles faced a 3rd-and-1 from the Bucs' six yard line late in the third quarter. Philadelphia lined up in the tush push formation but this time Hurts handed it off to Saquon Barkley, who ran to the outside and waltzed into end zone untouched. "Great call by KP [offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo]," said Barkley. "It's an answer that we have and it's definitely going to put teams on...teams are aware of it too now.""
Philadelphia Eagles scored on two quarterback-sneak fakes in a 31-25 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One play featured Jalen Hurts feigning a sneak and underhanding to tight end Dallas Goedert, who followed blockers into the end zone. A later play saw Hurts hand off from tush-push alignment to Saquon Barkley, who ran outside for a touchdown. Coach Nick Sirianni called the play exciting and defended its use. Dallas Goedert said the play had been installed years earlier and executed perfectly. The push-sneak has faced league scrutiny, including a failed proposal to ban it and an NFL memo to officials.
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