Could NFL Ban Hugely Successful E-Gals Play In 2023?

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Could NFL ban hugely successful Eagles play in 2023?​

Story by Eric Smithling, Yardbarker • Yesterday 6:30 PM

The Eagles and their fans lament a gut-wrenching Super Bowl loss. Could the NFL pile on?

Jalen Hurts.© Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
ESPN commentator Steve Young, a Pro Football Hall of Fame QB, said the NFL competition committee might look at banning one of the Eagles staples, the QB push play. Former NFL linebacker Scott Shanle didn't agree with Young's point.
Per Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, "There is a belief within the league that these types of push plays will be under scrutiny in the spring when teams propose and vote on potential rule changes."

The Eagles were incredibly successful this season on QB sneaks in which Jalen Hurts lined up under center and received a push from players lined up behind him.
Per Mike Tanier, "The Eagles converted 29 first downs or touchdowns on 33 sneaks in the regular season, both figures highest on record." (h/t Football Outsiders)
The concept resulted in a few big moments on Sunday against the Chiefs, including a conversion on a third-and-one near midfield as well as the Eagles' first and last touchdowns.

Critics of the play argue it is more akin to a rugby scrum and potentially adds injury risk. As the Eagles showed this season, the reward is as significant as the risk.

Per Farmer, "For decades, NFL rules prohibited offensive players from directly aiding a runner in any way, whether it was pushing or pulling him."

It remains illegal to pull a runner forward, but the league decided it was too difficult to decide when a push occurred so it scrapped that portion from the rulebook in 2006.

As clueless as referees are as to what a catch is, the fewer things the NFL leaves to their discretion might be for the better.

Per Farmer, former NFL director of officials Mike Pereira described why the change was made.

"What the league found was so difficult was you never were sure who was pushing who ... You could be pushing someone else that's in contact with the runner," Pereira said.

No one wants there to be more subjectivity in NFL officiating, but there's a big difference between blocking a defender into a ball carrier and pushing a ball carrier forward, which is what the Eagles perfected this season.

If changes come, it would only add salt to Philadelphia's raw Super Bowl wound.

 

[DogFace]

The league needs full time accountable refs.

 

[Flamma]

Who didn't see this coming? There was another thread on this. If they don't ban it, the entire league will start doing it. They should never have removed the rule.

 

[noshame]

Yep simple:
No pulling
No pushing

 

[Asklesko]

Yep simple:
No pulling
No pushing

No fun.

 

[StarOfGlory]

Who didn't see this coming? There was another thread on this. If they don't ban it, the entire league will start doing it. They should never have removed the rule.

The Eagles are so successful at it because more often than not, their line gets a massive initial push. How many teams can put together that kind of o-line? You will cut down the success rate a little, but hell, why can’t we do the same with Dak?

 

[cristglo]

The Eagles are so successful at it because more often than not, their line gets a massive initial push. How many teams can put together that kind of o-line? You will cut down the success rate a little, but hell, why can’t we do the same with Dak?

Dak would probably break lol

 

[BrassCowboy]

No, the NFL should not ban it. Getting too ban happy. Need to remove a whole lot of rules as it is, not add to

 

[noshame]

No fun.

Try rugby

 

[Flamma]

The Eagles are so successful at it because more often than not, their line gets a massive initial push. How many teams can put together that kind of o-line? You will cut down the success rate a little, but hell, why can’t we do the same with Dak?

It's really tough. The only other team that had huge success using the same offense was the 2019 Ravens. You have to have an ideal situation around you.

 

[StarOfGlory]

Try rugby

Played club rugby after college football. Rugby is fun.

 

[dfense]

It's not fair. Eagles typical play scenario:

4 yard run
3 yard run
1.5 yard run
4 and 1. Easy 1-2 yards using the scrum.

If Cowboys thought of this formation in Dak and Zeke's rookie year, they would have a SB already.

 

[yunkie1970]

I think every team should practice lateral pases with the runner,that would be fun ,

 

[DeaconMoss]

It's not fair. Eagles typical play scenario:

4 yard run
3 yard run
1.5 yard run
4 and 1. Easy 1-2 yards using the scrum.

If Cowboys thought of this formation in Dak and Zeke's rookie year, they would have a SB already.

Cowboys and think. 2 things that don't match.

 

[acr731]

Why ban this play and allow the hip swing tackles onto the backs of a runners legs to continue? 1 is causing injuries, and in Dak's case it was a major injury. The other isn't hurting anything. Well, nothing other than someone is getting their feelings hurt.

 

[Whirlwin]

The league needs full time accountable refs.

They don’t want to pay the benefits. But until we get full-time referees that are accountable, this is what the league is. More red flags.

 

[Whirlwin]

It's not fair. Eagles typical play scenario:

4 yard run
3 yard run
1.5 yard run
4 and 1. Easy 1-2 yards using the scrum.

If Cowboys thought of this formation in Dak and Zeke's rookie year, they would have a SB already.

Prescott rookie season. Dink dunk methodical football. I don’t know why they ever got away from it. Everybody wanted to be like Kansas City 500 yard passing games. That’s when we started to go backwards.

 

[Wangchung83]

It's not fair. Eagles typical play scenario:

4 yard run
3 yard run
1.5 yard run
4 and 1. Easy 1-2 yards using the scrum.

If Cowboys thought of this formation in Dak and Zeke's rookie year, they would have a SB already.

No not really, it actually take some talent to accomplish this and Dak would have also had to have an MVP level season his rookie year, which he didn't. He was a bus driver, if you recall. We would've had also needed a defense which we didn't have.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Yep simple:
No pulling
No pushing

SIMPLE: STOP THEM FROM GETTING TO 4TH AND short yardage situations!!

 

[John813]

Didn't realize Scott Shanle became an analyst for a network.