Football General Talk

[Gellar]

The only place I would like to see ARod the Younger play next year is the Bears, backup.

i hope the only place we see him next year is the Pat Mcafee show.

 

[Gr8bawana]

Now he'll have a lot more time to eat boogers.

 

[noharleyyet]

Gold Standard

 

[SwaggyD]

Packers submitted proposal to ban tush push, GM confirms

An NFL team has submitted a rule proposal to ban the "tush push" quarterback sneak, Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, told reporters at the scouting combine Monday.

www.espn.com

 

[Elkmagnet]

Packers submitted proposal to ban tush push, GM confirms

An NFL team has submitted a rule proposal to ban the "tush push" quarterback sneak, Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, told reporters at the scouting combine Monday.

www.espn.com

 

[Bonasababy]

I loved Washingtons attempts to defeat the tush push in the playoffs. If they can't leap over the line to stop they shouldn't be allowed to get multiple guys behind to push it. Better yet ban it--it's a real injury concern I believe--and I think the league is looking at it from that aspect.

I am waiting for the day when some time lines up several beefy nose tackles to push back on the other O line in an obvious short yardage situation. Where does it end if it isn't regulated, would be my question.

 

[SwaggyD]

I loved Washingtons attempts to defeat the tush push in the playoffs. If they can't leap over the line to stop they shouldn't be allowed to get multiple guys behind to push it. Better yet ban it--it's a real injury concern I believe--and I think the league is looking at it from that aspect.

I am waiting for the day when some time lines up several beefy nose tackles to push back on the other O line in an obvious short yardage situation. Where does it end if it isn't regulated, would be my question.

Wonder how many times it’s been ran and how many injuries there have been in that specific play?

 

[Bonasababy]

Wonder how many times it’s been ran and how many injuries there have been in that specific play?

Fair question...no idea just heard injury concerns are part of the reason used to suggest a ban.

 

[Sytes]

The Eagles and Bills have scored a touchdown or achieved a first down on 87% of their attempts using the play...

Bills coach Sean McDermott shared his reservations about the safety of it...

So, I just feel like, player safety and the health and safety of our players has to be at the top of our game, which it is. It's just that play to me has always been ... or the way that the techniques that are used with that play, to me have been potentially contrary to the health and safety of the players.

Hmmm... Bill's Coach feels concern for the safety of players though not at the risk of getting into the Super Bowl.

 

[mtmuley]

Someone is butt hurt. mtmuley

 

[Bonasababy]

The Eagles and Bills have scored a touchdown or achieved a first down on 87% of their attempts using the play...

Bills coach Sean McDermott shared his reservations about the safety of it...

So, I just feel like, player safety and the health and safety of our players has to be at the top of our game, which it is. It's just that play to me has always been ... or the way that the techniques that are used with that play, to me have been potentially contrary to the health and safety of the players.

Hmmm... Bill's Coach feels concern for the safety of players though not at the risk of getting into the Super Bowl.

You don't see how someone could use options available to them while simultaneously believing it would better if no one had that option available?

If there's just one QB who was always good at short yardage sneaks it was the Bills QB!

 

[Sytes]

You don't see how someone could use options available to them while simultaneously believing it would better if no one had that option available?

When they are one of the two teams who use the play while other teams opt not to use it... for safety, it's simple to see McDermott's priorities. Wins over player safety.
You don't see how the other teams choose not to use an overwhelmingly successful play available to them while continuing to maintain their player's safety?

 

[seeth07]

Why doesn't a team just assemble 7 massive linemen and qb sneak it every single down with a 400 pound beast followed up by another 400 pound beast pushing him? Wouldn't that score on every single drive?

 

[seeth07]

Like 7 of these guys

 

[SwaggyD]

player safety and the health and safety of our players has to be at the top of our game

But let’s add another regular season game!!!!!

 

[SwaggyD]

Why doesn't a team just assemble 7 massive linemen and qb sneak it every single down with a 400 pound beast followed up by another 400 pound beast pushing him? Wouldn't that score on every single drive?

Because the packers would cry and try to make it illegal.

 

[Sytes]

Because the packers would cry and try to make it illegal.

I think they're crying because the Tush Push packed them.

 

[BrentD]

I think they're crying because the Tush Push packed them.

To the extent that the TP makes longer drives, more scores, more offense, I do not see the NFL stopping it.

 

[Sytes]

To the extent that the TP makes longer drives, more scores, more offense, I do not see the NFL stopping it.

Agree. If a team wants to chance their QB... and the QB is for it...

Here's NFL. It's not flag football.

 

[seeth07]

Agree. If a team wants to chance their QB... and the QB is for it...

Here's NFL. It's not flag football.

Packers had a lot of success using a TE instead of the QB. Honestly that makes a lot more sense because this is purely a physics play. More mass, more force pushing and the ball carrier is still part of the push.

There seriously must be a rule against having a team of massive sumo wrestlers that just push the line every single play for at least a 3 yard gain each play and score every drive. I just don't see how you stop it.