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The Philadelphia Eagles' 'tush push' is becoming the NFL's most unstoppable play
(www.startribune.com)
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I’m not sure I’d say all modern QBs are like that.
Hurts, Allen, Richardson, Lamar, sure.
The rest aren’t built like that.
Even the ones that are built like that have only been in the league for a couple years. Jury’s still out if this style of play is worth it “long-term.”
Power running killed Cam.
I think he was always incredibly overrated as a passer, but high impact plays add up for all the other positions, too. They're not going to magically be OK at QB. The fact that part of the position is so technical (actually passing) makes abuse inherently more impactful.
We're discussing a play where they treat him like a short yardage back.
Yes, they do. People pushing runners in short yardage didn't start with Hurts.
Hurts absolutely gets beat up on these plays. It's not even sort of different in any functional way from a fullback dive.
Did you read the article? It tells you teams have been pushing runners since the rule change almost 20 years ago, and makes no assertion (let alone evidence) that it is in any way safer for the ball carrier than any other short yardage carry.
It's more effective because it hits quicker, because it's a QB. Shocking, since Tom Brady also had an extremely high success rate on QB sneaks, right?
But absolutely no one is claiming it magically removes the fact that smashing the shit out of your QB is heavy wear.