Option 1 - Pull a 2013 playoff Kap tactic. You know they are going to pick it up so why try and defend it? I propose to have the defensive tackles jump offsides and wallop Hurts every time they line up for it. What’s a 5 yard penalty as opposed to 3. Remember Kap taking a hit every time he handed the ball off?
Option 2 - Put Juice in at QB and copy the tush push exactly. It’s not like Hurts picks it up because there’s a threat of pass. Just line up Juice and have 2 receivers or RB’s behind to push him through the line.
If every team took this approach the play would be out of the NFL next season.
Or, you could have fred warner jump the line and grab hurts
Tush Push dat ass. Fuck this play
Yo we shouldn’t ask to hurt other players. Philly fans were giddy after Brock got hurt. Don’t stoop to their level.
I will never wish for injuries, but Hurts and the Eagles O-line can’t hurt us from the sideline.
Solution: Sneak a bunch of legos onto the field. Before the snap, scatter them along the line of scrimmage. At the snap, back up, allow the Eagles players to step on the legos. They will get the 1st down, but at a massive cost of stepping on the legos.
They’ll be sidelined for the remainder of the game and won’t be able to run the tush push as successfully with their backups.
I’ve been suggesting this for months: line up in the A and B gaps with 2 pushers behind each, effectively doubling the pushback and making it impossible to slide to a side away from the pressure. Only problem is safeguarding against a pitchout around end, so there would have to be a contingency plan for that.
Brett Kollmann does a good job of illustrating the play and how to defense it. Most teams seem to defend it wrong. Basically, teams stack the A gap instead of the B and C gaps. The play is run to Philly’s left under Mailata, Dickerson and Kelce. Watch the film, teams stack the wrong gaps.
It’s only 5 yards if it’s offsides. If the player “wallops” Hurts, assuming they don’t blow it dead, there’s a decent chance they’ll get a 15 yard penalty.