That was a big Lombardi play, but with another back and the option of using the Sweep. Philly is usually hard to penetrate there. The Bears came off the ball very quickly. The other time this season a team was able to do that was, ironically, in their first Giant game on TNF. The Bears may have seen something on film and used it. Eagle LBs are very aggressive. They maybe getting them to bite away from the play.
pre-2005, was as simple as "you can't push your runner ahead".
Good points. Yeah even without St Ra and La Porta, the Lions were playing well on offense. And MLF and Wicks were on a roll. Exciting game and a great win, going 3-0 in the North and sweeping the Lions for a change.
The Bears were going to the same run again and again. The OL would get a huge push, leading with the right guard and moving to the left. Monangai would start running behind the linemen, then cut right to a lot of green. I'm surprised the Eagles didn't put LB as a spy on Monangai, after getting gouged 6 or 7 times.
I'm no fan of the tush push, but that's just envy. Hurts has incredibly strong legs, so why not take advantage.
They had a short week and I think they were looking more at Caleb and his play action. Did not prepare enough. There are many teams that you game plan to stop a Barkley, a Dowdle, a Henry, a Gibbs etc. first. The Eagles did not do that. And they underestimated the Bear line and their execution. The Bears were a penalty ridden team early in the year. Friday, they looked like a well oiled seasoned group.
I don't really care about the tush push one way or the other. But my gut feeling is that it's going to be made illegal sooner or later.
The guy does some inexplicably stupid things. I think he's held captive by his desire to be edgy in his decision making
At least the guy has made the game more intriguing. And it may have begun to spread to other coaches. Back in the day NO ONE gambled even a tenth of how often he does unless it was do or die late in the game.
Yes. That or the way to do this from a back door method is start calling the Guards jumping offsides to structure standard. On several games 1 or more Philly OG were clearly offsides. Just call it like the rule book and quit playing favorites.
A little more explanation, please. I guess Thanksgiving was the first (and only possible) sweep in 2025, but there were plenty of other years, and recently, where the Pack swept the Lions.
I agree that the owners will rule it illegal, probably this offseason. They came close last season. I hope that doesn't also include aiding a runner by pushing him from behind. That will make it harder to define exactly what constitutes a "tush push".
I think it's pretty much analytics driven
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Back in the day we did not have analytics. Just tradition.
Yeah at this point I'd say Campbell acts more out of vanity than willingness to take a reasonable risk (meaning a > 50% chance of success).
Yeah I was surprised that the broadcasters said, on 4th down with under 2 minutes at midfield, analytics said going for it or punting provided the same end result. The ball was at mid field and the Lions needed a TD, but Goff had been finding guys all day even w/o St. Ra and La Porta. I would have punted, but hey, love the result!
