For the third consecutive off -season, discussions rage around Tash Push.
Developed by the Eagles in 2022, this action consisting in using players to push the quarterback and going to tap a few yards is no longer to be presented. A tactic with insolent efficiency, which generally leaves the opposing defenses helpless. The Eagles and the Bills, the two teams that master it best, obtained a conversion rate of 87% last season by employing it.
Las of this success, the Green Bay Packers, who in fact become representatives of the Fronde, had officially made a request for a ban on Tash Push last month. A request studied today by the NFL owners, but whose vote has been postponed. Faced with the media pressure around this decision, the latter decided to be more time to reflect. See you later within spring.
Safety reasons invoked
The proposal for the Wisconsin franchise was based on “players' security” and on the “rhythm of the game”. They thus hope, like the hip tackle (prohibited last season), press the sensitive string so that the NFL prohibits the tash push.
For the first point and even if no injury has been reported on this game, the potential risk continues to question. In this sense, the League presented this Sunday a data modeling about the dangerousness of action. It turns out that defensive line players would express more injuries on the upper body. A risk inherent in the fact that they throw themselves the first in the melee. And the bell sound is the same for their counterparts in the offensive line. The risks would be increased here at the level of the neck and back, due to the high pressure exerted in a limited space.
To support their words, packers have also invoked the rhythm problems posed by this tactic. An argument that is difficult to hear since other “traditional” games like the Sneak quarterback is on the same basis. The main coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean Mcvay, has also been quite negative with regard to the Tash Push. As a reminder, Green Bay lost twice against the Eagles last season (including once in Wild Card), while Los Angeles was eliminated in playoffs by this same team from Philadelphia.
