Josh Allen Offers Stunning Opinion on Eagles' Tush Push
Josh Allen Offers Stunning Opinion on Eagles' Tush Push originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Philadelphia Eagles' famous "Tush Push" play is returning for another season. The league's hopes of banning the play failed over a month ago.
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Since then, players around the league can't stop debating whether or not the play belongs. Some defensive players see an unfair advantage, while other offensive players believe it is up to the defense to figure out a way to stop it.
Now, the league MVP is getting involved.
The Buffalo Bills' starting quarterback, Josh Allen, was the latest to endorse the play in an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated.
"I'm a big believer in if you can't stop it, keep running it, right?," Allen said. "I think that there's a few teams that do it better than others, but then you look at a few teams that try to do it, and it doesn't have the same success... I don't feel like it should be banned."
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Allen's comments are surprising. Buffalo was one of the teams that voted to ban the play during the offseason.
Outside of the Eagles, the Bills were among the other teams to run the variation of the quarterback sneak with frequency.
Allen's use of the play to his advantage and desire for the Tush Push to remain might be stunning in that it is in conflict with his front office …
But no matter..
Meanwhile. …
Despite Buffalo's success last season with the play, the Kansas City Chiefs repeatedly shut it down when they ran it in the AFC Championship Game. Two weeks later, the Eagles didn't have that same problem. They converted the play into the game's first score in Super Bowl LIX.
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The Tush Push is here to stay for at least another season. If you ask the league MVP, he feels the play should remain in the league forever.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
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