Push on! Eagles use tush push on opening drive after short-yardage play nearly banned in NFL
The tush push is still legal in the NFL — and about as unstoppable as it was in an ill-fated push to ban it for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Tanner McKee, the backup QB in the regular season, was indeed pushed in for the score on a fourth-and-1 late in the first quarter. The Eagles ran the play the first chance they could after a …