Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons Loves Philadelphia Eagles' 'Tush Push'?
Dallas Cowboys' star defender Micah Parsons has taken a side in the debate surrounding the Philadelphia Eagles' "Tush Push" play, claiming that it'd be "sucker-ish" for the NFL to take any action to outright ban it.
“We just have to deal with it, we have to adjust, we have to prepare to stop it,” Parsons said on his Bleacher Report podcast. “It’s not up to the league to say, ‘Hey, just because you can’t stop it, we have to take it away.’ No, we have to get better, we have to get stronger up front and we have to stop it.”
In the wake of the Eagles' success with the play, which involves backfield blockers pushing Jalen Hurts across the goal line or first down marker, Parsons noted that the Cowboys were able to stop an imitated effort from the New England Patriots during Sunday's 38-3 victory. Parsons said that the power of the Philadelphia offensive line allows them to pull off perfect pushes.
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"It’s all about who you have," Parsons said. The Eagles have the best o-line in the game, so yes it’s a cheat code, they’re unstoppable at it.”
Parsons and the Cowboys will have their first chance to stop Hurts' gambit on Nov. 5 when the teams do battle at Lincoln Financial Field.
Both teams will be spending Week 5 in California for their respective matchups on Sunday. Parsons' Cowboys visit the San Francisco 49ers while Hurts and the Eagles play the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium.
More Hollywood likely means more attention surrounding the Eagles' infamous play.
