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🗓️ 1 April 2025
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Terrible Take Committee podcast telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind. |
0:05.2 | I'm Josh Carney. |
0:06.9 | Consider the tush push well pushed. |
0:10.5 | The NFL tabled the discussion regarding the much maligned tush push Tuesday at the league's owners meetings due to no clear consensus on how and if it should be banned. |
0:22.8 | This whole thing regarding the tush push seems like a giant waste of time. |
0:27.5 | Yes, it's an ugly looking play, and yes, it could lead to some injuries in the rugby like scrub. |
0:33.0 | But at its core, that's what football is. |
0:36.2 | It's about pushing the other player off the spot and trying to gain a yard with leverage, |
0:41.0 | or stopping them from gaining that yard with leverage. |
0:44.6 | If it were a cheap play that weakens the game in any way, every team would be able to do it successfully. |
0:50.9 | Yet, only one team can really do it consistently. |
0:54.4 | And it's the Philadelphia Eagles. |
0:56.3 | They've perfected it. |
0:57.9 | They were innovative and came up with it for short yardage plays. |
1:02.0 | You shouldn't punish innovation in a level playing field like football. |
1:06.2 | It's not as if they are bending the rules with the formation |
1:09.2 | or trying to be deceptive in any way. |
1:12.7 | It's about brute force and strength, and they're darn good at it. |
1:17.2 | Nobody has successfully figured out a way to stop it. |
1:20.0 | So, of course, the move has been made to try and ban it. |
1:23.7 | That's silly. |
1:25.3 | As Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin stated last year, the best way to stop that play is to avoid |
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