Remember the “Bush Push,” when USC's Reggie Bush helped push Matt Leinart into the end zone to beat Notre Dame? It was’t allowed in college football at the time. The NFL also had a rule against it. Now pushing the pile is part of teams' strategy.
One of the plays the Philadelphia Eagles run in short-yardage situations is a sneak with a pair of players immediately behind the quarterback, each poised to push on his backside as soon as the ball is snapped.
, whose team plays the Chargers on Sunday. “And maybe you’ll see it this week if we get into those short-yardage situations.”Remember the “Bush Push”? That was 17 years ago when USC running back Reggie Bush used all his might to help knock quarterback Matt Leinart into the end zone for the winning touchdown at Notre Dame. It was a controversial moment because aiding the runner in that way wasn’t allowed in college football at the time.
Former NFL and UCLA running back Maurice Jones-Drew said it often boils down to a simple calculation: Which 11 players are stronger?The Times’ Sam Farmer analyzes each matchup and predicts the winners in NFL Week 17. The Bengals will edge the Bills while the Chargers will beat the Rams. “What the league found was so difficult was you never were sure who was pushing who,” said Mike Pereira, the former NFL director of officials who became the rules analyst for Fox. “So you’re not necessarily pushing the runner. You could be pushing someone else that’s in contact with the runner. So it became really too difficult to officiate. Therefore, we just said, ‘OK, it’s legal to push.’ ”“There’s a certain thing [about] pushing guys across the edge,” said Rams quarterbackthan pusher.