Detroit Lions not hyper-fixating on Eagles’ tush push
With the Philadelphia Eagles on deck for the Detroit Lions, the chatter about the infamous tush push has already overtaken Detroit. The short-yardage play has become synonymous with the Eagles offense, as its success rate of 91.3% on third or fourth-and-1 from 2022-24 is a huge weapon on critical plays. So, yeah, the Lions are thinking about the play, and hoping to find a way to stop it. “We’ve talked about it. Look, we know. We’ve got a plan, we’ve got an idea,” coach Dan Campbell said Wednesday. “You’ve got to execute, and if you don’t, you’ve got to line up and do it again if it comes up again and just find a way to stop them. Hopefully, it’s a critical. If you end up getting three or four of them in a game, maybe it’s that one that you stop that changes the whole game.” But Campbell and the rest of the Lions coaching staff know that the tush push is not the end-all, be-all. The Eagles have plenty of other weapons, and while short-yardage defense is important, more attention ne...
