The Tush Push Conundrum - The NFL Scrum

[frankbmd]

Now that we have a bonafide Tush Pushee going to the Super Bowl, a discussion of the technique and its variations seems warranted.

The technique is effective in getting first downs and touchdowns. For this reason it has been copied and modified by other teams. You don't win without points on the scoreboard after all.

However when Jalen Hurts is touted for having 14 rushing touchdowns as a quarterback this year, I have a problem. How many of those 14 TDs were tush pushes?

In the future will quarterbacks be rated by how many times they are pushed into the end zone? Should tush pushes be considered rushing touchdowns? Philadelphia fans consider them a brilliant and legal manipulation of the rules to score more points and they have. Other teams have copied the Eagles lead and have benefitted.

Personally I tush push my garbage cans to the curb every week. Who should get the credit? The passive can or pushee does absolutely nothing, I, the pusher, want the credit for this act. It's not a game and nobody is keeping score, but who should get the credit on the gridiron, the pusher or the pushee?

Perhaps the card companies will feature tushes on football cards in the future to honor the league leaders in tush pushes.

I'm not mad, but bothered by this conundrum. What say you?