The Bears’ offense was cruising on Thursday night against the Commanders, jumping out to a 27-3 first-half lead.
With both the ground game and the passing attack performing well, Chicago took a play out of the Eagles’ playbook and ran the infamous “Tush Push” or “Brotherly Shove” with Justin Fields in order to pick up a first down.
Al Michaels, who was in the booth alongside Kirk Herbstreit, wasn’t impressed, and expressed his opposition of the play birthed by Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia.
“There’s nothing you do can do,” said Herbstreit.
“Nothing. Except change the rule next year,” said Michaels.
Al Michaels on what can be done to stop the “Brotherly Shove”
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The Bears used the oft successful quarterback sneak to pick up a first down on a third-and-one. Fields received a friendly shove from behind from his teammates in order to pick up the short yards and a new set of downs for Chicago.
Michaels described it as being “rugby” rather than football.
The play is likely to come up during the offseason’s owners meetings, at which point a rule could potentially be adopted in order to combat its usage. Clearly, Michaels would be on board with doing away with the “Tush Push” altogether, though it seems.
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