Whether you love the Tush Push or Brotherly Shove — the short-yardage scrum that the Philadelphia Eagles have on lock, and most other offenses do not — the best way to stop it is not to ban it, but to actually, y’know, stop it.
Which San Francisco 49ers linebacker did on Monday night when the Minnesota Vikings tried it. Warner, who is the NFL’s best player at his position and an athletic freak in about 20 different ways, hurtled the Vikings’ line without touching any linemen on the way (thus making it legal), and put the kibosh on the whole thing.
It was an amazing performance.
Fred Warner is a machine pic.twitter.com/ciot8MegY4
— Will Blackmon 🍷 (@WillBlackmon) October 24, 2023
Twitter had a lot to say about it, as you might expect.
Troy Polamalu vibes pic.twitter.com/WrckfI92eF
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 24, 2023
Fred Warner was watching!! https://t.co/eJ9gOuevsA
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) October 24, 2023
FRED WARNER OFF THE TOP ROPE!
📺: #SFvsMIN on ESPN/ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/riDUhbzXkK pic.twitter.com/FKWmNQ4XA1— NFL (@NFL) October 24, 2023
— Tyler Loechner (@LoechnerNFL) October 17, 2023
You guys had all summer to practice the Tush Push and yet it feels like most of the other teams who run it look like they installed it for the first time the week they trot it out
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) October 24, 2023
Fred Warner said pic.twitter.com/4M1v6olX6l
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) October 24, 2023
Nobody:
Fred Warner: pic.twitter.com/l9LnC5THeu
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 24, 2023
