University of Rochester students put Eagles' tush push under the microscope, studying safety and performance

From high-speed cameras to pressure-mapping insoles, a biomechanics lab is breaking down the Eagles' most talked-about short-yardage play —and what it could mean for training and injuries.

The Philadelphia Eagles' tush push has become a near-automatic short-yardage converter—and a lightning rod across the NFL. Now, hundreds of miles from Lincoln Financial Field, University of Rochester students are quantifying the play frame-by-frame to understand why it works—and how to make it safer.

In a biomechanics lab typically used to analyze running and jumping, students recently set up high-speed cameras and pressure-sensing insoles to recreate the motion behind the tush push , the Eagles' heavily debated quarterback sneak.

Ally March, a South Jersey native and lifelong Eagles fan,