TAMPA, Fla. -- The Philadelphia Eagles scored on a pair of quarterback sneak fakes in Sunday's 31-25 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , showing there's more to the tush push than a yard and a cloud of dust.
"It's an exciting play. Makes it pretty exciting, right?" said coach Nick Sirianni, using the moment to support a play that has its fair share of detractors across the league.
The initial variation came midway through the first quarter. Quarterback Jalen Hurts got in an athletic stance under center on first-and-goal as if he was about to sneak it but instead passed it underhand to tight end Dallas Goedert , who followed a caravan of blockers into the end zone.
"I was really happy we got it called," Goedert said. "I think we put it in about four years ago, maybe five, when