Tush’s thrust was saved on Wednesday, Falling two short votes of the 24 required for a ban. The Saints, who have the former offensive coordinator of the Eagles, Kellen Moore as their chief coach, were among the 10 teams that voted against the proposal to eliminate the play.
“It is a work that obviously has He drew many discussions“Moore Said Thursday, via John Deshazier of the Team Website. [but I] I did not feel that there were many data or evidence to say that it was justifiable as we went through that process and, therefore, I feel good.
“I am very happy that I have not gone through that process, especially the way in which they countered it, with the way in which the possible last proposal was to eliminate everything that pushes from an offensive player perspective, which created another whole can of worms that I do not believe that everyone realized that this happens in many more football plays that, therefore, we were drastically changing a number of play on this. They have been able to capitalize it.
The Eagles converted 39 of 48 of their attempts into the field of fampus thrust last season with Moore calling the shots, and totaled 27 touchdowns and 92 first attempts with the play in the last three seasons.
Moore has not decided if the Saints will use the play this season.
“I’ve had a great experience with that,” said Moore. “It is an investment. It is a play that Philadelphia has done a great job by investing a lot of time, spending a lot of time adopting that game, and there is also a skill component that we must evaluate.”
