{"id":294953,"date":"2023-10-23T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294953"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:25:47","slug":"eagles-head-coach-nick-sirianni-on-advantage-of-qb-sneak-every-first-down-its-first-and-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nfl\/eagles-head-coach-nick-sirianni-on-advantage-of-qb-sneak-every-first-down-its-first-and-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni on advantage of QB sneak: 'Every first down, it's first-and-9'"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Eagles start every set of downs with an advantage: Knowing if they get to fourth-and-short, they’ll convert a first down.<\/p>\n

“It’s first-and-9 every down,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said following Sunday night’s 31-17 victory over Miami. “Every first down, it’s first-and-9. Knowing that if you get to fourth-and-1, shoot, a lot of faith in that play. So, it was awesome. Again, Jason Kelce starts it off. Jalen Hurts was right there. Because you’ve seen it across the league that people can’t do it like we can do it. They can’t do it like we can do it.”<\/p>\n

No, they can’t — as evidenced by others getting stuffed or hurt weekly attempting to pull off the “Brotherly Shove” or “Tush Push” or whatever you want to call the unstoppable quarterback sneak the Eagles have perfected.<\/p>\n

Discussions are happening nearly every week about whether the NFL should consider banning the play that gives Philly a distinct advantage. But the fact that other teams try to mimic the Eagles’ success but come up short underscores Sirianni’s argument against outlawing a play simply because one team is better at it.<\/p>\n

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