Eagles

If Kenny Pickett Can’t Run the Tush Push, He Can Do the Rutgers Version Instead

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Dec 27th, 2024 · 10:08 AM EST

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Looks like Kenny Pickett is getting closer and closer to being the starter on Sunday, according to Mike Garafolo:

From @gmfb: The #Cowboys are shutting down CeedDee Lamb, it seems like it’ll be Kenny Pickett for the #Eagles against Dallas and Teddy Bridgewater returns to the #Lions. pic.twitter.com/gOoxvvX0rX

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 27, 2024

If Pickett is playing, the playbook completely changes in short-yardage situations because he can’t squat 600 pounds. The good news is Rutgers just gave us a wrinkle to the Tush Push that no one can defend.

The fake Tush Push Fumblerooski is perfect. Kansas State never saw it coming:

⚔️TOUCHDOWN RUTGERS⚔️@aajk_23 and @antwanraymond8 execute the FAKE TUSH PUSH for the one-yard Scarlet Knights score!

RU: 41 || KSU: 29

👉 https://t.co/KXbcIYpZ6b pic.twitter.com/i8B11UXqas

— Rutgers Scarlet Knights | The Knight Report (@RutgersRivals) December 27, 2024

Hand it back to Saquon Barkley. Perfect. The Cowboys will never see it coming. Let everyone scrum in the middle, have Saquon run up and fake like he’s going to push Pickett over the goal line, and give it to him instead. Easy peasy. Rutgers has always been at the forefront of revolutionizing the Tush Push:

Kinkead: Rutgers lost the bowl game, but they were without their best player in future NFL running back Kyle Monongai. They finished 7-5 in the regular season but should have been 8-4. That UCLA home loss was the real killer. But Greg Schiano has the program back in the “respectable” category and they aren’t a doormat anymore. You just wonder how high the ceiling is. Is it higher than 7 or 8 wins in this version of the Big 10?