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22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The Tush Push isn’t the only way the Eagles might be pushing the NFL rulebook to its limit.
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Eagles → push → limit
During last week’s win over the Titans, Philadelphia special teams coordinator Michael Clay had punter Braden Mann hold the ball on the ground on kickoffs rather than use a tee, taking advantage of a rule that allows a 12th player to serve as the holder before immediately leaving the field after the kick.
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player → have → kick
The move, Clay said, was something the Eagles picked up from the Falcons and gave kicker Jake Elliott a different launch angle, allowing him to get off a so-called “dirty ball,” which comes off low and knuckles.
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which → say → ball
“Something different, something we noticed from Week 1,” Clay said, according to NJ.com.
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Clay → notice → NJ.com
“I believe Atlanta did it with [kicker] Nick Folk, and it just gave us a different opportunity, a different launch angle and they executed pretty well in terms of [kicker] Jake [Elliott] and Braden Mann holding on that.
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they → believe → that
We’re always looking for ways to help the team in any way we possibly can.
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we → look → way
It’s a different technique, and we’ll see if we keep using that as the year goes on.”
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year → ’ → that
Elliott said the setup gives him more control over the ball and a more consistent way to execute the kick.
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setup → say → kick
“I like the repeatability of it,” Elliott said, via Crossing Broad.
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Elliott → like → Broad
“Just the way I was able to kind of make the ball move in the air and like what I was able to accomplish with it.”
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I → make → it
The Bears, who will welcome the Eagles to Chicago on Monday, aren’t having it.
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who → welcome → it
Chicago special teams coordinator Richard Hightower questioned whether the tactic fits the intent of the rule ahead of the matchup.
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tactic → question → matchup
“The intent of the rule is the ball is supposed to be in a tee when you have a holder out there,” Hightower said, per NBC Sports.
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Hightower → suppose → Sports
“It’s not to be used like you’ve seen it used here lately
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it → ’ → ?
Originally, the provision was intended for weather-related situations, such as when strong winds made it difficult to keep the ball upright on a tee.
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it → intend → tee
But when the NFL introduced the dynamic kickoff two years ago, the language was loosened to allow a holder on any kickoff without explicitly requiring the ball to remain on a tee, which created a gray area that teams have begun to exploit.
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teams → introduce → that
Hightower said clarity on the rule could be coming soon, with updated language that requires teams to put the ball on a tee.
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that → say → tee
“We’re all getting together on that shortly, and we hope to get that fixed and corrected within the language of everything done in the rulebook,” Hightower said.
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Hightower → get → rulebook
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