Eagles stick with tush push under new OC Mannion
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- Sean Mannion, the Eagles' new offensive coordinator, said Philadelphia will 'lean into' the tush push, calling the play 'extremely effective' and 'something this organization has executed at a high level.'
- The Eagles hired Mannion away from the Green Bay Packers, where he served as quarterbacks coach, to replace fired OC Kevin Patullo; he is installing an under-center, play-action-heavy scheme influenced by Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay.
- Philadelphia parted ways with longtime offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland — a key architect of the tush push — and replaced him with Chris Kuper, the former Minnesota Vikings O-line coach.
- The Eagles had converted the tush push at a 96.6% rate in fourth-and-1 situations since 2022 entering last season, but their success rate dipped last year despite leading the league with 27 attempts.
- The Green Bay Packers led a 2025 offseason push to ban the play, but the proposal fell two votes short, and no further ban proposals were made this past offseason.
- The source attributes the dip in tush push success last season to both improved defensive efforts and injuries along Philadelphia's offensive line.
Why it matters: Philadelphia retains the league's most dominant short-yardage weapon — a 96.6% fourth-and-1 conversion rate entering last season — despite losing the coach who built it and despite Green Bay's failed attempt to outlaw it. The new Shanahan/McVay-influenced scheme under Mannion signals Philadelphia is evolving around the play rather than away from it.
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