A.J. Dillon hasn't played in the NFL for a full season, but has a new opinion on the Philadelphia Eagles Tush Push.
The Tush Push debate has been a hotly contested controversy for the last few seasons. The play, a variation of the quarterback sneak first run by the Philadelphia Eagles, reached it's apex in 2024 with it's usage by the team's win in Super Bowl LIX.
Now, the rest of the league - or almost enough of the NFL's owners as a vote awaits - wants to see it banned.
And it has former adversaries turned teammates speaking out in defense of the play.
One clear example is former Green Bay Packers running back A.J. Dillon. The bruising 247-pound runner - nicknamed "Quadzilla'' for due to his massive power-weapon thighs - made it clear that while his former team was the group that submitted the ban of the Tush Push request onto the list of possible rule changes, he was on his new team's side.
"Funny enough, I do a podcast with my brother-in-law and he's here in Green Bay where we started it and I was giving him a lot of flak for that," said Dillon, who signed a one-year deal to come to Philly. "You ban a play just because it works really well? How about you come up with a play to stop it?
"Week 10 (Packers vs. Eagles) will be interesting. That will be a lot of fun and a lot of smack talking going on for sure."
It's easy to see Dillon's point of view here. It seems as though the Eagles are being punished over creating a virtually unstoppable play ... so rather than have defenses shut it down ...
The NFL commissioner is arranging to do so.
Philadelphia will be OK without the play as well. They remain a Super Bowl contender with, or without one of the better goal line plays to work with. And Dillon - who sat out last season because of a neck injury but who had 16 touchdowns in his first four seasons with Green Bay - may be a big help for the team as a muscular backup to superstar Saquon Barkley.
