Robert Saleh wants to make Jalen Hurts pay for tush push

Robert Saleh desires Jalen Hurts to not less than pay the worth. 

Saleh admitted there’s no blueprint or pattern to observe in an effort to cease the Eagles’ vaunted tush push play, however the Jets’ head coach nonetheless has an essential problem for his protection forward of their Week 6 conflict.

“If the quarterback carries the ball we’ve gotta give him 11 kisses, work out a approach to try this,” Saleh mentioned whereas smiling earlier than apply on Wednesday.

“… They play violent, they play aggressive, they’ve bought a quarterback who’s tremendous robust by way of creating leverage. I don’t assume he feels ache when he will get hit, despite the fact that we’re gonna strive – legally.” 

The 11 kisses, in fact, imply 11 hits from Jets defenders. 

The tush push has grown controversial across the NFL, a seemingly routine quarterback sneak the place different offensive gamers begin behind the quarterback and push them ahead previous the first-down marker or into the top zone. 

The Eagles spearheaded the play’s growing recognition and have emerged as by far essentially the most profitable workforce working it.

They’ve run it 43 instances this 12 months, changing for a primary down or landing 38 instances with an 88 % success fee.

Philadelphia ran the play six instances of their Week 5 win over the Rams and have been profitable 4 instances, and the 2 failed performs have been late within the recreation once they have been working the clock down.

It’s sparked requires the play to be banned, with some pointing to attainable questions of safety arising with gamers being pushed from behind into tacklers. 

Saleh believes it’s only a “scrum,” and doesn’t share that sentiment, echoing certainly one of his favourite sayings. 

“When you don’t have any haters, you ain’t poppin,” Saleh mentioned, repeating the phrase he used within the preseason amid criticism of the Jets. “Lots of people are hating on their play as a result of it really works, however no person else can appear to make it work to their effectivity. So bravo to them. … 

“Loads of respect for it, as a result of there’s different groups making an attempt to do it, too. The truth is, they’re actually good at it, it feels just like the quarterback is sporting a bulletproof vest once you have a look at him, he’s bought all that padding on. We’re gonna attempt to do our greatest to try to cease it.”