How a Scottish Rugby Coach made the Eagles Unstoppable. 

I’m a Kiwi and I’ve lived in US for the past 12 years and I always wondered why NFL never tries to take advantage of their offensive linemen and push through during scrummage. If they’re 1-2yards from the goal line. Finally, we have a NFL team that understands this

As an Eagles fan, I did not want the strategy to be revealed. As a Brett Kollmann fan, I wanted this video to be made.

this aged well...

Vikings attempting to run an unstoppable play, and it’s the first time somebody correctly defends it is simply peak Vikings.

People saying “ban this play” is further proof how soft this league is getting. This is the highest echelon of the sport. You’re paid and thought of as the best, act like it and play like it.

well they just got destroyed by the cowboys

Meanwhile the rest of the world plays rugby

Well, they are stoppable.

All of us kiwis are now Eagles fans

Well, this hasn't aged well, LOL.

As a "rugby guy" I think the move has more in common to a driving maul from a line out than a scrum - fewer players than the 8 of a scrum with the ball carrier immediately behind the front impact players and the "binds" being less significant (though its still important that there is structure to both the driving maul and the "Brotherly shove")

I would say it's closer to a rugby maul then a scrum especially with how Jalen rolls around the edge as a lot of mauls end up doing.

Brett using the correct terms for Prop and Hooker brought me a huge amount of joy

Big fan of Scottish Rugby. Absolutely mind boggling to hear that Richie Gray was helping the eagles with the brotherly shove. Small world lol

Another key to understanding the Eagle's success with this play requires charting their 3rd down play selection. They very, very, very often use personnel substitutions on 3rd down to force the defense into nickle or dime coverage. They understand that getting a LB off the field makes it nearly impossible for any 3-down defenses to gap up properly. Any 4-down defenses are still don't have enough weight or twitch speed to be effective. IIRC, the 49ers were able to stop the Vikings on that play in large part because the Vikings allowed substitutions. If the Vikings had JJ they could have forced the 49ers into lighter personnel and then avoided substituting in order to prevent the 49ers from having enough mass on the field to gap up properly.

I will never get over the clip of Kelce setting up for the Brotherly Shove and saying “You know what’s coming” and STILL converting

Honestly as a rugby player you've got it spot on that the most important thing is that their hips are square. But getting the leverage advantage of getting your hips lower and driving up is also quite crucial. I would say the best way to defend it would be the same as stopping a pick and go in rugby: get low, hit hard, and keep driving no matter what

As a former prop in rugby, I just loooove the Eagles' shove. And this video explains it so well.

As an Australian rugby league player who loves nfl. I always enjoy how the nfl brings in different sports tactics. I remember punters making a big deal about the changes in punting Australian players were bringing. All o could think was guys you haven’t seen nothing yet. There’s about 15 different kicks to be used in different spots. I recently saw Dixon was doing the banana kick now. So that’s a great little development.

I think that the factor of Jalen Hurts squatting 600 lb isn’t inherently affecting the brotherly shove, but the play needs a physically strong QB to run it consistently. Getting dog piled on by the entire D is tough. You need a Justin Fields/Josh Allen/Jalen Hurts build to run it consistently.