“Hurts flies them up. They sneak. They push, and they score Touchdown.” You hear this. Honestly, this has become one of the worst nightmares for any team that’s playing against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Tush-Push, they call it. A major red flag for Patrick Mahomes‘ Chiefs. Courtesy of this nightmare? That’s the Eagles’ QB, Jalen Hurts, who literally squats 600 pounds. Plus, he’s got two pushers, one on each butt cheek. And voilà, in one quick moment, you’re outsmarted by the Eagles’ Tush-Push.

But is there any way to stop the Eagles’ Tush Push? Enter TV host and media personality Kyle Brandt, who is on a quest to understand this topic that is on all football fans’ minds. Brandt’s quest led him to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he met someone who might have an answer for this. And he’s none other than the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

When Brandt asked, “Is there any way to stop the Tush Push?” Dr. Tyson declared that the Tush Push is inevitable. Yep, you read that right! There’s no answer to the Philadelphia team’s Tush Push. “You know, there are stars that explode and nothing can stop them. We call them Supernova. We can see them across the universe. That’s how bright they are. A black hole when it forms, it forms, and you’re not stopping that no known force in the universe can stop it. So, I’m happy to chalk this up as another inevitable consequence of the laws of physics manifest in this universe. Drop the chalk.”

With that being said, he literally dropped the chalk. The Chiefs might be side-eyeing him right about now. But why is it inevitable? Well, according to Dr. Tyson, the Eagles use Earth as a launch point for their momentum. And if we run math on this, every time the Eagle runs this play, it slightly changes the rotation of the Earth. See, the thing is, whenever the QB is being pushed, the opposing team tries to jump on him because they know that the QB is ready to come over. But that, folks, is actually a disadvantage for that opposing team.

Because if they jump, they lose their connection to the ground—meaning there’s nothing solid to push off of. On the other hand, the Eagles have already done their job.

Now, let’s talk a bit of science here, shall we? See, Jalen Hurts is a tank on the field, given the guy squats 600 pounds. So, he’s already built like a brick wall. But the thing is, that infamous tush push isn’t just about him, there’s a physics behind it. Y’all know that force equals mass times acceleration, which basically means the bigger you are, and the faster you move, the harder you are to stop.

In this case, Hurts is already a beast, and he’s getting shoved forward by two linemen, each planted firmly on the ground, which means their mass isn’t just their own—it includes the Earth itself. The defenders? They’re just out there fighting gravity and getting steamrolled. because they can’t resist the force. Simple science, unstoppable play. Thanks to Kyle Brandt and Dr. Tyson, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs might use a different approach in the Super Bowl—unless, of course, they’re already prepared for it.

But all in all, the Tush-Push is inevitable—at least, that’s what science has taught us.

Can Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs outplay the Eagles’ tush-push?

Ask any head coach, any defensive coordinator, and any player about tush push, and what they will reply? Just one word. Unstoppable. Yeah, that’s what this is. Now, if you look into the Eagles’ O-line, you’ll find that they have turned the Tush Push into an unstoppable cheat code. But here’s the thing—just because it’s unstoppable doesn’t mean the Chiefs won’t find a way to flip the script in the Super Bowl.

In the AFC Championship round against the Buffalo Bills, the Chiefs had the Bills’ quarterback sneak figured out. Or should we say Josh Allen’s sneaks were pretty predictable throughout the game? See, Allen always rushed through the left guard, so they anticipated it every time, and guess what? Their strategy worked. The Chiefs shut down three out of five of Buffalo’s QB sneaks, which—while not exactly the Tush Push—had a similar concept.

On the flip side, the Eagles had a slight drop in their QB sneak success compared to the last season. In the 2024 season, the success rate of QB sneaks is 81.3%. And in the 2023 season? It was 92.1%, as per FOX Sports research. The reason? Well, it’s Jason Kelce’s retirement who played a crucial role in the Eagles’ success.

And when the Chiefs’ defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, was asked if tush push can be stopped, he too was pretty impressed by the Eagles’ QB sneaks. “I really don’t. Everybody’s gonna tell you the same thing, the best way to defend is not be in that situation, because they’re so effective at it,” Spagnuolo told FOX Sports on Wednesday. “Their quarterback sneak is really different than Buffalo’s, in my opinion.”

Now, the Super Bowl is just around the corner, and it would be thrilling to see if Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs can outsmart Jalen Hurts and the Eagles.