The Broncos play the Eagles this week and that made the tush push part of the conversation at Broncos head coach Sean Payton’s video conference with reporters on Tuesday.

When the Packers’ proposal to ban the play went up for a vote this offseason, the Broncos voted in favor of eliminating it but Payton’s view is different. Payton said it would be one thing “if the powers to be don’t want it for aesthetic reasons or it’s hard to officiate,” but that he took issue with the attempt to frame the question as one of player safety.

“When health and safety was pulled into that, which might be the safest play in football, my bulls—t nose kinda went up,” Payton said. “Look, it’s a quarterback sneak and, I think, credit Philadelphia. Take a peek at this past week’s touchdown off the tush push

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