Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Discusses The Tush Push, Healthy Living And Jalen Hurts' Greatness

Jalen Hurts reached caller levels this past play – he brought nan Lombardi Trophy backmost to Philadelphia.

Entering nan season, heck, moreover entering nan playoffs, nan assemblage was retired connected nan Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, pinch galore reasoning he was a game-manager pinch legs connected a sound roster.

But he turned it connected successful nan playoffs – his Eagles put up 95 points successful their last 2 games of nan season, nan NFC title crippled and Super Bowl.

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Retired Eagles subordinate Brian Dawkins is honored during a crippled against nan New York Giants astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Sept. 30, 2012, successful Philadelphia.  (Drew Hallowell/Philadelphia Eagles/Getty Images)

For Brian Dawkins, though, this isn't needfully a surprise. Dawkins knew that Hurts could soundlessness nan critics soon aft his profession took an abrupt hit.

Hurts, of course, was benched successful nan 2018 nationalist title pinch Alabama, and Tua Tagovailoa took over. Tagovailoa threw nan walk-off touchdown to, ironically, early Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith.

"When that happened, that taught maine a batch astir his character… That young man is who I saw being capable to beryllium introduced to Philadelphia and turn arsenic a quarterback. And he's still growing," Dawkins said successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.

However, now that Hurts has a ringing (and 2 Super Bowl appearances successful 3 years), Dawkins expects more.

"For me, I'm baffled erstwhile group get huffy erstwhile personification says Jalen is not playing to his potential. Certain games, he was not," Dawkins said. "I'm personification that I'm ever captious of myself connected film. When I'm not astatine my best, I'm honorable pinch myself. And I'm judge he's nan aforesaid way. If he is nan aforesaid way, he'd opportunity nan aforesaid nonstop things. 

"But what sets him isolated is erstwhile he's healthy, and he gets into those large environments, he plays astatine a different level. It's a bully problem, but erstwhile you flash that, group will ever expect it. You gotta clasp him to a higher standard."

Dawkins said to Fox News Digital connected behalf of Boehringer & Lilly’s "It Takes 2" wellness initiative. The Eagles fable is spreading nan connection astir really to look retired for type-2 glucosuria and kidney disease. Health was ever apical of mind during Dawkins' Hall of Fame career, and thing has changed successful retirement. Now, he's trying to thief those who whitethorn request it, and urging them to get urine and humor tests to combat immoderate wellness defects.

"Type 2 glucosuria and precocious humor unit is thing that my parents have. And truthful erstwhile I heard that, nan remainder of this accusation deed location for me. It's those individuals that request to return different tests… they fig retired if you are going down nan way connected processing kidney illness aliases cardiovascular consequence arsenic well. So, erstwhile I recovered that accusation out, being proactive, I wanted to make judge that my parents had this accusation and their caregivers person this accusation truthful they tin get those tests. But besides now I person this information, and I judge erstwhile I get accusation aliases wisdom, I'm expected to stock it. So that's wherever this run comes in…

"If there's personification that popped into your mind, past that personification needs to spell to testyourkidneys.com."

Brian Dawkins attends nan Rose Parade arsenic portion of nan It Takes 2 campaign. (Boehringer & Lilly)

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Part of what makes Hurts truthful great, of course, is nan tush push, which whitethorn aliases whitethorn not beryllium barred. Teams person projected getting free of nan play nan Eagles were successful pinch complete 90% of nan time.

It's often imitated, but ne'er duplicated. No matter really difficult different group try, they'll simply ne'er beryllium arsenic bully arsenic nan Birds.

That's their problem, Dawkins said.

"If you're an Eagles fan, support doing it! It's reliable to stop. It's been stopped, it's not 100%. Things hap – violative statement mightiness slip, protect statement mightiness beryllium bigger. But for Jalen, he squats 600 pounds. Not each squad has that element," he said.

The Eagles tally nan tush push during nan crippled against nan Atlanta Falcons connected Sept. 16, 2024, astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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As of now, it's still allowed. And arsenic agelong arsenic that's nan case, expect to spot it plentifulness connected NFL Red Zone successful 2025 and beyond.

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