Madden 27 tush push: How to do Jalen Hurts-Eagles' goal line play in video game

One of the most controversial plays in football is finally making it to the sport's most iconic video game.

The "tush push," popularized by Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles en route to two Super Bowl appearances and one victory, is coming to Madden NFL 27.

After years of debate over whether the play would be banned, now, EA Sports has implemented the Eagles' short-yardage go-to for users in Madden's offensive playbook.

Here's what to know about the tush push being added to Madden 27 and how to use it.

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Madden 27 tush push

Per The Athletic, EA Sports needed "a bigger production" and added motion-capture sessions with players to design how the tush push could be added to Madden — but around five years after the Eagles first began running the play, it is coming to the video game.

Here's more on the play in Madden 27.

Is the tush push in Madden 27?

EA Sports first teased the tush push being added to its franchise in June, using a photo of the Eagles running the play against the Giants.

Additionally, per The Athletic, the play partially took so long to be added to the Madden franchise because it faced an uncertain future in the NFL for years. Last offseason, the Packers led a vote to ban the tush push, which came up short. There was no vote held this offseason about the play.

“(We had) to wait and see if the NFL’s going to cancel this play or not,” EA Sports technical designer Ken Boatright told The Athletic. “We can’t do all this work for it also to be kicked out of the game.”

“After we got to a point where it felt like the NFL was not going to touch this thing, it was like, ‘Yeah, let’s get it in the game."

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How to do the tush push

Part of the intrigue about the tush push being added to Madden 27 is how it tweaked overall quarterback sneak gameplay. Per The Athletic, EA Sports adjusted QB sneaks to include a "moving, red-and-green meter, similar to the game’s kicking and punting mechanics," where users will aim to stop the meter in the green — and "the closer to the middle, the better the chances of success, though a well-timed button push does not ensure a conversion."

The meter changes based on the circumstances of the play, such as players involved and the length for a conversion.

“It’s not a 100 percent guarantee,” Boatright told The Athletic. “In previous years, the current QB sneak felt like, to some people, that every time it was run, there was nothing to do about it. Others felt like they had a way to stop it. It’s in a much more balanced place.”

Here's a look at the tush push in action for Madden 27:

One player who tested Madden 27, Samuel Brown, told The Athletic that the video-game version of the tush push may be more difficult than its dominant conversion rate in the NFL.

That’s my worry, is that it is more effective in real life than a regular quarterback sneak, but I think it’s vice versa in ‘Madden,’” Brown said. “I don’t know how often you’ll see people running it in an online game.”

Per The Athletic, the tush push is featured in the playbooks for the Eagles, Bills, Ravens, Seahawks, Chargers, Patriots and Steelers, which may change depending on which teams run it during the 2026 NFL season.