Will the Tush Push accompany Jack Driscoll to Miami?

The Miami Dolphins signed offensive lineman Jack Driscoll as a free agent on Monday after the former Auburn standout had spent his first four NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Does that mean the secrets of the Brotherly Shove are coming south with him?

“I can’t disclose that right now, I’ll say that,” Driscoll said during his introductory press conference in Miami. “Maybe in a later meeting.

The NFL lifted the rule against aiding the ball-carrier by pushing in 2005. But no team has capitalized on the change the way the Eagles have under coach Nick Sirianni with quarterback Jalen Hurts running the sneak, called the Brotherly Shove in Philadelphia and the Tush Push around the league.

While the Eagles’ moving mass at the point of attack has drawn calls for the play to be banned, Driscoll isn’t a detractor.

“There’s a lot more that goes into it than meets the eye,” Driscoll said, “and those guys up front on the Eagles do a great job, and Jalen spearheads it with being able to squat 600 pounds.”

Driscoll joins the Dolphins after Miami started nine offensive linemen in 2023.

“Just after talking about it with my agent and whatnot and all the options, just looking at the offense, it’s something I think benefits my skill set,” Driscoll said. “And just seeing the way that coach (Mike) McDaniel and this organization is run, just all that taken into consideration, I thought this was my best opportunity, and I’m really excited to be here.”

Driscoll joined Philadelphia in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He played in 54 regular-season and four playoff games with 17 starts for the Eagles.

Driscoll’s primary duty was backing up right tackle Lane Johnson, a five-time Pro Bowler. In 2023, all but eight of Driscoll’s 172 offensive snaps came in three games when Johnson was dealing with injuries.

Driscoll made four starts in 2020, one in 2021, two in 2022 and one in 2023 at right tackle. He also started eight games at right guard in 2021 and one at left tackle in 2022.

“Normally, about eight (offensive linemen) are dressed, and five are starting,” Driscoll said, “so if you do the math there, then some guy’s got to play multiple positions, so I always kind of took that upon myself as the more positions I could play, the better chance I’d have to play on game day and the better chance I have of making the team and being in an important role.”

In the 2023 regular season, Miami’s offensive-line starters included Terron Armstead for 10 games and Kendall Lamm for seven games at left tackle, former Alabama standout Lester Cotton for seven games, Isaiah Wynn for seven games and Robert Jones for three games at left guard, Connor Williams for nine games and Liam Eichenberg for eight games at center, Robert Hunt for 11 games, Eichenberg for three games, Jones for three games and Cotton for one game at left guard and Austin Jackson for 16 games and Lamm for one at left tackle.