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Tight end Connor Heyward thrives running Steelers’ debut ‘tush push’
['Chris Adamski', 'Pittsburgh News', 'Sports']
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Apparently not comfortable, for obvious reasons, letting their 41-year-old quarterback run the so-called “tush push,” the Pittsburgh Steelers turned to Connor Heyward.
Though some other teams have deployed tight ends to run plays up the middle on third- or fourth-and-1 snaps over the past two seasons or so, Heyward is no normal tight end.
The #Steelers ran a Tush Push but used their TE instead of the QB.
The Steelers have repped the play periodically at practice, and Heyward said he and center Zach Frazier daily go over the snap operation.
“But Aaron taught me how to take a snap the proper way: interlocking your hands, your thumbs,” Heyward said.