NFL rule change: Packers need ‘Tush Push’ banned

One other tried ban of the “Tush Push” has been introduced earlier than the NFL, and a staff that fell within the playoffs to the Philadelphia Eagles, who made the play well-known, is reportedly behind the rule change. 

The Inexperienced Bay Packers, whose president Mark Murphy has come out towards the short-yardage play, submitted a proposal to the NFL’s competitors committee to ban it, per The Athletic. 

In a Q&A on the Packers’ staff web site, Murphy stated he was towards the play, saying that it’s “virtually an automated first down on performs of a yard or much less.” 

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores a landing on a “Tush Push” throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

He additionally introduced up the Washington Commanders’ makes an attempt to cease it on the objective line in the course of the NFC Championship Sport, which in the end led referees to warn them they might award a rating in the event that they continued to leap offsides. 

“I’m not a fan of this play,” Murphy stated. “There is no such thing as a ability concerned and it’s virtually an automated first down on performs of a yard or much less. The sequence of performs with the Commanders leaping offsides within the NFC Championship Sport to attempt to cease the play was ridiculous. 

“I want to see the league prohibit pushing or aiding the runner (QB) on this play. There was a rule prohibiting this, however it’s now not enforced as a result of I imagine it was considered too onerous for the officers to see. The play is dangerous for the sport, and we should always return to prohibiting the push of the runner.”

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Now, it’s price noting that the Packers have performed their very own model of the “Tush Push,” going an ideal 5-for-5 when tight finish Tucker Kraft will get underneath heart on sneak makes an attempt. They transformed two of these towards the Eagles within the playoffs as properly. 

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photograph/Matt Slocum)

Nevertheless, these are extra conventional sneaks as a substitute of Jalen Hurts being shoved by tight finish Dallas Goedert and working again Saquon Barkley from behind, making it nearly not possible to cease the play. 

Hurts scored Tremendous Bowl LIX’s first landing on that play from the objective line on their option to successful, 40-22, over the history-seeking Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. 

Different groups have tried their very own model of the “Tush Push,” however the Eagles have mastered the play, hitting efficiently on first-down conversions or touchdowns greater than any staff by far. 

Final offseason, there was some heated debate about whether or not the play ought to stay within the recreation, however it by no means got here to a vote. 

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores on the “Tush Push” towards the San Fransisco 49ers on Dec. 3, 2023, at Lincoln Monetary Subject in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

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League house owners must vote to have the play eliminated, which might be performed in March.

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