The Philadelphia Eagles are campaigning to protect the “tush push” play that faces a potential ban following a proposal from the Green Bay Packers. Ahead of a vote at the NFL owners meetings in Minneapolis this week, the Eagles continue to call around the league to discuss why the play should remain legal, per league sources.
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The play involves a QB taking a snap under center and diving forward while teammates push him from behind in a rugby-like scrum. The Packers’ proposal would add new language a rule that prohibits offensive players from assisting a runner in certain ways and bans interlocking interference.
Green Bay’s proposed adjustment “prohibits an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap.” The Packers state “player safety” and “pace of play” as reasons for their proposal.
As the fate of the tush push is set to be voted on over the next two days in Minneapolis, members of the Eagles continue to call around the league discussing why the play in its current form should not be banned, per sources.
Here is the language of Green Bay’s proposal: pic.twitter.com/UKeIyxqZQj
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) May 19, 2025
Last month, NFL owners tabled the vote on whether to ban the short-yardage play during the annual league meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Though there was no official vote, an informal vote revealed the teams were split 16-16 on the matter, according to an individual in the room during deliberations. For the Packers’ proposal to pass, 24 teams would need to vote in favor of banning the play.
Afterward, NFL competition committee chair Rich McKay stressed that the league is sensitive to the idea of enacting a rule change that would be directed at one or two teams. He said discussion centered partly on safety and partly on the history of the game.
“There are definitely some people that have health and safety concerns, but there’s just as many people that have football concerns, and that was kind of what went on in the room with the discussion,” McKay said. “So I wouldn’t say it was because of one particular health and safety video or discussion. It was much more about the play, the aesthetics of the play, ‘Is it part of what football has been traditionally, or is it more of a rugby play?’ All those types of discussions.”
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The Eagles have used the play since Doug Pederson arrived in 2016 and continued it under Nick Sirianni, according to former center Jason Kelce, but it’s gained notoriety in recent years because of Philadelphia’s success running it with quarterback Jalen Hurts. Other teams, including the Buffalo Bills, have also frequently used a variation of the play.
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