GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers surely know that the Philadelphia Eagles are coming to Lambeau Field with their “Tush Push” and intend to shove their signature short-yardage play up the Packers’ … well, you know.

“I don’t know about all that,” Packers defensive tackle Colby Wooden said after practice Thursday.

In case you’ve forgotten, the NFL made a push — no pun intended — to ban the “Tush Push,” which the Eagles use on quarterback Jalen Hurts’ QB sneaks, with his linemen going low on would-be tacklers while Hurts also gets a helping hand from teammates behind him.

And the team that brought the proposal to the floor at the annual NFL Meetings in West Palm Beach, Fla.? The Packers, likely at commissioner Roger Goodell’s behest — even though then-team president Mark Murphy certainly didn’t dispute the notion.

The measure ultimately failed — teams voted, 22-10, to abolish it, but the vote fell short of the required 24 votes to pass — and the “Tush Push” lived on for another season of Eagles opponents trying in vain to stop it.

“I’m not going to get into it,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said Thursday, when the “Tush Push” topic was broached before practice. “It is what it is. The NFL made a decision. We have to find a way to try to stop the play, and it’s a tough play to stop.”

Not as tough as it once was. According to ESPN Research, the Eagles have run the tush push 21 times so far this season with a 76.5% success rate.

The Eagles succeeded 82.1% of the time last season, 83.3% in 2023 and 92.6% in 2022.

“I think the best way to stop it is to not to allow it to happen,” LaFleur said. “You can’t allow them in those short-yardage situations, because you know exactly what they’re going to do, and they’ve been pretty successful at it, obviously.” 

Samuel visits | Free-agent cornerback Asante Samuel Jr., who recently was cleared for football activities by his doctor following spinal fusion surgery, visited the Packers on Thursday, according to the NFL’s official transaction wire.

It was official listed as a visit and not a workout, presumably because the Packers medical staff wanted to meet with Samuel and examine him to see if the team would be comfortable with him playing and thus willing to sign him.

The Packers are one of five teams to reportedly be interested in the 26-year-old Samuel, who played only four games last season because of stingers in both shoulders that led to the surgery.

A second-round pick in 2021, Samuel played played 50 games with 47 starts in four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, recording 176 tackles, six interceptions and 37 pass breakups.

Samuel visited the Carolina Panthers on Wednesday and was set to visit the Minnesota Vikings on Friday, followed by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday, the Chicago Bears on Tuesday and Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.

Health watch | Three players did not practice on Thursday: Defensive end Lukas Van Ness, who is set to miss his fourth straight game with a foot injury; cornerback Nate Hobbs, whose knee injury reportedly will sideline him for the next two games at minimum; and rookie wide receiver Savion Williams, who suffered a foot injury in Sunday’s loss to the Panthers.

Three other players who left Sunday’s loss — wide receiver Matthew Golden (shoulder), left guard Aaron Banks (stinger) and Wooden (shoulder) — all practiced on a limited basis.

Wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (calf) returned to practice for the first time in weeks after missing the last two games.

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