{"id":69356,"date":"2025-05-22T04:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/69356\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T04:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T04:55:08","slug":"packers-proposal-to-ban-tush-push-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/69356\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers’ Proposal To Ban Tush Push Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"

10:15pm: The other five teams who voted against the Packers\u2019 proposal were the Browns, Jaguars, Dolphins, Saints, and Titans, per Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Saints are now coached by Kellen Moore, who helped Philadelphia execute the play as their offensive coordinator last season. However, the Shane Steichen-led Colts and the Jonathan Gannon-led Cardinals both voted to ban the tush push despite their connections with Nick Sirianni and the Eagles.<\/p>\n

10:47am: The Packers\u2019 effort to to ban the tush push has failed, according to The Athletic\u2019s Diana Russini<\/a>. Green Bay\u2019s revised proposal to prohibit all instances of pushing on offense only received 22 votes, two shy of the 24 required to pass, per ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Fallout From Eagles\u2019 Effort To Save Tush Push]<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Eagles led the opposition to the measure, and the Ravens, Patriots, Jets, and Lions were among the teams to join them, according to Schefter<\/a>. John Harbaugh, Mike Vrabel, and Dan Campbell all came out against the ban during league meetings in Florida in March. Aaron Glenn spent the last four seasons under Campbell in Detroit, and his new quarterback in New York, Justin Fields<\/a>, has converted 11 of 12 push sneaks in his career, per ESPN\u2019s Rich Cimini<\/a>. Baltimore has also found some success with their version of the play featuring tight ends Mark Andrews<\/a> and Charlie Kolar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s committees on competition and health and safety both endorsed the proposal ahead of the owners\u2019 meeting this morning, per Russini<\/a>, as did Roger Goodell, according to Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports<\/a>. That led to increasing belief that the tush push ban would be successful, per FOX Sports\u2019 Ralph Vacchiano<\/a>, though some owners remained uncertain, as noted by Mark Maske of The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Eagles then launched an all-out effort to rally opposition during today\u2019s meeting with owner Jeffrey Lurie, assistant general manager Jon Ferrari, and former center Jason Kelce<\/a> speaking for almost an hour, per Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer<\/a>. The main thrust of Philadelphia\u2019s argument was their belief that the tush push is actually safer than the traditional quarterback sneak, which was one of their reasons for adopting the play originally, according to Bleacher Report\u2019s James Palmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever votes to ban this play is taking liability for putting risk on our quarterbacks,\u201d said Lurie (via Russini<\/a>). Following his \u201cpassionate but fair\u201d speech, Kelce addressed safety concerns accompanied by video footage, per CBS Sports\u2019 Jonathan Jones<\/a>. Other owners who spoke at the meeting were Jerry Jones (Cowboys), Jed York (49ers), and Terry Pegula (Bills), per Breer.<\/p>\n

The meeting then moved into a privileged session in which only owners and family are allowed for a vote, according to NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero<\/a>. After announcing the decision, owners returned to the privileged session for further discussion on the tush push, per Maske<\/a>, though it\u2019s unlikely another vote would yield a different result.<\/p>\n

The NFL was reportedly behind the Packers\u2019 attempt to ban the tush push, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk<\/a>, as well as the Lions\u2019 tabled reseeding proposal<\/a>. Goodell pushed back against reports of his support for Green Bay\u2019s proposal after the vote (via Mike Jones of The Athletic<\/a>), saying that he wanted a thorough debate regarding both measures.<\/p>\n

The NFL did unanimously approve a proposal to modify the onside kick<\/a>, according to Breer<\/a>. Teams who are trailing may now declare an onside kick at any time and can line up even with the ball at the 35-yard line. Previously, only the kicker could line up with the ball with the other 10 players at the 34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10:15pm: The other five teams who voted against the Packers\u2019 proposal were the Browns, Jaguars, Dolphins, Saints, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,4202,12107,1902],"class_list":{"0":"post-69356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jason-kelce","10":"tag-jeffrey-lurie","11":"tag-roger-goodell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114549707710546333","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}