The Green Bay Packers' proposal to ban the "tush push" failed by two votes to reach the 75% required majority needed to pass, according to The Associated Press. The vote was 22-10, with nine teams joining the Eagles in voting against the proposal.
The Eagles posted on X, formerly Twitter, a graphic of the "tush push" with the words "push on." On YouTube, the Eagles posted 26 minutes of "tush push" highlights. On Instagram, the Birds posted a Jalen Hurts meme after the vote. Lane Johnson posted on Instagram a picture of the play with "pushing forward."
The push to ban the "tush push" gained momentum again in recent months following the Eagles' dominant playoff run and Super Bowl LIX victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Packers requested tush push ban
On Monday, the Green Bay Packers submitted a revised proposal to ban the tush push before the spring league meetings.
The Packers' proposal cited player safety and pace of play as a reason to ban the tush push. However, the NFL has previously said that no injuries have been reported on the tush push.
Original tush push vote tabled
The Packers spearheaded the effort to ban the tush push following the team's 22-10 playoff loss to the Eagles in the wild card round of last season's playoffs. Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy called the tush push "bad for the game" in a message posted on the team's website after Green Bay was eliminated.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) lines up for the goal line Tush Push play during the NFL championship playoff football game against the Washington Commanders, Jan. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. Chris Szagola / APThe Eagles will travel to Lambeau Field in Week 10 for a game on Monday Night Football in the 2025 season.
At the NFL owners meetings, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie sounded off on potentially banning the play, saying that health and safety of the players is the most important thing when evaluating the play, but the numbers were never provided to him.
What Eagles said about the possible tush push ban
Before the "tush push" ban failed at the spring league meetings Wednesday, several Eagles players were asked about it Tuesday in advance of the NFL owners' vote. Hurts declined to comment ahead of the vote.
"It's only one yard," Brown said jokingly.
"In terms of them banning the tush push — I hate that name so I hope they do ban it, it's a stupid name," Mailata said jokingly. "But I can't control that, we can't control that, so we don't even worry about that. Right now, we're just installing our schemes. Whatever [offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo] is installing that day, that's what we're focused on. Because worrying about them banning the tush push isn't going to win us another championship. What we do here every day matters."
"We'll see where that goes," Sirianni said Tuesday. "We're not waiting for very long to figure it out. It's going to be public tomorrow, and you know how I feel about it. We obviously were at the owners' meetings. We talked about how we felt about it and I don't think anyone could question what my sentiment is on it. So, we'll see what happens with it tomorrow."
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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