The Philadelphia Eagles’ signature ‘tush push’ play will stay authorized within the NFL following a vote amongst crew house owners on Wednesday.
The choice comes as a shock to some because it was anticipated house owners would vote closely in favor of outlawing the play – however the Tremendous Bowl champions get to maintain their trump card.
A proposal was initially put ahead by the Inexperienced Bay Packers in the beginning of April, arguing the tush push didn’t belong in soccer due to its rugby-like qualities.
The NFL’s competitors and well being and security committees even advisable that the league ban the play, however in a shock turnaround the end result couldn’t have been extra totally different.
To ensure that the ban to undergo, 24 of the league’s 32 groups have to vote in favor of it – and finally the venture fell quick by two.
Which NFL groups needed to ban the tush push?
The next 22 groups voted in favor of a tush push ban:
- Arizona Cardinals
- Atlanta Falcons
- Buffalo Payments
- Carolina Panthers
- Chicago Bears
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Dallas Cowboys
- Denver Broncos
- Inexperienced Bay Packers
- Houston Texans
- Indianapolis Colts
- Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Los Angeles Rams
- Minnesota Vikings
- New York Giants
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- San Francisco 49ers
- Seattle Seahawks
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Washington Commanders
Which NFL groups needed to maintain the tush push?
The next ten groups saved the tush push by voting in opposition to the proposed ban:
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Baltimore Ravens
- Cleveland Browns
- Detroit Lions
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Miami Dolphins
- New England Patriots
- New Orleans Saints
- New York Jets
- Tennessee Titans
A ban of the Push Tush play that the Philadelphia Eagles popularized didn’t obtain sufficient votes at at this time’s league assembly in Minneapolis. The play stays alive. There shall be extra tush pushes this season. pic.twitter.com/sy1DOIznqP
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) Could 21, 2025
What’s the tush push?
When a crew is in want of a yard or much less to get a primary down or a landing, a tush push is often the play name – generally often called a quarterback sneak.
The play entails the quarterback standing behind the middle, who snaps him the ball. A number of gamers place themselves behind the quarterback and push him by way of the line of defense.
Usually, it’s the working again and tight finish who line up behind the quarterback and push him by way of. It has a really excessive success fee and the Eagles are one crew to have mastered the craft.
There was a rule change final yr which altered the play barely. Gamers pushing the quarterback needed to stand at the very least one yard behind him to cease instant shoving after the snap which causes a higher danger of harm.
What makes the Eagles so efficient on the tush push?
The Eagles are so good on the tush push due to their personnel. Jalen Hurts, an agile quarterback with loads of power, goes behind left deal with Jordan Mailata who weighs an unimaginable 365lbs and left guard Landon Dickerson at 332lbs – attempt stopping that.
Philadelphia has run their quarterback 122 occasions in 1-yard-to-go eventualities since 2022. In that span, Nick Sirianni’s aspect has scored 30 touchdowns and gained 105 first downs.
The Eagles have been 39 of 48 changing the tush push right into a landing or first down in 2024.
WATCH: The Eagles’ most up-to-date tush push success
Throwback to our most up-to-date Tush Push 😉 pic.twitter.com/OKJBSZFWGw
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) Could 21, 2025
