NFL could vote on banning Eagles’ ‘tush push’
The NFL could vote on banning the “tush push” — the trademark play of the Super Bowl winning Philadelphia Eagles, a league official told reporters on Monday.
Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations told reporters an unnamed club had submitted a rule change proposal to outlaw the move, the Washington Post reported.
NFL rules will be discussed and reviewed, as usual, at the owners’ meeting in Florida in March.
“We do have a club playing-rule proposal around the tush push,” Vincent said, according to the Post.
“It’s on our agenda. The club proposal is, ‘We need to make some adjustments to that. Is that a viable football play?'” he added.
The move, which has also been used with some success by the Buffalo Bills, sees the quarterback line-up with two teammates behind him who then push him to the required distance on short yardage plays including short and goal.
The success of the Eagles with the move, which Philadelphia used for their opening touchdown in their Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs, has also led to it being dubbed the “Brotherly Shove.”
Vincent said there were some concerns over possible dangers in the move.
“Our health and safety committee has laid that out today with a brief conversation on the injury report. There’s some challenges, some concerns that they’ll share with the broader group tomorrow,” said Vincent.
“But the tush push will become a topic of discussion moving into March.”
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