The Green Bay Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push, along with other forms of pulling and shoving, fell short at the NFL’s spring league meetings on Wednesday. According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, 10 teams voted against the proposal, meaning there was a 22-10 vote count. For rule proposals to pass, 24 clubs have to approve, so the proposal fell just two votes short.
Finally, we can put this whole tush push saga behind us.
Don’t think that the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that pushed their quarterback through piles more than any other club in the NFL over the last few years, will be forgetting about this anytime soon, though. Not only did Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and former Eagles center Jason Kelce speak during the general session ahead of the tush push vote, but Philadelphia’s social team took a pointed shot at the Packers after Green Bay’s proposal failed.
The next time the Packers and Eagles will face off will be in Week 10 on Monday Night Football, a game Philadelphia will have an extra week to prepare for as they’ll be coming off a bye week. Expect to hear a lot of noise about this proposal and its failure to secure 75 percent of the league’s votes going into that mid-season matchup.