Update:
Dianna Russini reports the Packers are the team that proposed banning the tush push quarterback sneak play.
The NFL makes rule proposals public, so this would have come forward unless the Packers had withdrawn their proposal before the league meetings in March.
Packers president Mark Murphy has been an outspoken opponent of the play.
“There is no skill involved and it is almost an automatic first down on plays of a yard or less,” he wrote in a response to a fan in a Q&A column on the team website. “The series of plays with the Commanders jumping offsides in the NFC Championship Game to try to stop the play was ridiculous. The referee even threatened to give the Eagles an automatic touchdown if the Commanders did not stop it. I would like to see the league prohibit pushing or aiding the runner (QB) on this play. There used to be a rule prohibiting this, but it is no longer enforced because I believe it was thought to be too hard for the officials to see. The play is bad for the game, and we should go back to prohibiting the push of the runner. This would bring back the traditional QB sneak. That worked pretty well for Bart Starr and the Packers in the Ice Bowl.”
Over the last few seasons, the Eagles’ use of the tush push has been one of the bigger debate topics as some believe the play isn’t fair to opposing defenses.
The potential rule change was brought back into the spotlight during the NFC Title game when the Commanders committed repeated penalties to the point where the Eagles were nearly awarded a touchdown without actually scoring.
Judy Battista reports one unnamed NFL team has proposed to the league to ban the tush push.
Battista adds they could look to modify the rules to keep the play in some regard and brought up how the lack of data on it means it likely won’t be banned for injury reasons alone.
Yesterday, Mark Maske mentioned the chairman of the NFL competition committee Rich McKay said they haven’t discussed the issue yet but they expect to at some point.
Maske also brought up that they could have a possible vote on the subject in March and it would need 24 votes to pass.
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