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The Tush Push is over.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ signature play will never happen again as it once again became a hot-button issue during the 2025 NFL offseason. Specifically, the NFL is weighing whether the play should be banned due to concerns about “player safety” and “pace of play.”
The NFL was set to decide about the play’s future this week.
Hours before it would happen, NFL insider Dianna Russini would announce that “both the league’s competition and players’ health and safety committees have voted to ban the play.”
“Despite the Eagles’ best efforts, the tush push is likely on its way out, sources say,” she continued.
Hours away from the owners’ vote surrounding the future of the tush push, I’m told both the league’s competition and players’ health and safety committees have voted to ban the play.
Despite the Eagles’ best efforts, the tush push is likely on its way out, sources say. pic.twitter.com/SE3mRGgI85
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) May 21, 2025
The Green Bay Packers contributed to this effort by submitting a revised proposal to ban the play that played an integral role in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2024 Super Bowl run.
Green Bay’s revised version of the proposed ban is broader and similar to the NFL’s language from 1920 through the 2005 season, which prohibited players from pushing or pulling the runner in any direction. Their hard work has paid off, and now the Eagles will have to think of something else on short-yardage downs.
Yes, the Eagles and other teams could likely find a creative way to mimic the “Tush Push,” but whatever they come up with would likely look more like a traditional quarterback sneak.
The ability to push the quarterback is one of the main reasons the play has been virtually unstoppable over the past few seasons.
It’s a play the Eagles have used to nearly 90% effectiveness over the past three seasons in short-yardage and goal-line situations. Now, the Eagles will never Tush Push again.
When asked about the pending vote to ban pushing a player forward, Nick Sirianni and several players had a relative sense of nonchalance.
“I think it’s only one yard,” said Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown.
“We’ll see where it goes,” Sirianni said.
“We’re not waiting very long to figure it out. It’s going to be public (May 21), and you know how I feel about it. We were at the owners’ meetings, and we talked about how we felt about it. I don’t think anyone can question what my sentiment is, so we’ll see what happens.”
Left tackle Jordan Mailata added, “They’re ruling [on] the push? I guess we’ll just do it with no push.
“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 joked.
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