The tush push lives! Eagles’ signature play survives NFL owners’ vote

Just like it s been on the field for the past three years an off-field effort by the NFL to ban the Eagles tush push play came up short The modified QB sneak that helped the Eagles clinch a second Super Bowl title last season will be legal for at least another season ESPN s Adam Schefter announced that of the league s company owners voted for the Green Bay Packers rule change proposal which would have banned offensive players from assisting a ballcarrier by pushing pulling or lifting him leaving it two votes short of the threshold it needed to be enacted Even better - was the final tally of last season s Wild Card round event between the Eagles and the Packers which is a pretty karmic coincidence In last season s wild-card round the Eagles beat the Packers - And as EpKap points out - also was the tally on in current times s tush push vote pic twitter com e AHVEweP Adam Schefter AdamSchefter May The verdict was a shocker in plenty of respects Earlier Wednesday the league s competition committee and soundness and safety committee both recommended banning the play according to the Athletic There had been a lot of behind-the-scenes communicating that the vote was a done deal But nope The Eagles had responses both short and long The short one was just two words Push On pic twitter com bQh wDWhTN Philadelphia Eagles Eagles May The long one How bout a -minute video of nothing but the tush push on the crew s YouTube channel The Eagles just posted minutes of Tush Push highlights on YouTube after the NFL owners couldn't get enough votes to ban it pic twitter com Uu cpg FN Moving across Broad CrossingBroad May The Packers initially submitted a rule proposal during April s owners meeting but that vote was tabled reports were it didn t have the votes with the plan to revisit it during this week s Spring League Meeting in Minnesota On Monday the Packers submitted a revised rule proposal that no offensive member would be allowed to push or pull a runner in any direction at any time or lift him to his feet The amendment also removed right away at the snap from the rule broadening the proposal s scope The reasons given for the rule proposal were to improve athlete safety and pace of play though evidence is lacking to endorsement that the play is dangerous as Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie pointed out last month We have very little information from it but it s beyond statistics there s also the mechanism of injury that we scrutiny that type of thing that leads us to show the exposure involved with a particular play or a particular tackle So those are things that we did discuss NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell narrated reporters then People have pointed out that the wording of the rule would also have banned combo blocking and pushing the pile Former Eagles center Jason Kelce who arguably bore the heaviest brunt of the play during his time on the Eagles offensive line was in Minnesota this morning to lobby for keeping the play legal Kelce clarified in his New Heights podcast that he s going to dispel any arguments that the physical toll of the play is part of why he retired Jason was invited to the NFL Owners Meeting to set the record straight before the vote to ban the Tush PushNEW EPISODE OUT NOW pic twitter com xmLqS HdIa New Heights newheightshow May Whoever votes to ban this play is taking liability for putting pitfall on our quarterbacks Lurie reportedly informed the owners ahead of the vote On Tuesday Jordan Mailata and A J Brown both seemed nonplussed about the play being banned 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 The Eagles perceived reliance on the play was content fodder for a large number of of the Birds upcoming opponents in their schedule reveals last week Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu s failed attempts to thwart the play in last season s NFC Championship Challenge was featured in the squad s Rollercoaster Tycoon inspired video and he was on Good Morning Football this week calling it a cheapo play The play was used in about one-quarter of of all plays last season according to ESPN Research with the Eagles and Buffalo Bills using and benefiting the largest part from it The Birds converted on the play of the time last season compared to in and in according to the gang The post The tush push lives Eagles signature play survives NFL owners vote appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY