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Kevin Seifert
Palm Beach, FLA. – NFL owners plan to continue discussions about Philadelphia Eagles“Short Yardage Tush Push after submission of the proposal on Tuesday, said the league officials.”
The Green Bay Packers He authorized the proposal, which received the support of 16 NFL teams, said two sources of ESPN Kalyn Kahler. NFL statutes require at least 24 votes to approval the change. This topic is likely to be revised when the owners gather at the spring meeting 20-21. May in Eagan in Minnesota.
The obligations occupied the owners, general managers and coaches for most of the annual meeting of the league of this week, mainly because they seemed to focus on Super Bowl Lix champions for a legal game that has been largely unstoppable in the last three seasons. Packers ‘design was written specifically for the game, unlike most rules’ proposals, and would prohibit the offensive player to immediately push the teammates, which is sorted directly behind the Snapper and receives Snap.
Although there were some subjective concerns about Push Tush’s security risk, the Health and Security Department and NFL safety had no data indicating that there was a single injury as a result of using it. The Buffalo Bills They were the only other team to use it regularly last season, and in combination with Eagles called 65 out of 101 tush push runs in 2024.
But the chairman of the Committee Rich McKay said last week and repeated on Tuesday that the league generally frowns changes in rules that focus on one or two teams. NFL forbade players to push ball carriers for a large part of their history before changing its rules to allow it in 2005, with citing the difficulty of its office. During Tuesday’s meeting, McKay said that Packers offered to change the focus on the potential restoration of the historical rule.
The difference, the sources said ESPN, is that it would also forbid players push the ball carriers down to eliminate the focus on the game of eagles.
“We were very open to any data that exists on Push Tush, and there was no data that would show that it is not a very, very safe game. If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t push Tush.”
Owner Eagles Jeffrey Luria
“Many teams had a lot of opinions,” McKay said. “I think No. 1, I’ll go back to what I said the next day, which is that you would never have any discussion in any room that should be projected into a team or two. It’s never something we never liked.
“The idea (Tuesday) was, unlike the vote on this particular proposal today, Green Bay asked:
Packers Mark Murphy later added, “Really what we were talking about, returned to the language we had before in the league until I think 2005 was when the change was made. This would basically ban the runner.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday “there are problems with security that are considered” with Push Tush, while acknowledging that there is very little data about the game.
“It is beyond the scope of data. There is also a mechanism of injury we study … which leads us to show the risk associated with a particular game,” he said.
“There is a lot of discussion about returning to the previous rule (before 2005). … The reality is, I think it makes a lot of sense in many ways, because it expands beyond this single game.
The owner of Eagles Jeffrey Luria confirmed that the league “will probably discuss it in May” and that the team must be “ready for every result”.
Luria did the case in favor of the game at its press conference on Tuesday’s league meeting.
“We have been very open to any data that exists on Push Tush, and there are no data that shows it is not a very, very safe game. If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t push Tush push,” he said.
Luria called it “Precision Play” that is effective for Philly because of its top offensive line and Quarterback Jalen hurtsWho can wood 600 pounds.
“I never remember the forbidden game, because the only team or several teams ran efficiently. It’s part of what I think most of us love about football it’s a chess match. May the chess play.
Although there were no injuries that would support the ban, the NFL chief doctor. Allen Sills told the owners this week that the mechanics of the game could lead to injury, ESPN sources said. Another source said ESPN that some owners warned their colleagues that serious injuries were only a matter of time.
The game was extremely successful for Eagles, who have seen 27 TouchDowns over the last three years and recorded the first 92 falls. During their Super Bowl in the 2024 season, 11 landings scored with 32 first crashes.
Coach Eagles Nick Sirianni said the team was training their Tush game not otherwise than the standard Quarterback creeping.
“It’s an exciting game,” Sirriani said on Tuesday. “It was really great to hear some people talk about it this week and what they think about it, the excitement that brings to the game.”
ESPN Eagles reporter Tim Mcmanus contributed to this report.
