US EditionNFL postpones decision on the tush push but passes other rule changes
- NFL owners gathered at the annual league meeting and discussed potential rule changes.
- The Packers proposed a ban on the "Tush Push" play, citing safety concerns.
- Sixteen teams reportedly supported the ban, but 24 votes were needed for it to pass.
- Dr. Allen Sills said that the play could lead to catastrophic injuries due to player posture.
- The NFL tabled the Tush Push proposal for further discussion at the May meeting.
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Tush Push Tabled Vote a Complete Sham and Bad for Birds
Let’s call it what it is Eagles fans. All ya’all would love for the Tush Push to stick around for the foreseeable future right? You might be singing a different tune if you were, God forbid, a Cowboys’ fan but you’re not so you definitely wouldn’t mind seeing a little more of what you’ve seen over the last three years – 27 touchdowns and 92 total first downs including 11 touchdowns and 32 first downs this past season on the way to a Super Bo…
Bears voted in favor of Tush Push ban proposed by Packers
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Bears were among the 16 teams that voted to ban the “Tush Push,” chairman George McCaskey said Wednesday. The vote total fell well short of the 24 needed to ban the Eagles’ patented sneak in which the quarterback is shoved from behind.“I know they say that we don’t have sufficient injury data on it, but, to us, it appears to be an inherently unsafe play,” McCaskey said at The Breakers, the oceanfront resort where the NFL h…
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