NFL owners will vote on Packers proposal to ban Eagles tush push

NFL owners will decide whether to ban the Philadelphia Eagles' "tush push" play during the league's annual meetings, which run from March 30 to April 2 this year.

The Green Bay Packers officially submitted a rule change proposal on Wednesday in an attempt to get rid of the play, sometimes known as the "brotherly shove." (Jalen Hurts just calls it a quarterback sneak.)

Here's the official rule-change proposal from Green Bay to ban the Tush Push, citing player safety and pace of play. It would take 24 of 32 votes to change the rule. pic.twitter.com/jlfFXlhINd

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) March 19, 2025

In short yardage situations, Green Bay would apparently like to see less tush push and more of... whatever tf this is.

THE #PACKERS CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY RUN THE TUSH PUSH…

SO NOW THEY WANT THE PLAY BANNED.

😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/RfcuLFQjYN

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) March 19, 2025

The Packers justify their proposal on the grounds of "player safety" and "pace of play." No known injuries resulted from the play in 2024, however, and any pace of play issues were caused by defenders jumping offsides. Most notably, the Commanders' Frankie Luvu repeatedly hurdled the line in last year's NFC Championship Game, leading officials to announce that they would award a touchdown if Luvu's behavior continued.

24 of 32 NFL teams would have to agree to the proposal for the rule change to take effect.

The owners will vote on other proposed rule changes as well, as set forth in a league memo:

- The Eagles propose "to align the postseason and regular season overtime rules by granting both teams an opportunity to possess the ball regardless of the outcome of the first possession, subject to a 15-minute overtime period in the regular season." (This would put the playoff overtime rules in effect during the regular season.) The Birds cited "competitive equity" as the rationale for their proposal.

- The Detroit Lions propose "to eliminate an automatic first down as a penalty imposed for defensive holding and illegal contact." Detroit also cites "competitive equity" as the rationale for its proposal, arguing that the current rule is too harsh on NFL defenses.

The Lions also propose two league bylaw changes, unrelated to on-field action:

- The first proposal would amend playoff seeding to allow wild-card teams to be seeded higher than division champs.

- The second proposal would allow teams to ignore players on injured reserve for the purposes of creating their 90-man rosters.