NFL to vote on 2 key rule changes other than Packers' proposal for tush push ban

The Green Bay Packers privation the tush propulsion retired of the NFL, but determination are 2 different regularisation changes that volition beryllium voted on, the league’s shot operations section announced Wednesday. 

It was reported the Packers were the squad that sent successful a ceremonial connection to prohibition the play the Philadelphia Eagles person made famous.

But it’s authoritative present aft shot operations made it known the Packers privation to alteration Rule 12, Section 1. 

The Packers' authoritative regularisation alteration connection would "prohibit an violative subordinate from pushing a teammate who was lined up straight down the snapper and receives the snap, instantly astatine the snap." 

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The Eagles tally the tush propulsion during a crippled against the Atlanta Falcons Sept. 16, 2024, astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia.  (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The connection besides says a punishment would beryllium assessed connected immoderate violative subordinate who violates the rule. The tush propulsion was popularized by the Eagles during the 2022 campaign. Green Bay saw it past season, and the Eagles utilized it aggregate times successful their playoff matchup connected the mode to winning the Super Bowl. 

But the Packers weren’t the lone squad looking for changes successful 2025. 

The 2nd of 3 projected regularisation changes was from the Detroit Lions, who privation to spot Rule 8, Section 4, changed "to destruct an automatic archetypal down arsenic a punishment imposed for antiaircraft holding and amerciable contact."

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The existent regularisation for amerciable interaction and antiaircraft holding is simply a nonaccomplishment of 5 yards and an automatic archetypal down, and the Lions accidental that is excessively steep a penalty. 

The Lombardi Trophy-winning Eagles are looking to "align the postseason and regular-season overtime rules by granting some teams an accidental to person the shot careless of the result of the archetypal possession, taxable to a 15-minute overtime play successful the regular season."

Detroit Lions caput manager Dan Campbell watches against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the 2nd fractional of a crippled Nov. 17, 2024, successful Detroit.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The overtime regularisation was agelong discussed earlier the NFL yet changed it to let some teams a accidental astatine having a possession lone successful the playoffs. The regular play has the aged rules, which authorities a touchdown by the squad archetypal successful possession of the shot ends the game, giving the hostile nary accidental for rebuttal. 

The Lions are besides looking for 2 bylaw proposals for the 2025 play astatine the yearly league meeting. They privation amended seeding for wild-card teams. 

They suggest that the operation of playoff seeding alteration to let wild-card teams with amended records than part champions to beryllium seeded higher successful the playoffs. No substance the record, the 4 part winners successful each league get a location crippled to statesman the playoffs. 

Some wild-card teams decorativeness with amended records than their opponents successful the wild-card round. 

Detroit Lions caput manager Dan Campbell talks to the media aft a crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Detroit Nov. 17, 2024.  (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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In 2024, the Minnesota Vikings went 14-3 during the regular play and had to question to look the Los Angeles Rams, winners of the NFC South astatine 10-7, connected the road. The Vikings mislaid 27-9 successful the wild-card round. The Packers besides had a amended grounds than the Rams astatine 11-6 but were the seventh seed. 

All of these changes volition beryllium voted connected during the yearly meeting, which begins March 30. 

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