Packers CEO holds out hope for tush push ban

The Green Bay Packers projected a regularisation alteration that would efficaciously prohibition the fabled tush propulsion successful the NFL, and CEO Mark Murphy expressed optimism that the regularisation would pass.

The tush propulsion prohibition was the speech of the NFL's yearly meeting, but owners tabled the treatment astir whether to prohibit it until May. The Packers’ 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." Essentially, the tush propulsion would beryllium banned due to the fact that of this.

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Retiring Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy is honored for his work during halftime of their crippled connected Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Murphy expressed optimism that the connection would beryllium adopted.

"I deliberation it ended up successful a bully place," Murphy said, via Pro Football Talk. "We ended up tabling it, but we had a truly bully discussion, talked a small spot astir our information concerns regarding the play, conscionable benignant of the benignant of the play, but bully enactment with the league and truthful it’ll beryllium tabled and past what we’re going to bash is it’ll beryllium voted connected successful the May meeting, and truthful we’re going to spell — successful 2005, the league did distant with the regularisation that you couldn’t propulsion runners, and truthful we’re going to spell backmost and spot the connection that we had successful 2004, and I’m optimistic.

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Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts, #1, prepares the tush propulsion during the crippled betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons connected Sept. 15, 2024 astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I deliberation there’s capable radical that benignant of look astatine it and accidental it’s truly not bully for the game, it’s much a rugby play than a shot play, conscionable benignant of spell backmost to what utilized to beryllium the rule."

Rich McKay, the NFL Competition Committee chair, said earlier this period the issues spell beyond information due to the fact that determination is not capable information to accidental whether it is simply a unsafe play. The league has said determination person been nary injuries reported implicit the tush push.

Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts, #1, scores a touchdown connected a tush propulsion during Super Bowl LIX betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs connected Feb. 9, 2025 astatine the Superdome successful New Orleans. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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