NFL teams can keep using tush push
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SB Nation on MSNJets helped keep “Tush Push” legal...Will they take advantage?The Jets were one of the ten teams to vote against the ban. The Super Bowl Champion Eagles have used the “tush push” to turn short yardage situations into almost automatic conversions. Using the mobile 6’1” 223 pound Jalen Hurts, the play has turned into a big advantage for Philadelphia.
The controversial “tush push” play will not be banned for the upcoming NFL season, according to multiple reporters covering the owners’ meeting in Minnesota.
The final vote on the proposed ban of the Tush Push was 22-10, and at least 24 votes were needed to pass it. The Chicago Bears were one of the 22 teams who voted to ban the play.
The Philadelphia Eagles' tush push is staying around after a failed proposal to ban it at the owners meeting, but that could be short lived.
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Count Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson among those who aren't big fans of the Philadelphia Eagles' controversial Tush Push play.
The push to ban the Eagles' signature play has become one of the NFL's top stories and, rest assured, the movement is not over.
The Browns’ vote shouldn’t come as a surprise given their deep Philadelphia connections, as Mary Kay Cabot pointed out on the podcast: “You’ve got Andrew (Berry) having worked for Howie Roseman, the great GM of the Eagles, you’ve got Catherine Hickman, who worked for the Eagles... It’s almost like the Browns sister team in the NFL.”
The Philadelphia Eagles, emboldened by the near failure of a Tush Push ban, celebrated with a provocative social media campaign. This bravado risks ba