The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers may have initiated a little bit of a rivalry in 2024. Philadelphia swept Green Bay on the season by winning the very first game of the season coupled with their wild card win. On Monday, it was discovered that teams are petitioning to have the Tush Push Banned.
Related: Report: Green Bay Packers Are The Team Spearheading Efforts To Ban The “Tush Push”
One Eagles star already saw the report and make a comment about it.
Eagles’ Star Fires Back After Packers Files To Have Tush Push Banned (Report)
Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson is entertained by the Green Bay Packers’ attempt to ban the tush push play, as evidenced by his response to a Monday report from Dianna Russini of The Athletic.
— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) February 24, 2025
That Green Bay was the team that submitted an official proposal to the NFL’s competition committee to ban the play comes as no surprise, as Packers president Mark Murphy made his thoughts on the subject perfectly clear in an online question and answer article earlier this month:
“I am not a fan of this play. There is no skill involved and it is almost an automatic first down on plays of a yard or less. The series of plays with the Commanders jumping offsides in the NFC Championship Game to try to stop the play was ridiculous. The referee even threatened to give the Eagles an automatic touchdown if the Commanders did not stop it. I would like to see the league prohibit pushing or aiding the runner (QB) on this play.
“There used to be a rule prohibiting this, but it is no longer enforced because I believe it was thought to be too hard for the officials to see. The play is bad for the game, and we should go back to prohibiting the push of the runner. This would bring back the traditional QB sneak. That worked pretty well for Bart Starr and the Packers in the Ice Bowl.”
He referenced Philadelphia’s NFC Championship Game win over the Washington Commanders in which the visitors were warned by officials that the Eagles could be given an automatic touchdown if defenders didn’t stop jumping offsides so many times at the goal line in an effort to stop the tush push.
Here is a video of the play, in case you forgot:
When LB Frankie Luvu tried to disrupt the @Eagles tush push in the NFC Championship, officials warned the @Commanders that they may invoke the rarely used, but long-standing, @NFL Rule 12.3.2 on “Palpably Unfair Acts.”
Learn more bout the rule: https://t.co/cxM5ZPtutG pic.twitter.com/KHS4ilHh1f
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) January 27, 2025
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