The Philadelphia Eagles are so good at running the Tush Push play that other NFL teams, such as the Green Bay Packers, want it permanently banned.
The Packers even went as far as submitting a proposal to the league's front office last month to forbid the Tush Push.
Here's what the proposal hopes to eliminate, via NBC Sports Dave Zangaro:
"To prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap."
The Packers' reasoning behind the Tush Push ban is for "Player safety and pace of play."
This week at the NFL league meetings, all 32 teams will cast their votes on the potential ban. The NFL will need at least 24 teams to agree with the proposal.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni knows of at least four teams that will be checking the right box.
"We’ll see how it goes," Sirianni told NFL Network insider Mike Garafolo on Sunday. "All I will say about it is [Jonathan] Gannon, [Shane] Steichen and [Kellen] Moore better vote for it. They are in the [head coach] position right now because of that play. So all three, I better have those three votes right there and the Eagles’ vote. I at least know we have four.”
Gannon, Steichen and Moore all worked under Sirianni in Philadelphia before moving on to head coach positions. So, the least they could do is give Philly their vote on keeping things as it is.
After all, they can use the play themselves if they want to.
The Packers' Proposal Has Been Something to Laugh About This Offseason
For many fans, the Packers' proposal has been something to laugh about this offseason because there have been zero findings on injuries occurring during the Tush Push. It's also a play that teams typically do not run, simply because they're not as good at it.
Sirianni had previously argued at the NFL combine that his team has worked very hard at perfecting the Tush Push and how insulting it is that other teams, who have trouble running the play, believe it should be banned.
"I can't tell you how many times we've practiced the snap, we've practiced the play -- it's not a play that's easy to practice, so there's different ways we've figured out how to practice it -- the complements that come off of it that can create explosive plays," Sirianni said at the NFL Combine. "The fact that it's [portrayed] as an automatic thing, we work really hard, and our guys are talented at this play, and so it's a little insulting to say we're good at it so it's automatic. We work really hard at it."
We'll see what the verdict is soon, but right now, it sounds like the Tush Push won't be going anywhere, even if some teams can't stand it.