For months, the league tried every possible way to ban the infamous “tush push,” the QB sneak the Philadelphia Eagles turned into a cheat code. Green Bay even pushed a formal proposal to ban it outright. But when the votes came in, only twenty-two teams wanted it gone. Ten said keep it. The motion that needed 24 votes to pass only got 22. And by a margin of two, the Eagles’ signature play survived.
Hours after the decision, the team posted a bold graphic on X with two words. Cutting deeper than any press release: “Push on.” The very play that had defensive coordinators losing sleep and front offices scheming to outlaw it has now not only outlived but also gotten bigger. Head coach Nick Sirianni never minced his words about the attempted ban. He admitted he felt “a little insul