The final 2025 tush push proposal would have wiped out TreVeyon Henderson's first TD vs. Jets

As the tush push debate continues to toggle from simmer to boil, there’s an important point to remember regarding the expected 2026 attack on the play.

Last night’s first touchdown from Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson was fueled by a multi-teammate shove into the end zone . If the rule change that came within two votes of passing had cleared the 75-percent minimum, that play would have violated the revised standard.

It didn’t start that way. The initial proposal from the Packers (as prompted by the league office) focuses solely on the tush push formation. When it failed to get sufficient traction during the March ownership meeting, the forces opposed to the tush push regrouped, reevaluated, and ultimately rewrote the proposed rule.

By May, the focus was far more general. Th