
Packers submit revision for tush push proposal
Brooke Pryor
created: May 20, 2025, 11:03 a.m. | updated: May 20, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Open Extended ReactionsMINNEAPOLIS -- Ahead of a vote that could ban the tush push, the Green Bay Packers submitted a revision of their rule proposal that would more broadly ban pushing or pulling the ball carrier anywhere on the field.
They scored a touchdown or achieved a first down on 87% of their tush push attempts, according to ESPN Research, while the rest of the league was successful on 71%.
The revised proposal would return the league to the rule it followed until 2005.
To pass the Packers' proposal and ban the tush push -- and any other pushing or pulling play -- the league must receive approval from 24 of 32 owners.
Sources told ESPN's Kalyn Kahler that teams were split on the proposal in April, with 16 in favor of Green Bay's proposal and 16 against it.
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