The National Football League put the idea on the table:
To ban the tush push, or not?
The league's owners voted during the offseason on the controversial play, which is also known as the Brotherly Shove thanks to its origins in Philadelphia with the Eagles.
In the end, a verdict was reached that may not have made everyone happy.
Is the tush push banned?
For the 2025 NFL season, the tush push is not banned. It's still legal for teams to do the tush push version of the quarterback sneak.
What is the tush push?
The tush push is an alternative version of a quarterback sneak.
In a traditional QB sneak, the quarterback lines up under center, takes the snap and tries to follow an offensive lineman or two up the field.
On the tush push, two or three players line up behind the quarterback and push on his rear end as he pursues the same sort of QB sneak route he would've otherwise. In this version, he just has additional force behind his sneak.
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Tush push vote, explained
At the NFL's May 2025 owner meetings, the league voted on banning the tush push.
The vote required 24 "yes" votes from the 32 NFL team owners to pass. It got 22.
The teams voting against it mostly cite safety concerns, although there's not a ton of hard evidence on that at this point.
Changes to the tush push in 2025
The NFL did make one change to the tush push for the 2025 season.
Players who are the "pushers" behind the quarterback must now line up a yard behind the QB before the snap, which limits the ability to have an instantaneous shove forward.
It'll be interesting to see if that changes success rates at all.
In the old version, the Eagles were essentially unstoppable in short yardage with Jalen Hurts, and the Bills used it to great effect with Josh Allen, too.
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