Earlier in the offseason, the Green Bay Packers made headlines as they were ousted to be the team which submitted a rule change proposal to the NFL.
What rule did the Packers want changed?
For those just catching up, The Athletic's Dianna Russini gave up the Packers as the team which asked the NFL to consider banning a play made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Yes, the Packers submitted a proposal to ban the "tush push."
It has been a staple for the Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts over the past few years, and it is a play that's borderline-unstoppable. Therefore, it must be stopped.
Right?
While it seems somewhat funny for a team to submit such a request to ban a very legal play which is essentially man power vs. man power, the Packers now find themselves in some company.
Green Bay is apparently not the only team that wants the play banned by the league. Again, per a report from Russini, we now know the Packers are not alone.
The Packers aren't the only team wanting to ban the "tush push"
"Nothing is set in stone yet. But the sense I get from around the league is that momentum around banning the tush push is growing," Russini posted to her social media account.
For the moment, it looks like the Packers can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that their boldness might pay off. But, would the league really ban a scoring play that is, again, perfectly legal?
The Eagles have done a nice job perfecting the play, and it doesn't hurt (no pun intended) to have a quarterback that can squat a flat-bed truck carrying the rock. You have to give them credit where it's due. The play is truly almost unstoppable.
Over the last four seasons, Hurts has a grand total of 52 rushing touchdowns, topping double digits in all of them. If they get inside the 5-yard line, it's almost a given that the tush push is on its way.
Are the Packers (and supposedly other teams) playing scared? Is this an instance of the bigger kid always winning an arm wrestling match and the rest of the kids complaining? How exactly do we want to explain what's happening here?
Regardless of your opinion on the matter, the facts are the facts. The play works and teams are sick of it.