Does the Tush Push get banned today?

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Why would you ban a play that only one team can effectively do?

This should be called the Jalen Hurts rule if it is banned.
 
Spottswoode said:
I don’t think it will be but I do think it creates an unfair advantage.

A defense is never going to be able to match the offensive leverage because they also have to respect other plays/players. Add in that the offense knows the snap count and it’s a big offensive advantage.

Credit to Philly for their creativity. The goal is to create mismatches and the tush push does do that. But I think there should be limitations.
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How is it unfair? Any team is allowed to run it. Only one team can actually do it.
 
John813 said:
The proposal was modified to ban any pushing of the ball carrier.
So, it's the tush push or the 5 OL running to help create a mosh pit for the ball carrier trying to get a first down.

The original tush push ban was supposedly split down the middle the first time this offseason it was brought up

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ckers-submit-revision-tush-push-rule-proposal

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.

In the proposal's updated language, "offensive players cannot assist the runner except by individually blocking opponents for him." The Packers also eliminated "immediately at the snap," in the updated language.
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If offensive players are allowed to continue to assist the ball carrier then allow defenders to do the same, bring back leverage on field goal blocks..seems fair to me.
 
DasTex said:
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They are kicking the can down the road. Owners can be so pathetic.

No precedent has been set for this non-football exception. Coaches should start researching other rugby methods to implement as offensive or defensive plays. Those should not get overturned as well because... you know... rugby is okay...
 
DasTex said:
I believe the vote is today...what's your call?
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Yes, I saw that they finally looked into the rule book and saw that it is against the rules to push, pull or carry a runner.
I really don’t know how the heck they got away from the original rules not only in football in other sports too, basketball there’s traveling, carrying, charging, I’m like what’s going on
 
Philly can run that play without pushing Hurts anyway so its not going to affect them much if it does get banned.
 
They are going to restrict players to only blocking for the ball carrier ie. they cannot assist the ball carrier directly.

Which I am in favor of. Not only for the tush push but these plays down field where groups of people are moving the pile.

Go back to the ball carrier being able to advance the ball on his own or the play is over.
 
Flamma said:
It's not if it gets banned, it's how it gets banned. If you go back to the old rules where you cannot aid a ball carrier by pushing him, that's totally fine. They should not have changed that rule. But if they do something stupid and try to ban a specific play, that I'm against.
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Everything I heard on NFL & ESPN yesterday was about removing the ability to push, pull, carry the ball carrier. So, it's not against the specific play but any where it becomes a scrum rather than blocking & tackling.
 
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