NFL teams can keep using tush push
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NFL owners are meeting in Minnesota this week to discuss potential rule changes ahead of the 2025 NFL season. One of the proposals submitted by the competition committee was a revision to the current onside kick rule.
In something of an upset (to the majority of the NFL's teams), a vote to ban the Tush Push (or Brotherly Shove or whatever) was unsuccessful on Wednesday. Only 22 of 32 cowards voted to ban the play,
At this week’s league meeting in Minneapolis, NFL owners will discuss a proposal to reseed teams in the second round of the playoffs. The proposal is the second playoff-related initiative introduced this year.
The rule will also modify the formation requirements for the kicking team on onside kicks. Players on the kicking team will now be allowed to have their front foot on the restraining line on onside kicks, which puts them a little bit closer and could make recovering onside kicks easier.
The Detroit Lions made multiple proposals for rule changes ahead of the league meetings in April. They proposed that the league do away with automatic first downs as a result of defensive holding.
The Detroit Lions are one of two teams with proposals at the NFL league meetings in Minneapolis this week. Here's what you need to know.
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After months of debate and hours of discussion at the NFL's spring league meetings in Minnesota Wednesday, the fate of the "tush push" — the play the Philadelphia Eagles run more successfully than any other team — has been decided.