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Packers president Mark Murphy still wants ‘Tush Push’ play banned in NFL

Packers president Mark Murphy still wants the “Tush Push” play banned in the NFL.

Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy — who is retiring in 2025 — still wants the National Football League to ban the “Tush Push” play made famous by Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles.

In his monthly Q&A column at Packers.com, Murphy said he is “not a fan” of the play and would like the league to ban pushing the quarterback on sneak plays.

From Murphy:

“I am not a fan of this play. There is no skill involved and it is almost an automatic first down on plays of a yard or less. The series of plays with the Commanders jumping offsides in the NFC Championship Game to try to stop the play was ridiculous. The referee even threatened to give the Eagles an automatic touchdown if the Commanders did not stop it. I would like to see the league prohibit pushing or aiding the runner (QB) on this play. There used to be a rule prohibiting this, but it is no longer enforced because I believe it was thought to be too hard for the officials to see. The play is bad for the game, and we should go back to prohibiting the push of the runner. This would bring back the traditional QB sneak. That worked pretty well for Bart Starr and the Packers in the Ice Bowl.”

Here is the controversial sequence from last Sunday’s NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and Washington Commanders. Linebacker Frankie Luvu attempted to time out the snap and leap over the center to stop the “Tush Push,” but he incurred several consecutive offsides penalties near the goal line.


Murphy has been against the Tush Push play since it first hit the scene in 2023.

This isn’t to say the Packers haven’t found a way to benefit from the play. In 2024, coach Matt LaFleur started using tight end Tucker Kraft on sneaks from under center, and the Packers went 5-for-5 on conversions using the play, including twice in the playoffs in Philadelphia.

Expect to see the “Tush Push” a couple of times during Super Bowl LIX next Sunday. Hurts and the Eagles will be attempting to stop Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs from winning a third straight Super Bowl.

While the Eagles made the push a near automatic first down, the Chiefs did stop Josh Allen on a couple of similar plays in the AFC Championship Game, including a controversial stop on fourth down in the second half.

Any possible rule change for 2025 would come in the offseason via the league’s competition committee, but it’s unclear if the shenanigans from the conference championship games — and Murphy’s desire to get rid of the play — will create any changes for next year.

Chiefs CB Joshua Williams reveals gameplan for stopping the ‘Tush Push’ vs. Bills

Kansas City #Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams reveals gameplan for stopping the ‘Tush Push’ vs. Buffalo #Bills | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs earned another trip to the Super Bowl with their AFC Championship win over the Buffalo Bills. The defense, led by Steve Spagnuolo, stopped one of Buffalo’s most efficient plays.

Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams recently appeared as a guest on the ‘Up and Adams Show‘ to discuss the multiple short-yardage stops in the AFC Championship victory.

“I don’t blame the Bills for doing that; they have a big, strong Quarterback (Josh Allen) back there, 6’6 and 250 pounds or whatever. You know, that’s usually an easy pickup right there for them. You know, a lot of the things we practiced during the week were short yardage, 3rd and 4th down.” said Williams. “During the week he’s (Steve Spagnuolo) telling us we have to get these stops, we have to get these stops. A lot of times you get into the game and it’s not exactly what you did at practice because there’s so much other factors. You being tired, them going right to the line, and quick hiking. I think our defense just did a good job getting up there. Everybody getting in their gaps, shooting their gaps, and you know, we picked up the stops because of that.”

The Chiefs’ defense stepped up tremendously in those moments and will have to take it to another level against the Philadelphia Eagles, who revolutionized the short-yardage play.

This German Tush Push recreation on TikTok is wunderbar

Lots of butt touching ahead.

The Tush Push will continue to be the source of a lot of press now that the Philadelphia Eagles are back in the Super Bowl.

And now we’ve got this amazing TikTok video courtesy of RTL Sport starring former Colts defensive end Björn Werner.

It’s all in German, but you don’t need to know the language. It’s just too good. It starts with Werner slapping the butt of his center before pretending to be Jalen Hurts. As he pushes, so does his colleague, who gives Werner some help with hands on his rear.

Yep. A lot of butt touching. It’s just amazing. Enjoy:

Watch on TikTok

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NFL fans turned Frankie Luvu trying to stop the Eagles’ Tush Push into a hilarious meme

Can’t stop laughing.

When the Eagles line up within two yards of the goal line, the entire stadium knows what play is coming … the Tush Push (or Brotherly Shove). It’s a play that was virtually unstoppable in Jason Kelce’s days as Eagles center, but has remained awfully effective in the post-Kelce era.

So, with the Commanders facing an obvious Tush Push situation, they got creative in an attempt to stop it. Hoping to time up the snap, Frankie Luvu tried to jump over the line with no consideration to the encroachment penalty that would follow. After all, it’s just half the distance to the goal.

But with the officials catching on to the antics, they actually resorted to warning the Commanders that they could just award the Eagles a touchdown if the penalties continued. I mean, look at this:

Luvu went flying there … way before the snap.

The effort made for some epic entertainment value even if it was all for naught — the Eagles scored after three encroachment penalties.

At the very least, though, we got a great meme out of the moment.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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A wedding party of Eagles fans recreated the Tush Push play during the reception

Now that’s dedication.

A group of Philadelphia Eagles fans didn’t let a wedding in the Bahamas keep them from hyping up their team ahead of Sunday’s NFC championship game.

NBC Sports Philadelphia’s John Clark shared a video on Twitter (X) of his friend Cody, a groom, and his groomsmen doing their rendition of the Eagles’ iconic Tush Push play during Cody’s wedding reception.

The guys in the wedding party seriously all lined up and went for the short yardage, and audio from the ceremony indicates that they scored an imaginary touchdown. What a moment!

Clark added that Cody and his groomsmen will be able to watch Sunday’s game in the Bahamas and on the plane ride home. Even if the Eagles don’t get the victory on Sunday, these Philly fans are already winners.

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Rutgers ran a fake Eagles tush push to perfection against Kansas State during the Rate Bowl

Clever!

Rutgers decided to pull a fast one during Thursday night’s Rate Bowl at Chase Field, and it worked to perfection.

While looking to run the Philadelphia Eagles’ tush push at the 1-yard line against Kansas State, quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis instead handed the ball off to running back Antwan Raymond for the fake.

Raymond made it untouched into the end zone for a touchdown, making this one of the coolest trick plays of the 2024 bowl game season so far.

Perhaps the Eagles will pay homage to Rutgers and run this twist on their signature play sometime soon? We know we’d love to see it.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN. 

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Mic’d-up Saquon Barkley had a selfless response after the Eagles ran a tush push for Jalen Hurts at the 1

He’s chasing wins … not stats.

While the tush push isn’t quite the automatic touchdown in the post-Jason Kelce era as it once was, it’s still an incredibly tough play to stop when the Eagles get inside the two-yard line. It also means that Saquon Barkley misses out on some fantasy points.

He’s OK with that, though. In fact, he’s just happy that the tush push turns into six points for his team.

NFL Films released some mic’d-up video from Sunday’s win over the Panthers. Barkley had a seven-yard run to get the Eagles to the one-yard line. And though the tweet doesn’t mention that the Eagles gave Barkley another chance at the one, we got to hear the exchange as Jalen Hurts ultimately found the end zone on third down.

When Hurts tried to encourage Barkley after the running back’s missed TD chance, Barkley responded that it was fine by him.

He said, “I don’t care, bro. I’m trying to win. Let’s get it.”

That’s what being a good teammate is all about. He’s chasing wins — not stats.

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The Eagles’ infamous Tush Push is officially a legal play for the 2024 season, per NFL

Are you glad to see the Tush Push returning this season?

While the Philadelphia Eagles won’t have center Jason Kelce this upcoming season, they will have the Tush Push at their disposal.

The controversial quarterback sneak play will officially be back for next season for any team that wants to use it, as NFL executive Troy Vincent told reporters on Thursday (via ESPN’s Adam Schefter).

Schefter added that Vincent noted how well the Eagles run the play, which may or may not be the case without Kelce on the offensive line to help out quarterback Jalen Hurts on the formation.

With the Tush Push officially legal for 2024, NFL defenses will now have the rest of the offseason to figure out how to finally stop it.

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The Eagles were down so bad that even their Tush Push play failed miserably against the Buccaneers

The Eagles’ Tush Push doesn’t work if the other team has a monster like Vita Vea.

Controversy has surrounded the Philadelphia Eagles’ insistence on using their Tush Push play all season. Virtually any third or fourth-and-short play feels automatic because the Eagles can literally push Jalen Hurts over the line.

But with the Eagles’ season spiraling, it seems even their bread and butter doesn’t work.

As the Eagles tried to rally in Monday night’s Wild Card Game battle with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they elected to use the Tush Push on a two-point conversion. It was ruthlessly stuffed, making it seem like the team forgot that the Buccaneers employ 346-pound defensive tackle Vita Vea. The cute little quarterback sneak variation won’t work if he’s the defender in the middle, you guys!

This whole sequence is just a sign of the times. The Eagles are so out of sorts that they can’t even execute the Tush Push in a sudden-death playoff game. Go figure.

WATCH: The Bucs foil the tush push on a two-point conversion

The Eagles have been stopped by the Bucs twice on their patented QB sneak play this year.

The Philadelphia Eagles are notorious for their patented “tush push” (or “brotherly shove”), but they haven’t had a lot of success with it against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Eagles attempted to run their signature QB sneak play after the Bucs jumped offsides against Philly on their extra point attempt after a Dallas Goedert touchdown. They were foiled, however, when the defensive linemen were able to stuff it up the middle and prevent quarterback Jalen Hurts from scoring on it. As such, the score was 16-9 when the play failed as opposed to 16-11.

The Bucs have now successfully stopped the tush push twice this year, doing it the first time on a fourth-down conversion later in the year. Check out the play below:

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