Eagles troll Packers with two-word reaction to big tush push news

Packers president Mark Murphy openly complained about the tush push last year and said there is “no skill involved” in the play. You can read his full comments.

Green Bay’s proposal to ban the tush push cited “player safety” and “pace of play” as the reasons a rule change is needed. To this point, there has been no known evidence to support the claim that players are more likely to be injured during a tush-push play.

The original proposal called for a rule that would “prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap.” The language was updated ahead of this week’s owners’ meetings to call for banning the pushing or pulling of a ball carrier by a teammate anywhere on the field. Still, it did not receive enough support.

One Eagles player recently downplayed the impact a tush push ban would have on his team, but you can bet there are plenty of high-fives being exchanged in Philadelphia.