{"id":84180,"date":"2025-02-25T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/packers-gm-fires-back-at-report-that-green-bay-proposed-nfl-to-ban-tush-push\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:37:56","slug":"packers-gm-fires-back-at-report-that-green-bay-proposed-nfl-to-ban-tush-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/packers-gm-fires-back-at-report-that-green-bay-proposed-nfl-to-ban-tush-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers GM fires back at report that Green Bay proposed NFL to ban tush push"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Green Bay Packers<\/a><\/strong> raised a proposal to ban the \u201cTush Push\u201d play, perfected by the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a><\/strong>, and their general manager Brian Gutekunst<\/strong> is shedding some light on their thought process.<\/p>\n

While Gutekunst admitted the Packers haven\u2019t been great at stopping the play when facing the Eagles, who they lost to in the NFC Wild Card Round, he cited injury rates as a reason for it to be banned, although he added that he hasn\u2019t \u201cput much thought into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not very successful against it, I know that, but to be honest with you I haven\u2019t put much thought into it,\u201d Gutekunst said, per Pro Football Talk<\/a><\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s been around for a while, we\u2019ve used it in different fashions with our tight end, so again, I think there will be a lot of discussions about it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to look at some of the information as far as injury rates, things like that, to see. But we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing, Gutekunst made sure to point out the proposal hasn\u2019t been discussed ad nauseam by Green Bay, but he\u2019s ready to really sink his teeth into over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m aware of it, we really haven\u2019t had many discussions about it. I\u2019m sure we will over the next few weeks heading into the owners\u2019 meetings,\u201d the Packers general manager added<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m aware that we did but we really haven\u2019t had many discussions about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

All told, the Packers may be the team who submitted the proposal, but the play has come under scrutiny in recent months from many areas around the game, perhaps highlighted by a bit of a fiasco in the NFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n

Following that, FOX Sports rules expert\u00a0Mike Pereira<\/strong>\u00a0suggested there was growing momentum to ban the play in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it will be a conversation. I think what happened in the championship game was ugly,\u201d Pereira said, according to the Washington Post\u2019s\u00a0Mark Maske<\/a>. \u201cI think with the ugliness of that, they\u2019ll take a further look at it. \u2026 I think it\u2019ll continue being looked at, and maybe somewhere down the road making a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alas, it remains to be seen if there\u2019s enough momentum to actually ban the play, but the Philadelphia Eagles at least got a Super Bowl out of it, if it does in fact become disallowed. It wasn\u2019t the only reason why they won, but it\u2019s a heck of a trick to have in your back pocket, and they utilized it well throughout the entire 2024 season.<\/p>\n

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