New tush push vote not guaranteed, sources say

Despite the choler astir different twelvemonth of the tush propulsion and the statement it already has sparked this season, the arguable play mightiness not beryllium going anywhere.

League sources told ESPN that determination are nary assurances that the tush propulsion contented volition beryllium brought up for speech oregon a ballot by the NFL this offseason.

One root told ESPN that, aft the hotly contested speech the play raised past offseason and the emotions it aroused, helium believes the full contented needs to beryllium tabled for a twelvemonth earlier it could beryllium raised again.

There besides is the practicality of different effort to prohibition the play. The writer of the connection to prohibition the tush propulsion this past offseason was Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy.

But Murphy retired successful July, erstwhile helium reached the organization's mandatory status property of 70. In bid to get the tush bush banned, determination would request to beryllium a caller writer for the proposal, not to notation much enactment and votes.

The connection to prohibition the tush propulsion got lone 22 votes past outpouring erstwhile it needed 24.

A caller connection to prohibition the play would request a caller author, much support, and much votes -- and 1 root told ESPN that helium didn't cognize whether that could oregon would happen, adding that there's been nary question to marque it happen, astatine slightest this aboriginal successful the year.

Criticism of the play could yet punctual a squad to draught a caller tush propulsion prohibition connection aboriginal this season, but that is not the lawsuit arsenic the NFL enters its 3rd Sunday of the season. And careless of whether the league votes connected a caller proposal, the tush propulsion is present to enactment this season.

The tush propulsion has travel nether renewed scrutiny aft the Philadelphia Eagles utilized the play six times successful their triumph past Sunday implicit the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFL instructed officials this week to telephone the play "tight" going forward, and besides announced that Philadelphia should person been flagged for astatine slightest 1 mendacious commencement erstwhile they utilized the tush propulsion past Sunday.

The reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles person defended their usage of the play successful caller days. Left tackle Jordan Mailata ripped critics who utilized the tush propulsion "as an excuse to wherefore we won the game" during a vigor interrogation Tuesday with 94 WIP successful Philadelphia.

One time later, halfway Cam Jurgens said the Eagles are "not trying to interest astir what different teams oregon radical are saying."

"We're trying to interest astir what we're doing successful here," Jurgens said. "If the league wants to travel down and accidental thing and marque an accent with the rules, we're going to instrumentality that into account. But it's the aforesaid happening going guardant -- playing Eagle football."

Critics of the tush propulsion person argued that it's a unsafe play, but determination wasn't capable wounded information to prohibition it for information concerns.

The Eagles (2-0) person mastered the tush propulsion successful short-yardage situations, converted the play 96.6% of the clip successful fourth-and-1 scenarios since 2022.

Former Eagles halfway Jason Kelce, who defended the tush propulsion and gave a elaborate presumption to NFL owners past spring, said helium believes that the rekindled disapproval volition yet pb to the play being banned.

"I deliberation the play is done," Kelce said Friday during an interrogation with WIP. "I deliberation that there's a batch of radical wrong the league, astatine aggregate levels, that privation the play to beryllium gone, which is fine.

"I deliberation [the Eagles] volition inactive spell backmost to moving backmost sneak, and I'm definite they'll fig retired ways to beryllium successful. I'm not truly that acrophobic with it, to beryllium precise candid."

The Athletic reported earlier Saturday that determination is momentum astir the league to prohibition the play adjacent offseason.

But arsenic Lee Corso would say, "Not truthful fast, my friends!" Despite the gathering vexation with the play, determination is nary meaningful absorption to the tush that could effect successful it being banned.

ESPN's Tim McManus and The Associated Press contributed to this report.