NFL Unlikely to Ban the Tush Push for 2026 Season
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Sunday that no NFL team has offered a proposal to ban the tush push, and there have been no recent talks about changing the rule, competition committee co-chairman Rick McKay said. The Green Bay Packers pushed hard last year to have the play banned, but NFL rules require approval from 24 owners to enact a rule change, and only 16 supported the ban as it was written at the time. The short-yardage play has mostly been utilized by the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills, but more tush pushes occurred in 2025, with other teams experimenting with using tight ends rather than quarterbacks to take the snap. The NFL saw slightly more tush pushes last year (112) than in 2024 (101). The Eagles (27) and Bills (17) led the league by far in tush-push attempts. The conversion rate was slightly lower in 2025, with teams succeeding 76.8% of the time, which was down from 82% from 2022 through 2024.
Source: ESPN - Adam Schefter
Source: ESPN - Adam Schefter
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