Murphy first cited safety concerns, but there isn't much data to back up the conclusion that the tush push is an elevated safety risk.

Murphy, the Green Bay Packers president and CEO, said the league will revisit the language of the ban and instead of banning the Tush Push specifically will propose prohibiting pushing of any ball carrier. Pushing a ball carrier was prohibited until around the 2004 season, when the league lifted the ban.

Kahler pointed out the tush push happened in just 0.28 percent of total plays in 2024, leading one source to say, "we spent so much time on this single play. How many times did th