Packers Have Support For Tush Push Ban

There is support within the competition committee to approve the Green Bay Packers' proposal to ban the push sneak. The league office staff presented the rules proposals during the football operations meeting Sunday afternoon, and two sources in the meeting described the back and forth as "heated" regarding the proposal to "prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap."

Matt LaFleur has not spoken publicly about the team's proposal, and declined to comment on it when approached by ESPN on Sunday afternoon. Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst also declined a question from ESPN on Sunday. "I'll leave that for someone else to talk about," he said.

Green Bay has listed player safety and pace of play as the reasons for the ban. 

The tush push has had critics around the league since the Eagles debuted the play during the 2022 season.