Yes, the Tush Push is most likely on its way out, in its current form. Yes, the Green Bay Packers are the team that submitted the rules proposal to do away with it. And yes, twice during the 2024 season the Packers played the Philadelphia Eagles — the team that most famously and successfully uses the play — and the Packers lost both games.
But no, the rules proposal is not doing away with some long-standing NFL rule or erasing a fundamental facet of the sport of football.
Somehow, a narrative has arisen among some NFL fans and analysts that this play — pushing a quarterback from behind on a QB sneak — is symbolic and indicative of “old-school football” and that banning pushing ball-carriers from behind is tantamount to eliminating a core facet of the game that dates back to its early days.