The big story coming out of the NFL’s late spring meetings in Minneapolis this week was, of course, the future of the tush push. For now, the play lives on for another year, but don’t be surprised if the rule about pushing a runner from behind gets changed back to the way it was before 2005 next year.
For the time being, the debate can stop for several months, and the Eagles — and their apparently very animated owner — can rest assured that they won’t be penalized for exploiting this loophole. Surely football fans will see Nick Sirianni spam that playcall in week 10 when the Eagles play the Packers, regardless of whether Packers president Mark Murphy did in fact offer to fall on the sword for the rest of the NFL by proposing the rule change on his way out the door.