Packers submitted rules change proposal to ban the ‘Tush Push’

There is at least one NFL team that is sick of seeing the Philadelphia Eagles convert nearly every 3rd- and 4th-and-short opportunity. News broke on Monday afternoon that one NFL team has submitted a proposal to the league that the so-called “Tush Push” play be made illegal by league rules.

The play, popularized and run to great effect by the Eagles and Jalen Hurts, features one player (typically a quarterback) lined up under center with multiple other players directly behind him in the backfield. After the quarterback receives the snap, his teammates push him from behind in an attempt to pick up the short yardage needed for a first down or a touchdown.

Not long after the news broke that the…