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NBC Sports
24-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Saquon Barkley calls tush-push opposition "soft"
On Eagles player who would potentially benefit from a tush-push ban is running back Saquon Barkley. He lost plenty of potential touchdowns to his team's signature play. But Barkley wants to the Eagles to keep it. And he had some fairly strong comments for those who want to kill it. 'I think it's soft, to be honest,' Barkley said on the Exciting Mics podcast with teammates Reed Blankenship and Cooper DeJean, via Nick Brinkerhoff of USA Today. 'Everybody can do it. It's not a play that we only can do. We happen to have one of the best and biggest O-lines, and Jalen Hurts can squat 600 pounds. That's not our fault.' Barkley's remarks were made before the unsuccessful vote to eliminate the play. Still, 22 of 32 teams wanted to dump it. That's 68.75 percent of the entire league. 'Josh Allen is super big, they're not successful with it,' Barkley said. (The Bills use a different version of it, and they're the only other team whose success compares to Philly's.) 'Lamar Jackson is one of the best running quarterbacks of all-time, they're not successful with it. So it's not something that everyone can't do. Them trying to eliminate it, I think that's kind of lame.' Barkley made another important point: 'And the teams that want to get rid of it are the teams that gotta see us two or three times a year.' He's right about that. Only two NFC teams joined the Eagles in supporting the ban — the Lions and the Saints. Of the 17 games the Eagles will play in 2024, only one opponent (Detroit) voted to let the Eagles keep their play. The effort to get rid of the play was based on the hypothetical concern that it can create a safety issue, even without the data to prove it. 'Everybody can do it, there's no health issue,' Barkley said. The effort to ban the play will not end. The league office will keep studying the tush push. Which quite possibly means the league office will keep looking for proof to help twist two more arms to get the owners from 68.75 percent to 75 percent. Think of it this way. If the NFL Constitution & Bylaws required a two-third supermajority to change the rules instead of three-fourths, the tush push would already be gone.
NBC Sports
19-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
2025 NFL playing rule, bylaw and resolution proposals: Tush push, playoff seeding and more
NFL teams have proposed three changes to playing rules, two changes to league bylaws and three changes to league resolutions that will be discussed and potentially voted on at the upcoming league meeting. The following summary of those proposals was distributed by the NFL: 2025 NFL Playing Rule Proposals By Detroit; amends Rule 8, Section 4, to eliminate an automatic first down as a penalty imposed for defensive holding and illegal contact. By Green Bay; amends Rule 12, Section 1, 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. By Philadelphia; amends Rule 16, Section 1, to align the postseason and regular season overtime rules by granting both teams an opportunity to possess the ball regardless of the outcome of the first possession, subject to a 15-minute overtime period in the regular season. 2025 NFL Bylaw Proposals By Detroit; amends Article XX, Section 20.2 of the Constitution & Bylaws, to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better regular season record. By Detroit; Article XVII, Section 17.1 of the Constitution and Bylaws, to exclude from the 90-player limit a player placed on Reserve/Injured before or on the day of the roster reduction to 53 players, unless such player is Designated for Return. 2025 NFL Resolution Proposals By Pittsburgh; to permit clubs during the two-day negotiation period to: (i) have one video or phone call with a prospective unrestricted free agent and his player agent; and (ii) permits clubs to arrange for the player's travel upon agreeing to terms with a prospective unrestricted free agent. Travel cannot occur until the beginning of the new league year. By Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Las Vegas, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Washington; to permit clubs to prepare kicking footballs ('K-Balls') before game day, similar to the process permitted for game footballs. By Washington; to permit clubs that may qualify for the postseason to obtain scouting credentials for two consecutive games (Weeks 17 and 18) played by a potential postseason opponent. Also requires clubs hosting Wild Card games to provide scouting credentials to all teams within the same conference who are participating in the postseason.
USA Today
19-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NFL rules proposal changes carry some interesting suggestions
NFL rules proposal changes carry some interesting suggestions Ahead of the Annual League Meeting, @NFL clubs are proposing three rule changes for the 2025 season. A 🧵 1 /3 👇 The @packers propose changing Rule 12, Section 1. Read how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 There are some intriguing rules proposals for owners to discuss and debate this offseason. The Green Bay Packers are going after another team that wears green. The Packers are trying to get the Philadelphia Eagles' Tush Push banned. The Lions are suggesting a rule that makes a lot of sense, getting away from an automatic first down on defensive holding and illegal contact. Too often, these penalties give first downs for fouls that are negligible. 🧵 2/3 — The @Lions propose changing Rule 8, Section 4. Read how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 The Eagles would like overtime rules amended to make sure both teams have a chance to get the football should the game go into an extra session in the regular season because it is tied. 🧵 3/3 — The @Eagles propose changing Rule 16, Section 1. Read how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 Detroit also has made a pitch for a rules change that many fans will agree with: By Detroit; amends Article XX, Section 20.2 of the Constitution & Bylaws, to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better regular season record.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NFL rules proposal changes carry some interesting suggestions
There are some intriguing rules proposals for owners to discuss and debate this offseason. The Green Bay Packers are going after another team that wears green. The Packers are trying to get the Philadelphia Eagles' Tush Push banned. Ahead of the Annual League Meeting, @NFL clubs are proposing three rule changes for the 2025 season. A 🧵 1 /3 👇The @packers propose changing Rule 12, Section how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 The Lions are suggesting a rule that makes a lot of sense, getting away from an automatic first down on defensive holding and illegal contact. Too often, these penalties give first downs for fouls that are negligible. 🧵 2/3 — The @Lions propose changing Rule 8, Section how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 The Eagles would like overtime rules amended to make sure both teams have a chance to get the football should the game go into an extra session in the regular season because it is tied. 🧵 3/3 — The @Eagles propose changing Rule 16, Section how it's currently written: — NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 19, 2025 Detroit also has made a pitch for a rules change that many fans will agree with: By Detroit; amends Article XX, Section 20.2 of the Constitution & Bylaws, to amend the current playoff seeding format to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than Division Champions if the Wild Card team has a better regular season record. From our folks at NFL Research, this is how the seeding would've looked for this past postseason under the #Lions' new proposal to seed by record. So AFC Wild Card weekend would've been similar (LAC home vs HOU though) but NFC would've been:LAR at PHITB at MINGB at WAS — Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 19, 2025 This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: NFL rules changes proposed for owners to mull at meetings
