NFL to vote on 2 key rule changes other than Packers' proposal for tush push ban

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The Green Bay Packers want the tush push out of the NFL, but there are two other rule changes that will be voted on, the league’s football operations department announced Wednesday. 

It was reported the Packers were the team that sent in a formal proposal to ban the play the Philadelphia Eagles have made famous.

But it’s official now after football operations made it known the Packers wish to change Rule 12, Section 1. 

The Packers' official rule change proposal would "prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap." 

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The Eagles run the tush push during a game against the Atlanta Falcons Sept. 16, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.  (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The proposal also says a penalty would be assessed on any offensive player who violates the rule. The tush push was popularized by the Eagles during the 2022 campaign. Green Bay saw it last season, and the Eagles used it multiple times in their playoff matchup on the way to winning the Super Bowl. 

But the Packers weren’t the only team looking for changes in 2025. 

The second of three proposed rule changes was from the Detroit Lions, who wish to see Rule 8, Section 4, changed "to eliminate an automatic first down as a penalty imposed for defensive holding and illegal contact."

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The current rule for illegal contact and defensive holding is a loss of five yards and an automatic first down, and the Lions say that is