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This story is from May 22, 2025

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits Philadelphia Eagles have an edge because of their tush push play

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits Philadelphia Eagles have an edge because of their tush push play
(Image via Getty: Tush push play)
NFL needed 24 votes to approve the Tush Push ban. But what did they get? 22 votes! Two votes short of shoving the Tush Push into the shelf. The Green Bay Packers wanted it out. Philadelphia Eagles wanted it to stay because they didn’t think it was fair to ban their iconic tush push play! Nevertheless, the NFL fell short of the 75% requirement needed to shove it into the shelf. Some undoubtedly wanted it, and some vehemently opposed it. But most NFL teams were confused. So was Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. He verbalized it out loud what others couldn’t dare - “Am I really against the Tush Push, or just don’t want Philadelphia to have an edge?”

Jerry Jones says any play that’s out of the ordinary gets some extra scrutiny

Tush Push play gets extra footage because players line up in one straight line, keep their quarterback protected, and somehow manage to surge forward like a herd of sheep that's just found a gap in the fence. Once they create that gap, they move the quarterback ahead of them, allowing him to score a touchdown! This play is unquestionably out of the ordinary. Jerry Jones shared with Pro Football Talk, “Any play that’s out of the ordinary gets some extra scrutiny just because of the competition in there. Here we are - the world champion is the main focus of the tush push, and here we are debating it and having to decide. I thought, am I really against the tush push, or just don’t want Philadelphia to have an edge? I don’t know.
I just flip-flop.”

Philadelphia Eagles shared a photo of a failed tush push play against the Green Bay Packers to exercise their happiness

Adding fuel to the fire! The Green Bay Packers did not want it. But they had stopped the Eagles' tush push play in one of the former matches. On May 21, the Eagles won the tush push play. How did the Eagles add fuel to the fire? They posted an X(formerly Twitter) picture of their failed tush push play against the Green Bay Packers! The unrestrained Eagles captioned it: Push On.
Fans express their thoughts in different ways: “Jalen Hurts doesn’t have to go play in China now. His career was saved.”“NFL always helping the eagles smh”“WAIT THEY DIDNT BAN IT ?”“And GB stops it better than any other team 😂🤡🫵”“Run it 18 times vs the packers”
“Careful… They might push back”“Lions going to use it to win big in Philly”“Run the score up on them next season”“Your qb (RB) career is now saved cause that’s the only thing he’s productive in”“Packers stopped that play tho 😂😂😂😂😂” - An X user commented on the photo shared by the official X account of Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles had shared a clip of Eagles versus the Green Bay Packers with a tagline: Push On.“I hope the Eagles run the Tush Push every play in Green Bay this year. Go Birds! #FlyEaglesFly”Also Read: “The integrity of the NFL relies on one man”: Jason Kelce stated that he would come out of retirement if he only had to perform 80 Tush Pushes | NFL News - Times of India

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