Update: As it turns out, the Packers were outed as the "unnamed franchise" by The Athletic's Dianna Russini.
The Tush Push. The Brotherly Shove. The same play that has drawn the ire of any non-Philadelphia Eagles fan base because of its success rate could now be facing a permanent ban.
According to Nick Shook of NFL.com, "One unidentified team has submitted a proposal to ban the play known as the "Tush Push", NFL EVP of football operations Troy Vincent told NFL Network Senior National Columnist Judy Battista on Monday."
As noted, it was an unidentified franchise that submitted the ban proposal so we have no clue who it is yet (and may never know). A team that is going to get blamed for proposing the ban is the Kansas City Chiefs, who were just embarrassed by the Eagles in Super Bowl 59 two weeks ago.
The Chiefs' lack of success in trying to stop the famous play can be summed up by Chris Jones lining up sideways in a new attempt to stop it only to get flattened by the Eagles in the process. The Chiefs have not been the only team to be on the frustrating end of the Tush Push, however, as the Commanders lined up offsides multiple times trying to stop the play during the NFC Championship Game.
Chiefs will get blamed for being the team trying to stop the Tush Push
Trying to get the play banned is one thing but to try and do so without revealing it's you is a bit of a cowardly move so I hope this isn't Kansas City's doing. Few teams have been able to stop the Brotherly Shove so it doesn't have many people on its side outside of Philadelphia but if you want it banned, don't be ashamed of revealing that.
The chances of the Tush Push getting banned probably aren't great, however. Judy Battista said, "Question on the Tush Push play is whether it could be modified to keep some semblance of the play intact. The play is run so infrequently that there isn’t enough injury data for the league to push for a ban based on injuries alone."
In other words: There might not be enough evidence of injuries being an issue on the Tush Push for the league to seriously consider banning it.
The Chiefs will probably get blamed for this because, hey, it's another thing to blame them and complain about, which is what the other 31 fan bases enjoy doing the most these days.