Bears voted against the controversial Tush Push play and the failed attempt to get it banned could come back to haunt the team in 2025
Today we learned that the tush push will live on as the Philadelphia Eagles, and other teams, will be able to continue exploiting a controversial play for the 2025 season.Getting the tush push banned was one of the rule changes put up for vote this week at the league meeting in Minneapolis, and it fell two […]
Today we learned that the tush push will live on as the Philadelphia Eagles, and other teams, will be able to continue exploiting a controversial play for the 2025 season.
Getting the tush push banned was one of the rule changes put up for vote this week at the league meeting in Minneapolis, and it fell two votes shy of getting passed.
The Eagles, led by owner Jeffrey Lurie and former center Jason Kelce, made a convincing effort to advocate for the play Wednesday morning and it seemed to be enough for the time being. And in the hours following, we now know which owners voted against, or in favor of, banning the play.
Based on process of elimination, it seems that the Chicago Bears were one of the 22 teams in favor of banning the tush push, and the reason why the team voted against makes sense looking ahead to the 2025 season.
Bears set to face Eagles, and the tush push, in Week 13
The Bears are set to face the Eagles on the road this upcoming season, which means Dennis Allen's defense will be forced to defend against the daunted play, if the situation calls for the Eagles to utilize it.
To make things worse, this game will be streamed nationwide on Amazon Prime Video on Black Friday.
The Bears' current coaching staff has yet to comment on the possibility of facing the Eagles-version of the tush push. In fact, the Bears haven't even faced the Eagles since Week 15 of the 2022 season. In that game, Eagles' quarterback Jalen Hurts actually scored two rushing touchdowns from the one-yard line using the tush push.
Of course the defensive roster was different back in 2022. Chicago has added some aggressive players on the defensive line in Grady Jarrett, Shemar Turner, and big bodies in Andrew Billings and Jonathan Ford to prevent that from happening again.
"We want to be an attacking aggressive style of defense. We want to take the fight to the offense and not let the offense dictate the tempo to us. We're going to be aggressive; we're going to challenge everything," Allen said about his unit's mindset.
Going up against the Hurts and the tush push on the road in Week 13 will be a big challenge for his defense now that we officially know the play will still be allowed.
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