AP Spotlight NFL teams can keep using the tush push after ban proposal fails at owners meetings DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025 Updated Nov 24, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Facing stiff resistance around the NFL, the tush push managed to move the chains and gain a fresh set of downs.kAm{628F6 @H?6CD ?2CC@H=J 72:=65 E@ A2DD 2 AC@A@D2= E@ AC@9:3:E E96 A@=2C:K:?8 D9@CE\J2C5286 DEC2E68J 2E E96:C DAC:?8 >66E:?8D k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^?7=\@H?6CD\>66E:?8D\EFD9\AFD9\af2dh2ee2b3f_f3a``3ga2bc77aca__2Qm:? |:??6D@E2k^2m @? (65?6D52J[ <66A:?8 E96 CF=63@@< 2D :D — 2?5 A=62D:?8 E96 5676?5:?8 $FA6C q@H= 492>A:@? !9:=256=A9:2 t28=6D]k^AmkAm%96 32? @? @776?D:G6 A=2J6CD 7C@> AFD9:?8[ AF==:?8[ =:7E:?8[ 8C2DA:?8 @C 6?4:C4=:?8 2 CF??6C H2D DFAA@CE65 3J 2 aa\`_ G@E6[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 A6CD@? 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