NFL team owners will consider proposals to ban the tush push and for a change to playoff seeding format this off-season.
The Detroit Lions also proposed to eliminate automatic first downs as a penalty imposed for defensive holding and illegal contact. The Philadelphia Eagles proposed to adopt postseason overtime rules for the regular season.
The Lions also proposal for current playoff seeding to allow Wild Card teams to be seeded higher than division winners if the Wild Card team has a better regular-season record. Division winners with the conference’s best record would still receive the No. 1 seed. The other seeds would be determined by records, instead of considering if they won their division or finished as a Wild Card team.
The proposals will be considered when NFL team owners meet for the annual league meetings later this month in Palm Beach, Fla.
The Packers were the team that proposed a rule to “prohibit an offensive player from pushing a teammate who was lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap, immediately at the snap,” or the “tush push,” used by the Philadelphia Eagles.
