During the last couple of seasons, the Minnesota Vikings have attempted to run their own version of the Tush Push play, famously utilized by the Philadelphia Eagles, and almost every time it has failed.
The try that likely sticks out the most to Vikings fans is when the team attempted to run the play in a 2023 game against the Cincinnati Bengals by using all 180 pounds of wide receiver Brandon Powell to push quarterback Nick Mullens from behind.
Minnesota Vikings and others deserve blame for the Philadelphia Eagles still getting to run the Tush Push play
On Wednesday, NFL owners voted on whether the Tush Push play should continue to be something that teams are allowed to run next season, and despite some previous reports indicating that the play had potentially reached the end of its road, it has lived to see another day.
The Vikings, Chicago Bears, and Green Bay Packers all voted for the Tush Push play to disappear, but their votes were not enough to get it banned.
At least 24 of the NFL's 32 owners had to vote for the ban of the play in order for it to go away for good, but the final tally resulted in only 22 owners voting against keeping the Tush Push alive.
This vote probably would've turned out differently if more teams ran the play as successfully as the Eagles have been able to during the tenure of head coach Nick Sirianni. But when people see teams like Minnesota in 2023 fail in their attempts to run the Tush Push, that only gives Philadelphia more evidence to prove that the play isn't as unstoppable as some might believe.
To some, it might seem like the Eagles have an unfair advantage whenever they run the Tush Push play. But it's no different than when the Vikings get to throw passes to Justin Jefferson or the Baltimore Ravens get to hand the ball off to Derrick Henry.
Philadelphia has figured out a way to use the literal strengths of its players to its advantage and it's up to the rest of the NFL to figure out how to stop it. Minnesota and other members of the league thought they were going to finally stop it for good on Wednesday, but instead, the Tush Push will live on for at least one more season.