Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is trying to protect his team from a threat at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. NFL team owners, executives, and head coaches will be at the hotel for the league annual meeting this week.
Several new rule changes will be voted on this week. Some of the bigger votes include altering the playoff seeding format so Wild Card teams with a better record can earn a higher seed than division champions with a worse record.
The Packers attacked the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason
The Green Bay Packers (who lost to the Eagles in the Wild Card round) submitted a proposal that irked Sirianni. The Packers want to prohibit the “tush push” where players can push a quarterback forward on a QB sneak play.
Brotherly Shove.
— Nick x3 (@nickofspoon) January 26, 2025
The Eagles have run the play to much success with quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Nick Sirianni called out three NFL head coaches
Per Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, Sirianni told him before the league annual meeting that three NFL head coaches owe their job to the “Tush Push.”
Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore, and Indianapolis head coach Shane Steichen were assistants on Eagles teams that made Super Bowl appearances thanks to the controversial play.
Sirianni thinks those three coaches should vote against the proposal.
“We’ll see how it goes. All I will say about it is (Jonathan) Gannon, (Shane) Steichen and (Kellen) Moore better vote for it,” Garafolo said. “They are in the (head coach) position right now because of that play. So all three, I better have those three votes right there and the Eagles’ vote. I at least know we have four.”
Spoke to Nick Sirianni today on the tush-push vote. With a grin, he said: "We’ll see how it goes. All I will say about it is (Jonathan) Gannon, (Shane) Steichen and (Kellen) Moore better vote for it. They are in the (head coach) position right now because of that play. So all… pic.twitter.com/aZBV4KHzPq
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 30, 2025
The “Tush Push” might have helped the careers of those four head coaches, but every coach besides Sirianni has a better chance of keeping their job if the league does away with the play. No team has been able to duplicate the play to the success of Hurts and the Eagles.
That doesn’t mean the league should do away with the play. Frankly, the Packers need to find a way to stop it.
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