tush push

noun

A controversial play in which the quarterback takes the snap and immediately drives forward while additional players line up behind the quarterback and physically push them forward, especially used in short-yardage situations.

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tush push1

nountush push (plural tush pushes)

plural tush pushes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tush Push.

    “Don’t ever talk about Jalen Hurts again,” Sade Fly Eagles Fly wrote on X. “Josh Allen is doing the tush push while playing golf.”

    2026, Tony Adame, “Bills QB Josh Allen Roasted Over Offseason Training Video”, in Heavy.com
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    One NFL team is proposing an end to the tush push play the Philadelphia Eagles have used so successfully at the goal line and in short-yardage situations, including during their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. [...] Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy called the tush push "bad for the game" in a message posted on the team's website after the Packers were eliminated by the Eagles in the playoffs.

    2025, Tom Ignudo, “Green Bay Packers propose to ban tush push play made popular by Philadelphia Eagles, report says”, in CBS News

    Stopping the tush push Sunday by the Steelers one time helped, but there is another very good reason to think the Bears could shut down the Eagles' controversial short-yardage play.

    2025 November 24, Gene Chamberlain, “Bears' chances to stuff the infamous Eagles tush push are looking up”, in Sports Illustrated, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2025

    A proposed amendment to the NFL rulebook that would effectively ban the “tush push” play failed on Wednesday, allowing the tactic to remain legal.

    2025, Unattributed, “Push on! NFL teams vote to keep the ‘tush push'”, in NBC Philadelphia

    Even if the Eagles aren’t as reliant on the tush push in 2026, it would be a surprise if Goedert saw as many designed touches near the goal line again this season.

    2026, Brandon Lee Gowton, “Eagles News: Philadelphia drops in ESPN’s offensive playmaker rankings”, in Bleeding Green Nation

Tush Push2

nounTush Push (plural Tush Pushes)

plural Tush Pushes · alternative tush push

  1. American footballA controversial play in which the quarterback takes the snap and immediately drives forward while additional players line up behind the quarterback and physically push them forward, especially used in short-yardage situations.

Origin

From tush + push. While the play is thought to have originated between 2005 and 2018, the term was coined after getting popularized by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2021.

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Cite this entry
APA

tush push. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tush%20push

MLA

“tush push.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tush%20push. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tush push,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tush%20push.

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