Bills' Josh Allen Defends Controversial 'tush Push' Play Despite His Team Voting To Ban It

Josh Allen is not seeing eye-to-eye pinch his ain squad astir 1 of nan biggest controversies successful nan sport.

The Buffalo Bills were 1 of 22 teams to ballot to prohibition nan tush push – 24 were needed to officially make nan play illegal.

However, nan backmost himself, who has a knack for uncovering nan extremity area pinch his legs himself, said he believes that it should stay a portion of nan game.

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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, rushes for a touchdown during nan 2nd 4th against nan Baltimore Ravens successful a 2025 AFC divisional information crippled astatine Highmark Stadium. (Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images)

"I'm a large believer successful if you can't extremity it, support moving it, right?" Allen told Sports Illustrated. 

"I deliberation that there's a fewer teams that do it amended than others, but past you look astatine a fewer teams that effort to do it, and it doesn't person nan aforesaid success. Because, one, they possibly don't believe it capable or, two, they don't person nan guys to do it. And conscionable because a mates teams do it amended than others, I don't consciousness for illustration it should beryllium banned. 

"I understand nan merit of what it brings, and truthful I don't really sway 1 measurement aliases nan other. I effort to play nan crippled based connected nan mentation of nan rules. And if that was nan norm that was passed, you know, we'll find a different way. But I consciousness for illustration if you tin usage it to your benefit, usage it to your benefit. If you don't for illustration it, my proposal is to extremity it, you know?"

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, scores a touchdown against nan Los Angeles Rams during nan first half astatine SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

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The Green Bay Packers initiated nan rule-change proposal, which would person prohibited "an violative subordinate from pushing a teammate who was lined up straight down nan snapper and receives nan snap, instantly astatine nan snap." The connection added that a punishment would beryllium assessed connected immoderate violative subordinate who violated nan rule.

Proponents of nan play and those who reason it some presented beardown arguments, while nan convention expressed interest astir safety.

Rich McKay, nan NFL Competition Committee chair, said successful April nan issues spell beyond safety, because location was not capable information to opportunity whether it is simply a vulnerable play. The convention has said location person been nary injuries reported from nan tush push. 

Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu called nan play "cheap."

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, looks to walk during nan first half of an NFL wild-card playoff shot crippled against nan Miami Dolphins connected Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023 successful Orchard Park, New York. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

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During nan tush push gathering pinch owners, Philadelphia Eagles squad proprietor Jeffrey Lurie reportedly brought Jason Kelce into nan gathering to explicate why nan tush push should beryllium kept successful nan game. The Eagles person had nan astir occurrence pinch nan play complete nan past fewer years, and Kelce’s input was apparently capable for owners to forgo approving nan ban.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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