"The Week 6 Thursday night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants had not even reached halftime when Micah Parsons, watching on television, had seen enough of the tush push -- a play that was nearly banned during the offseason. "This is not football!" the Packers' pass rusher wrote in a post on X after Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scored a 1-yard touchdown on their fourth straight tush push attempt."
"A week later, Parsons had no interest in backing down. "I hate that play," he said. Even before saying that, however, he realized something. "That might come [back] and bite me one day," Parsons said. That day might be Monday. The Eagles play Parsons and the Packers on "Monday Night Football" at Lambeau Field (8:15 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN) -- and it was the Packers who sponsored the proposal to make the tush push illegal at the annual league meeting this past spring."
Micah Parsons reacted angrily on social media to the Eagles' repeated use of the tush push, posting "This is not football!" after a fourth straight 1-yard touchdown by Jalen Hurts. Parsons restated his dislike of the play, saying "I hate that play," and acknowledged the criticism could "come back and bite" him. The Packers sponsored a proposal to ban the tush push at the annual league meeting; the vote fell two short of passage with 22 teams in favor. The Eagles and Packers meet Monday night in a rematch of last season's NFC wild-card playoff, spotlighting the controversial play.
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