Recently, NFL teams met at the annual Spring League Meeting and a vote was conducted on the proposal to ban the "Tush Push", the play popularized by the Philadelphia Eagles. 

The Green Bay Packers initially submitted the proposal but they weren't the only team looking to eliminate the play from the game. Needing 24 of 32 teams to vote yes in order for it to pass, the measure barely fell short by a vote of 22-10. 

The Denver Broncos were one of the 22 teams that voted yes in favor of removing the play, but should now take a different approach. This play does not belong to the Eagles and though they have perfected running it, other teams should follow suit. If every team in the league ran the play, that would either lead to more votes to get rid of it entirely or for teams to get better at dealing with it. 

Moe Moton of Bleacher Report took a look at five teams that should run the Tush Push in 2025 and the Broncos are on his list. 

"How does the Mile High Mush sound?

Well, the Denver Broncos can work on a clever name for their version of the tush push, though they have the personnel to execute in short down-and-distance situations and near the goal line.

The Broncos have continuity along their offensive line, which finished second in Pro Football Focus' 2024 rankings.

Last season, Bo Nix logged the fifth-most carries (92) among quarterbacks behind Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. He finished with 430 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.

At 6'2", 217 pounds, Nix has enough size to absorb contact and move forward in the scrums to convert on third- and fourth-and-1. Broncos head coach Sean Payton also trusts him in those situations.

According to Fox Sports' Greg Auman, the Oregon product converted on 12-of-14 third or fourth down rush attempts with one yard to go.

The Broncos have a running back platoon that includes rookie second-rounder RJ Harvey, Audric Estime and Jaleel McLaughlin, but they don't have a proven red zone ball-carrier. For the 2024 season, the Broncos tied for 23rd in rushing touchdowns.

Estime, the biggest ball-carrier within the trio, only scored two rushing touchdowns last year. Harvey can bring a spark to the backfield, but he's 5'8", 205 pounds.

Payton may call Nix's number for short conversions a little more than last year if the running backs struggle to convert on third downs or find the end zone from the goal line", wrote Moton. 

There are some good points in there, but let's take a deeper look. 

Jalen Hurts looks like a master running this play, but most quarterbacks in the league can easily find success doing what he does. Much is made of Hurts' ability to squat a lot of weight in the gym, but this play is mostly about the offensive line getting lower and getting the leverage to push the pile. Hurts essentially rides on their backs to get the needed yardage. And if there's any resistance from the defense at all, the players lined up behind Hurts, generally a running back and a tight end, just push him forward. 

Throwback to our most recent Tush Push 😉 pic.twitter.com/OKJBSZFWGw

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) May 21, 2025

It's an incredibly difficult play to stop, but that's not because Philadelphia has something that no other team has or that they're the only team that can run it will. Every team in the league could and should do this and the Broncos should be no exception. 

Sean Payton is the kind of coach who would do this. Instead of complaining and trying to get the play banned, spend the summer working on your own version of the Tush Push, or the Mile High Mush, as Moton called it. An experienced and creative offensive mind like Payton could come up with his own version of this and Nix could run it just as well as Hurts does. Perhaps the team could even mix in something I've been begging for a team to do... throw a pass out of the Tush Push formation. 

If every team were to do this, it would either become so annoying that the league would choose to just ban the play or it would become a normality in the game moving forward and something teams figured out how to deal with. 

The Broncos should follow the Eagles and show that it's not that hard to do. 

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