The NFL's owners approved plans to expand replay assist and revisit overtime rules, while also opting to stick with the newly implemented kickoff rules, during the NFL League Meetings in Florida on Tuesday (April 1), according to NFL.com.
Regular-season overtime rules will now match the playoffs, allowing both teams the chance to get a possession even if a touchdown is scored on the opening drive. Additionally, overtime was amended to be 10 minutes instead of 15 minutes in play time.
The owners also approved a proposal to allow replay assist to consult on-field officials to overrule objective calls if there was "clear and obvious" evidence that a foul didn't occur. Additionally, the league will continue to utilize the dynamic kickoff rule, which was implemented last season, while moving the ball on spot on touchbacks from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported.
A vote on the 'Tush Push' scheduled for Tuesday was reportedly tabled until May, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport on Tuesday.
"Discussions on the tush push have been tabled until a later date, source said," Rapoport wrote on his X account.
The NFL planned to have a vote among its 32 team owners on whether the 'Tush Push,' a play most effectively used by the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles for the past several seasons, would be banned. The status of the 'Tush Push' is one of tbe most debated topics at the ongoing NFL League Meetings, with the Green Bay Packers having proposed to ban the play.
Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott is leading the push to ban the play, despite his team having used it more than anyone else excluding the Eagles. The ban would need to be approved by 24 of the NFL's 32 owners.