While teams around the NFL will push for rules modifications this week, the league will be examining the so-called "push play" itself.
It's at the three-day annual meetings that the NFL considers tweaks to its rules and regulations, some proposed by teams and others by the competition committee.
This year's agenda includes heightened scrutiny on the push play, used so effectively by the Philadelphia Eagles last season. Often, it's a sneak in short-yardage situations, with a pair of players immediately behind the quarterback, each poised to push on his backside as soon as the ball is snapped.
