With a vote coming Wednesday that could ban the tush push, a pair of prominent Philadelphia Eagles players downplayed the significance of the assisted quarterback sneak, which has become a staple of the team's offense over the past few seasons, Tim McManus of ESPN reports.

"I don't have any thoughts on it," wide receiver A.J. Brown said. "It's only 1 yard."

Left tackle Jordan Mailata struck a similar tone, saying: "They're ruling [on] the push? I guess we'll just do it with no push.

"In terms of them banning the tush push, I hate that name, so I hope they do ban it -- it's a stupid name," Mailata joked.

"But I can't control it, we can't control it, so we don't even worry about it. Right now, we're just installing our schemes, whatever [offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo] is installing that day, that's what we're focused on because worrying about if they're going to ban the tush push or not ain't going to win us a championship."

NFL owners decided to table a vote at the league meeting in April on the Green Bay Packers' initial proposal to ban the tush push -- a play in which a team lines up one or more players behind the quarterback to push him forward in short-yardage situations. The Packers have since submitted a revision of their rule proposal that would more broadly ban pushing or pulling the ball carrier anywhere on the field.

A vote is expected Wednesday at the spring meeting in Minneapolis.

"We'll see where that goes," Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. "We're not waiting very long to figure it out. It's going to be public [Wednesday]. And you know how I feel about it."

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