{"id":563966,"date":"2026-03-25T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563966\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:21:07","slug":"nfl-news-free-agency-updates-tush-push-is-back-for-the-2026-season-wont-go-up-for-vote-at-owners-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563966\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news, free agency updates: &#8216;Tush push&#8217; is back for the 2026 season, won&#8217;t go up for vote at owners&#8217; meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free-agent defensive tackle Christian Wilkins intends to play this coming season after sitting out the 2025 campaign while rehabbing a foot injury. He\u2019s drawn interest from 26 NFL teams, his agent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2035075513715155049\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;told ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">told ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkins, 30, was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/breaking-news\/article\/raiders-reportedly-release-dt-christian-wilkins-void-352-million-in-guaranteed-money-over-alleged-foot-rehab-issues-235525937.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:released by the Las Vegas Raiders;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;released by the Las Vegas Raiders&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">released by the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> before last season amid a dispute over his recovery plan after sustaining a Jones fracture in his left foot five games into the 2024 season. The Raiders believed Wilkins needed another surgery on the foot, but he resisted.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a \u201cfailure to maintain is physical condition to play,\u201d Las Vegas voided the remainder of the four-year, $110 million deal he signed (including $32.5 million in guaranteed money) after playing his first five seasons with the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>During his final year with Miami, Wilkins compiled 9 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 10 tackles for loss and 65 total tackles. He has 22.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 45 tackles for loss in six NFL seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free-agent defensive tackle Christian Wilkins intends to play this coming season after sitting out the 2025 campaign while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[28656,626,64,63,5366,54979,9848,1265,17597,131593,5373,1280,593,75978,277682,85,5385],"class_list":["post-563966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-a-j-brown","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-broncos","tag-frank-schwab","tag-free-agency","tag-george-pickens","tag-jauan-jennings","tag-jaxon","tag-jaylen-waddle","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-history","tag-remaining-free-agents","tag-sports","tag-tyreek-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}