All the Tush Push chatter is riling this Eagle’s feathers.
Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata lashed out against the rising anti-Tush Push chatter, calling all the focus on the controversial play’s effect on the 20-17 road win over the Chiefs as “disrespectful.”
“I understand the outrage. What I don’t understand is them using it as an excuse to why we won the game. I think it’s incredibly disrespectful to our defense and our special teams who balled out,” Mailata said on 94 WIP on Tuesday. “My brothers on defense and special teams who balled out that game, who had our backs when we weren’t moving the ball or weren’t doing anything. When I see those things, they fly across my timeline, here and there …. that kind of irks me a little bit.
“That pisses me off because we give so much to this game and to kind of base off a short-yardage play, that is a football play, and say that we won the game off that, but not how our defense played and not how our special teams have played, putting us in those positions. I think it’s bull crap. … I just think it’s rubbish. Absolute rubbish, man. It makes my blood boil just thinking about it.”
The Tush Push is the most polarizing play in the NFL and it tends to be discussed ad nauseam after it plays a large role in an Eagles win.
The Eagles used the play seven times Sunday in their win in the Super Bowl rematch, and plenty of folks focused on one particular snap in which the interior members of the Eagles’ line jump early.
Kansas City fans on social media noted how the NFL allegedly used copyright tactics to pull the clip from social media.
Chiefs star defensive lineman Chris Jones, who had a spat with Jalen Hurts in the final moments, said that Kansas City believed the Eagles got a good whistle.
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“We think he jumped multiple times,” he said.
Games like Sunday may lead to even more chatter about whether the play should be banned.
NFL owners did not pass a resolution to prohibit that play, allowing the Eagles — and others, though not as successfully — to continue to use the tactic.
It’s certainly possible the topic could be readdressed this offseason.
The Eagles will look to stay undefeated in Week 3 at home against the Rams in another playoff rematch.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
