Jordan Mailata says exactly what all Philadelphia Eagles fans are thinking when it comes to the annoying Tush Push ban debate
Just when we think the Tush Push debate has been settled, it’s right back in the spotlight, only two weeks into the 2025 NFL season. This all happened after the Eagles ran the play seven times to help them beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, in their Super Bowl LIV rematch.During the game, a video […]
Just when we think the Tush Push debate has been settled, it’s right back in the spotlight, only two weeks into the 2025 NFL season.
This all happened after the Eagles ran the play seven times to help them beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17, in their Super Bowl LIV rematch.
During the game, a video of Philly running the Tush Push in slow motion quickly went viral after several Eagles were spotted moving before the snap and/or offsides. The video has since been deleted, and the NFL has threatened to fine anyone who shares it.
Coaches and players were asked this week how they feel about the media and fans constantly criticizing their play. And to sum it up, they’re all over it — especially starting left tackle Jordan Mailata.
“I couldn’t give a f— what Adam Schefter says, to be honest. And I ain’t the one calling the plays on my team,” Mailata said. “Whichever announcer said it was a rugby play deserves jail time. I think it’s a beautiful piece of art, yeah. Definitely a work of art. It’s a lot of coordination, a lot of organized mass. Every other team can do it. Why can’t they convert?”
He’s not wrong. Every team in the NFL has the equal privilege of running the Tush Push, though they, for the most part, choose not to. It might be because they are not as effective as the Birds, who have converted the play at over an 80% rate.
Head coach Nick Sirianni, like Mailata and all of Philly, is also over the Tush Push ban chatter.
“We don’t have to deal with that right now,” Sirianni said. “We got enough things that we got to deal with now. And so, obviously, you’re always working to improve the play, you’re always working through different things to complement it. You’re always working through different things if you don’t have it. Right now, we do and that was that. I try to only control the things I can control, not anything that’s not in my control.”
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Philadelphia Eagles HC Nick Sirianni sticks to his guns when it comes to Tush Push controversy
The Philadelphia Eagles’ Tush Push play continues to be an ongoing debate, even after the league voted not to ban it over the summer.
