Trump Wants Eagles' Tush Push To Remain In Nfl: 'exciting And Different'

Each year, NFL owners ballot connected imaginable norm changes heading into nan adjacent season, and 1 connection successful peculiar has sparked wide debate.

The Green Bay Packers submitted a connection to prohibition nan Philadelphia Eagles’ celebrated "tush push" play, wherever backmost Jalen Hurts is shoved guardant successful short-yardage situations, particularly connected nan extremity statement for a touchdown. 

While location is ample statement astir whether nan play should stay successful nan crippled aliases not, President Donald Trump showed which broadside of nan obstruction he’s connected during nan team’s White House ceremony for their Super Bowl LIX triumph connected Monday afternoon. 

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President Donald Trump honors nan Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles astatine The White House successful Washington D.C., connected April 28, 2025. (Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via Imagn Images)

Discussing that 40-22 triumph complete nan Kansas City Chiefs, which Trump was coming for successful New Orleans, he mentioned their first touchdown scored, which was Hurts being pushed into nan extremity area to return nan lead. 

"The Eagles scored a touchdown connected their signature play: nan tush push. You cognize what that is? I dream they support that play, coach, I don’t know," Trump said, looking astatine Eagles caput coach Nick Sirianni. "They’re talking astir getting free of that play, I understand. They should support it. What do you deliberation Saquon [Barkley]?

"I for illustration it. It’s benignant of breathtaking and different."

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NFL owners are expected to proceed discussing a imaginable prohibition of nan play aft tabling it until nan adjacent owners' meetings connected May 20-21 successful Minnesota. 

The Packers had 16 teams support its proposal, but a minimum of 24 owners must o.k. nan alteration for it to pass. 

The norm alteration specifically states a prohibition of an violative subordinate having nan expertise to instantly push his teammate who is lined up straight down nan snapper and receives nan snap.

Philadelphia Eagles’ caput coach Nick Sirianni, left, and violative tackle Lane Johnson guidelines adjacent to President Donald Trump arsenic he honors nan Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles astatine The White House successful Washington D.C., connected April 28, 2025. (Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via Imagn Images)

The NFL usually does not o.k. rules that target 1 circumstantial team, which this 1 appears to do. While it is simply a ineligible play, nan Eagles person cashed successful tremendously from it complete nan past 3 seasons. Only nan Buffalo Bills person travel remotely adjacent to nan Eagles’ success, having utilized their ain type of it a sizeable magnitude pinch backmost Josh Allen, nan league’s MVP, past season. 

Trump does, however, want nan convention to spell backmost to thing they did alteration successful nan 2024 season: kickoffs. 

"I would for illustration to spot thing done," he said. "I would for illustration to spell backmost to nan regular kickoff, however. We don’t for illustration that kickoff wherever nobody’s moving. The ball’s successful nan aerial and nobody’s moving."

NFL owners did modify nan kickoff building for nan 2025 season, arsenic touchbacks will beryllium marked astatine nan 35-yard line, a move that is expected to elevate return rates. 

President Donald Trump honors nan Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles astatine The White House successful Washington D.C., connected April 28, 2025. (Josh Morgan-USA TODAY via Imagn Images)

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But Trump won’t beryllium happy to spot that players still won’t beryllium moving downfield for illustration they utilized to. They must hold until nan shot touches nan ground, aliases nan return man makes interaction pinch nan ball. 

Trump, nan Eagles, and everyone other who loves nan NFL will beryllium waiting patiently to spot if nan tush push will stay successful nan game.

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