Philadelphia Eagles left deal with Jordan Mailata has had sufficient of the media narrative that his workforce gained Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl rematch towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs due to the tush push.
In an interview with 94 WIP on Philadelphia on Tuesday, Mailata mentioned that it’s “extremely disrespectful” to the influence the Eagles’ protection and particular groups had within the 20-17 victory at Kansas Metropolis.
“I perceive the outrage [over the tush push]. What I do not perceive is them utilizing it as an excuse to why we gained the sport. I feel it is extremely disrespectful to our protection and our particular groups who balled out. And my brothers on protection and particular groups who balled out that sport, who had our backs once we weren’t shifting the ball or weren’t doing something,” Mailata mentioned.
“That pisses me off as a result of we give a lot to this sport and to sort of base off a short-yardage play, that may be a soccer play,” Mailata added, his voice elevating. “And say that we gained the sport off that, however not how our protection performed and never how our particular groups have performed, placing us in these positions. You already know I feel it is bull crap.
“I simply assume it is garbage. Absolute garbage, man. It makes my blood boil simply fascinated by it.”
The turning level in Sunday’s sport got here through the protection. Early within the fourth quarter with the Chiefs trailing 13-10, tight finish Travis Kelce did not haul in Patrick Mahomes’ move close to the objective line, the ball caroming off his palms and into the possession of rookie security Drew Mukuba, who returned it 41 yards. Jalen Hurts scored through the tush push on the following possession to take a commanding 10-point lead.
The Eagles ran the tush push six occasions on Sunday, gaining 4 first downs and scoring the landing. Fox analyst Tom Brady and Chiefs coach Andy Reid steered Sunday that Eagles offensive linemen had been getting off the road of scrimmage earlier than the snap however weren’t penalized.
The play confronted banishment this offseason, however the proposal failed by two votes. The ultimate vote was 22-10 on the proposal, which was submitted by the Inexperienced Bay Packers, on the NFL’s annual assembly in Eagan, Minnesota in Could. The proposal wanted 24 votes to move.
The Eagles have transformed the play 96.6% of the time in fourth-and-1 eventualities since 2022.
ESPN’s Tim McManus contributed to this report.