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The NFL admits refs screwed the Chiefs on Sunday.
Over the weekend, fans were up in arms when refs missed clear false start penalties on the Eagles during their game against the Chiefs.
4 of the 7 tush push attempts from the Eagles win over the Chiefs included early guard movement
you be the judge. None were flagged – officials need to figure this play out https://t.co/Cn3ekutLvP pic.twitter.com/Q1ft4l1B4U
— Josh Norris (@JoshNorris) September 15, 2025
During the game, Fox Sports rules analyst Dean Blandino said he was “done” with the tush push because it was so tough to officiate correctly.
“I am done with the tush push guys. It’s a hard play to officiate.” – @DeanBlandino pic.twitter.com/Qcg2jtx2I2
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 14, 2025
According to the Associated Press, the NFL sent a 19-minute officiating training video to officials after the Chiefs-Eagles game.
In the video, Ramon George, the NFL’s vice president of officiating training and development, pointed out several Tush Push plays that were officiated incorrectly, and is imploring refs to “officiate it tight” in the future.
Via Associated Press
“This is a very hard play to officiate. I get it. You have a defender who tries to punch the ball but more so we have a false start coming from the right guard. You want to make sure that we officiate these plays tight and make sure that every aspect of the offensive team is legal and any movement, any lineman that’s not correct, we want to shut it down as a false start.”
“Any time we have this situation we’re in short yardage, we know we want to make sure that we officiate these plays — the offensive team has to be perfect in every aspect.”
“We want to officiate it tight. We want to be black and white and be as tight as we can be when we get into this situation where teams are in the bunch position and we have to officiate them being onsides, movement early. … Prior to the snap, looks like we have movement by the right guard. We also have movement coming across from the defensive side. This is a very hard play to officiate. I get it.”
It’ll be interesting to see if refs actually crack down on the tush push in the future.
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