NFL acknowledges Eagles got away with penalty on Tush Push vs. Chiefs: report
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- NFL acknowledged missed false start call on Eagles' Tush Push vs. Chiefs
- League sent training tape to all 32 teams urging tighter officiating on play
- Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirmed belief that Eagles moved early on snap
The Chiefs were down by 10 points in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Eagles when Philadelphia faced a third-and-1 play at their own 25-yard line.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts picked up the first down on a Tush Push with 5 minutes, 29 seconds to play, and the Chiefs were forced to use their three timeouts to conserve the clock as the drive continued. The Chiefs were able to get the ball back and scored a touchdown, but the Eagles were able to run out the clock after an onside kick.
Video of that Tush Push and others were widely shared by NFL fans, who thought the Eagles had committed a false start.
The NFL has since reviewed the tape and agreed with fans. A penalty should have been called on Philadelphia on the Tush Push.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported on Thursday that the “NFL said in its officials’ training tape sent to all 32 teams this week that the Eagles should have been called for false-starting on the tush push Sunday against the Chiefs, instructing officials to call ‘these plays tight.’
“The officials’ training tape sent to all 32 NFL teams on Wednesday shows a tush push by the Eagles with 5:29 left in the game and says: ‘False start would be the proper call here.’”
Maske added that the NFL told teams it wants to make sure that every offensive player on a Tush Push is legal in future games.
The Tush Push messaging from the NFL is what Chiefs coach Andy Reid had been awaiting.
While talking with the media on Monday, Reid said he had raised the issue of a potential penalty on the Eagles.
“If guys are moving early, then you’ve got to call that,” Reid said. “So they’ll go back and look at that and see what their evaluation is of it. It could be different than mine. Mine, I felt like the guys were moving — that’s why I was griping about it on the sideline there. With the officials, you know, sometimes people see things different. So we’ll see where it goes. They’ll have a chance to evaluate it, and I’ll be curious to see what the response is.”
This story was originally published September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM.
