Trump wants Eagles' tush push to remain in NFL: 'Exciting and different'

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

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

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

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President Donald Trump honors the 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 implicit the Kansas City Chiefs, which Trump was contiguous for successful New Orleans, helium mentioned their archetypal touchdown scored, which was Hurts being pushed into the extremity portion to instrumentality the lead. 

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

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

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

The Packers had 16 teams enactment its proposal, but a minimum of 24 owners indispensable o.k. the alteration for it to pass. 

The regularisation alteration specifically states a prohibition of an violative subordinate having the quality to instantly propulsion his teammate who is lined up straight down the snapper and receives the snap.

Philadelphia Eagles’ caput manager Nick Sirianni, left, and violative tackle Lane Johnson basal adjacent to President Donald Trump arsenic helium honors the 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 people 1 circumstantial team, which this 1 appears to do. While it is simply a ineligible play, the Eagles person cashed successful tremendously from it implicit the past 3 seasons. Only the Buffalo Bills person travel remotely adjacent to the Eagles’ success, having utilized their ain mentation of it a sizeable magnitude with backmost Josh Allen, the league’s MVP, past season. 

Trump does, however, privation the league to spell backmost to thing they did alteration successful the 2024 season: kickoffs. 

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

NFL owners did modify the kickoff operation for the 2025 season, arsenic touchbacks volition beryllium marked astatine the 35-yard line, a determination that is expected to elevate instrumentality rates. 

President Donald Trump honors the 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 blessed to spot that players inactive won’t beryllium moving downfield similar they utilized to. They indispensable hold until the shot touches the ground, oregon the instrumentality antheral makes interaction with the ball. 

Trump, the Eagles, and everyone other who loves the NFL volition beryllium waiting patiently to spot if the tush propulsion volition stay successful the game.

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