{"id":22962,"date":"2025-03-01T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22962"},"modified":"2025-03-01T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T15:16:41","slug":"president-donald-trump-has-an-interesting-take-on-the-nfl-possibly-banning-the-tush-push-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22962","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump Has An Interesting Take On The NFL Possibly Banning The \u201cTush Push\u201d Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump had an interesting take on the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0\u201ctush push\u201d play made popular by the Philadelphia Eagles amid calls for the league to ban it.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, news emerged that the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0sent the NFL a proposal to ban the tush push play. The play, executed to near-perfection by the Eagles since 2022, consists of two players lining up behind the quarterback and \u201cpushing\u201d them forward.<\/p>\n<p>The play has become practically automatic for the Eagles to the point where some fans, pundits, and, of course, the Packers have called for the NFL to ban it. So, what does the president of the United States have to say about it?<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with\u00a0<em>The Spectator<\/em>, President Trump said he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSpectator\/status\/1895460524479168591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wouldn\u2019t ban the tush push play<\/a>, though he named one part of the game he\u2019d like to see get outlawed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t ban it,\u201d Trump told the outlet. \u201cBut what I would ban is this horrible kickoff rule, this new kickoff rule that is so bad\u2026so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The fake tush push was so unfair. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9WCZ4ivFTI\">pic.twitter.com\/9WCZ4ivFTI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football\u2019s Greatest Moments (@FBGreatMoments) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBGreatMoments\/status\/1895304203423150084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eagles quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jalen-hurts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jalen Hurts<\/a>\u00a0opened the scoring in the Super Bowl 59 victory over the Chiefs with a \u201ctush push\u201d touchdown. Hurts won MVP honors after throwing for 221 yards and two touchdowns to go along with 72 rushing yards (including the rushing TD).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump said that the Super Bowl 59 champions would get an invitation to visit him at the White House. Perhaps Trump will voice his support for the tush push to the Eagles players and head coach\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/nick-sirianni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Sirianni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-nick-sirianni-insulted-by-calls-to-ban-the-tush-push\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nick Sirianni \u201cInsulted\u201d By Calls To Ban The Tush Push<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2259760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-595x397.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USATSI_25380521_168416340_lowres.jpg 1965w\" alt=\"Nick Sirianni laughing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Nick Sirianni (Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the NFL Scouting Combine, the Super Bowl-winning head coach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/eagles-hc-nick-sirianni-defends-tush-push-after-proposal-to-ban-play-i-m-protective-of-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0that he feels \u201cinsulted\u201d by the calls for the tush push to be banned. Sirianni noted that the Eagles have worked tirelessly on the play, and perhaps teams are pushing for it to be outlawed simply because Philly has made it virtually automatic.<\/p>\n<p>If anything else, the Eagles should take it as a compliment. They\u2019re practically unstoppable with this play that other teams want the implementation of a new rule to stop their prolific offense.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; President Donald Trump had an interesting take on the\u00a0NFL\u00a0\u201ctush push\u201d play made popular by the Philadelphia Eagles amid calls for the league to ban it. Earlier this week, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22964,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22962\/revisions\/22964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}