The Chiefs had every right to be mad about the officiating in Sunday's loss to the Eagles.
The biggest problem with the play centered around what looked like the Eagles getting away with obvious false start calls. The play is hard enough for defenses to stop but it becomes even more difficult when some of Philadelphia's offensive linemen beat the snap and are able to start pushing before Jalen Hurts even gets the ball.
Chiefs star defensive tackle Chris Jones was asked after the game about the Eagles getting away with some missed calls. While he tried his best to avoid being fined for ripping the refs, he did say that the Eagles got away with a few false starts.in the closing seconds of the game. "Just because we see it, sometimes the official is 15, 20 feet away and sometimes they can miss those small things. We think jumped multiple times but an official didn’t see it so it wasn’t called and we’ve just got to go and play the next down."When asked if the Chiefs had seen tape before the game of the Eagles moving before the snap on tush push plays, Jones said: "It happens. People jump all the time. If the officials see it they’ll call it. I don’t think they saw it those few plays and we didn’t get a call." It was clear on Sunday that the refs missed a number of calls on the play that should have been made. And it's now clear that talk about the tush push is only going to become more of a storyline going forward, especially if the defending champs keep getting away with what should be obvious penalties.Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.
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