Giants Fans Incensed After Refs Seem to Miss Another Penalty on Eagles' Tush Push

Kristen Wong | Oct 9, 2025

The Eagles scored after four straight tush pushes in Thursday night's game against the Giants. / Screengrab on Twitter/ @Rate_the_Refs

Another Eagles game, another tush push controversy.

Philadelphia went to their tried-and-true tactic a whopping four straight times during the second quarter of Thursday night's game against the Giants. On the fourth quarterback sneak attempt, Jalen Hurts was finally able to punch in the touchdown for a go-ahead score—but replay videos were not particularly kind to Hurts and the Eagles.

On one of their four tush pushes, a slow motion replay showed Eagles right guard Tyler Steen jumping early before the snap, though admittedly it was only obvious thanks to the slowed-down video playback. Prime Video's NFL rules analyst Terry McAulay said on the broadcast that it was false start, but he added that it was a difficult penalty to call in real time. NFL officials also admitted as much in a training tape the league distributed to teams earlier this season.

Another missed false start on the Eagles tush push... pic.twitter.com/rSJTo8t128

— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 10, 2025

The Giants, who voted against the tush push during the annual NFL owners' meeting back in May, ultimately had no answer for the Eagles' inevitable play, especially when Philly appeared to benefit from at least one missed false start penalty.

Giants fans at MetLife Stadium could be heard booing the Eagles during their multiple consecutive tush push attempts, and NFL fans on social media also weren't too happy about the Eagles getting away with more missed calls:

Why does the @nfl keep letting the @Eagles jump offside with the “tush push”!

Get this garbage play out of the league! pic.twitter.com/h01Ula0dGM

— john kapral (@john_kapral) October 10, 2025

Ban the tush push , what the eagles are doing is illegal and ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/uA5xROKyLX

— GiantsMuse (@Giants_muse) October 10, 2025

Another blatant false start on the #Eagles tush push play. When is the league going to put an end to this embarrassment of a play? Ruining the quality of the game. pic.twitter.com/ZU8E97efVY

— Ernie The Cowboys Fan (@E_TheCowboysFan) October 10, 2025

Eagles starting way early on the Tush Push… who the hell is gonna officiate this thing??
pic.twitter.com/N5GrVtXRT7

— John Frascella (Football) (@NFLFrascella) October 10, 2025

Another huge first down in redzone for Eagles on a TUSH PUSH and another FALSE START!!!! BAN THIS PLAY!!! It’s nearly impossible to officiate and Eagles are getting away with all kinds of illegal activity. #Tushpush #BanTushPush #Eagles #Giants #Flyeaglesfly pic.twitter.com/z0tOPzPR10

— Kyle Marler (@kylepaulmarler) October 10, 2025

Genuinely crazy how the Eagles can just blatantly go offsides on the tush push and the refs refuse to do anything about it pic.twitter.com/YS3bwvtx4X

— MrFatMan81 (@KianMarette) October 10, 2025

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