Kadarius Toney Offsides Call Impacted By ‘Tush Push,’ Dean Blandino Says

If Chiefs followers want to blame anybody for the offensive offsides penalty that foiled their comeback try Sunday, it ought to be the Philadelphia Eagles … so says Dean Blandino, who tells TMZ Sports activities their “Tush Push” play may need really impacted the decision in the course of the Payments recreation.

The previous NFL Vice President of Officiating stated he believes refs are calling line of scrimmage fouls far more carefully this 12 months because of the nature of the Birds’ “Brotherly Shove” play — and that is resulting in extra calls just like the one towards Kadarius Toney at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night.

“You think about 2015 to 2022,” Blandino stated, “there were only 14 offensive offsides called in the entire league. This year already, with the Toney call, there’s 13. So, it’s definitely a point of emphasis this year.”

That every one being stated, nonetheless, Blandino made it clear the flag towards Toney was the best name.

“This was clearly a foul,” he stated. “The officials have to call it.”

In fact, Patrick Mahomes vehemently disagreed — he absolutely melted down after the flag was thrown … calling it “f***ing terrible,” whereas later explaining he wished the refs had simply let it go.

Blandino stated as a fan of the sport, he understands the sentiment — although he stated that if refs name issues in another way based mostly on the sport’s state of affairs, it may have much more drastic implications.

“You say, ‘Let the players decide the game,'” Blandino stated. “The problem with that is you tell the officials that and then the officials say, ‘K, we’re not going to call anything in the last two minutes.'”

“The players, the coaches will understand that and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to get away with — we’re going to play more aggressive, we’re going to push the envelope.’ And then the game, it’s going to be decided unfairly for a different reason.”