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

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

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 in opposition to Kadarius Toney at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night.

“You concentrate on 2015 to 2022,” Blandino stated, “there have been solely 14 offensive offsides known as in the complete league. This 12 months already, with the Toney name, there’s 13. So, it is undoubtedly some extent of emphasis this 12 months.”

That each one being stated, nevertheless, Blandino made it clear the flag in opposition to Toney was the correct name.

“This was clearly a foul,” he stated. “The officers should name it.”

After all, Patrick Mahomes vehemently disagreed — he absolutely melted down after the flag was thrown … calling it “f***ing horrible,” 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 otherwise based mostly on the sport’s scenario, it might have much more drastic implications.

“You say, ‘Let the gamers resolve the sport,'” Blandino stated. “The issue with that’s you inform the officers that after which the officers say, ‘Okay, we’re not going to name something within the final two minutes.'”

“The gamers, the coaches will perceive that and say, ‘Hey, we’ll get away with — we’ll play extra aggressive, we’ll push the envelope.’ After which the sport, it is going to be determined unfairly for a unique cause.”