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“GET IT RIGHT!” D.A. Goes Nuclear on Tush Push Controversy I NFL Eagles v Chiefs
Sep 15, 2025
The “Tush Push” is back in the headlines — and Damon Amendolara is fired up. In this video, D.A. rips into the NFL’s officiating of the controversial Eagles play, arguing it’s one thing for the Tush Push to remain legal, but another for the referees to allow it to be executed illegally with missed false starts and neutral zone infractions. D.A. explains why fans are being “gaslit” by being told “just stop it” while refs look the other way, and makes the case that plenty of plays throughout NFL history have been outlawed for being ugly or unfair. So why is the Tush Push still allowed? In this video: D.A. calls out refs for missing obvious penalties on the Eagles Why aesthetics have killed NFL plays in the past — but not this one The real reason the Tush Push is dividing football fans What the NFL must do to restore integrity to the rulebook If you’re tired of watching the Tush Push dominate without accountability, this is the breakdown you need. #TushPush #NFLControversy #Eagles #DamonAmendolara #NFLRules 🔥🔥🔥 JOIN THE CIRCLE OF TRUST! Become a Member 👉 Click Here
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Oh my god, the tush push. Will we ever
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be finally freed of the tush push?
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Please, at the very least, can you
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officiate it correctly? Before we go any
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further, reminder, subscribe to the
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me. That way, you get notified when new
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videos like this are up. Look, it's
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legal, okay? It's legal and so it just
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has to be dealt with by the opposing
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defense. But we spent the entire off
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season hearing the NFL debate the merits
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and the legitimacy and the legality of
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the tush push. And then we have it
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operated. We have it executed in the
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most highprofile
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game so far of the season where there's
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a million cameras, a nationally
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televised audience, Burkhard and Brady
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on the call against the rematch of the
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Super Bowl combatants and we can't get
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it right. There are clear neutral zone
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false start infractions on multiple tush
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pushes in this game and the refs miss
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them all. Well, why do we challenge
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anything then? Why do we have instant
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replay? Why can you go under the hood?
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These are obvious false starts. These
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are obvious infractions by the Eagles
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and we're not catching them. We can't
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put a ref on either side of the line of
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scrimmage looking down at the ball and
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have this guy ready with a whistle if
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there's any white or green jersey based
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on what the Eagles are wearing that day
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that crosses the line of scrimmage
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before the ball is snapped. We can't
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even do that. How am I supposed to trust
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that this truly is a legal play that can
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be stopped? I'm supposed to believe
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this. This is what the competition
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committee and the league at large has
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convinced us that hey, you just got to
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stop it. They're better than you. You
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got to figure out a way to stop it. How
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can it be stopped if it can be executed
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illegally? Now, you want to tell me
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that, hey, these are just a couple of
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bad misses by the refs here. Well, what
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happens if the misses we saw were
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obvious, but there are misses happening
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by fractions of a second or fractions of
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an inch that gives just a little bit
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just a little bit of advantage to the
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Eagles while they're also pulling this
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off. You might argue, well, anybody can
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do this. That's true. And I don't care
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that it's the Eagles or anybody else. I
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don't think any team should have this in
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their arsenal because in the grand
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scheme of NFL football, all we've done
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in the NFL is tweaked and pressed and
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manipulated and woven and pushed and
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pulled the rules to make sure that it's
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aesthetically pleasing to everybody.
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It's why you can't slap an offensive
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lineman in the head like Deacon Jones
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used to do. It's why you can't hit a
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quarterback anywhere in the helmet of
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the face mask with your hand like so
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many defenders used to do. It's why you
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can't go low on knees like Bernard Pard
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once did to Tom Brady. It's why you
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can't hit wide receivers five or 10
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yards down the field because that's what
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Jack Tatum did and that's what Lester
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Hayes did and that's what Dick Knight
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Train Lane did. These old defensive
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backs used to muscle you downfield. And
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in 1978, the NFL said, "No, no, no. Too
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much. We're instituting the Mel Blunt
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rule. This is a guy, a player, an old
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corner for the Pittsburgh Steelers who
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would just out physical you down the
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field, wide receiver. They couldn't
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catch anything. Couldn't catch anything
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downfield on Mel Blunt. So, they had to
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install a rule just for him. And they
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said, "Aesthetically not pleasing. We
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want a more wideopen game. We want it to
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be better for the fans. We want passing
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to be part of the the equation. We're
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outlawing this. The same thing could be
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applied to the tush push. It is not
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aesthetically pleasing. Okay? One team,
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one guy, whatever you want to say, is
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just far superior than everybody else.
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And we'd rather have it out of the game
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because it's just not a great play for
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the fans, for the game, etc. You can do
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it. It's been done forever. You can't
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hit a quarterback in the chest plate
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because we saw it happen at Drew Brees
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once upon a time. There are things that
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are tweaked every year based on
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aesthetics
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and the tush push just survives. Now,
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maybe it'll be outlawed next year until
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it's outlawed. Obviously, it's fair
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game. I'm not saying the Eagles
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shouldn't use it. It's fair. Everybody
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should use it. But if you're going to
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use it, if the NFL says fine, it's a
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legal play. Can you just officiate it
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properly? That's all we're asking.
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Officiate it properly, please. And in
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the meantime, stop gaslighting us that
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well, just be better. Stop it. You
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should just stop it. You should just
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Well, if the team executing it is
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getting away with it in fractions and
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you're not penalizing them, then how do
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you stop it? And again, these were
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obvious when the entire nation's
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watching this one game. If they're
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getting away with egregious ones there
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between the Chiefs and Eagles, who's to
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say there aren't they're not getting
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away with it in every game, at least by
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a smidge. So, stop gaslighting us. Stop
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saying just be better. You should stop
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it. If you can't stop it, well, you
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know, you can't complain. Well, you know
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what? Hard to freaking stop when the
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officials don't throw flags on it. Give
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me a break.
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This is not the only reason the Chiefs
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lost this game. It is not the only
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reason the Eagles won a Super Bowl. It's
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not the only reason the Eagles are 2 and
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0 and the Chiefs are 0 and2. I'm not
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making that argument. I'm just saying if
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this has to be part of our football
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lives. And let's be honest, every Eagles
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fan that defends it and says, "Oh, you
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just hate it because of the Eagles."
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Would hate it even more if it was the
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Cowboys pulling it off. This is just the
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fact that if your team does it well and
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you benefit from it, it's great. And if
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it wasn't, you'd hate it, right? The
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Eagles are good enough to win a Super
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Bowl without the tush push. They're
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incredible in terms of depth, roster
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build, every position. They're really
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good.
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So, it's not because of that, but let's
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be real here. What we watch at Arrowhead
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on Sunday, and look, the Chiefs have
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been incredible beneficiaries of
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officials friendly whistles in the last
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couple of years. So, nobody's playing
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the violin for them. But it, let's just
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officiate this properly, please. Can we?
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It would make the experience of enduring
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the tush push, play after play after
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play, just a little bit better. The
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biggest takeaway from Chiefs Eagles is
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that the Chiefs are in trouble. It's a
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math problem. 0 and2 is way worse than 2
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and 0 or 1 and one. But 0 and2
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historically means odds are against you
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making the Super Bowl. And the effort
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you have to give to climb out of an 0
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and2 hole now gets compounded by the
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fact you've played deep into the
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playoffs basically every year of Patrick
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Mahomes's career and three consecutive
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Super Bowls, the last game of the year
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coming into this season. So it just
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means there's a lot of effort to get
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back. The Chiefs offense does not have
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big-time playmakers right now with
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injuries, suspensions, and older Travis
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Kelce and two guys in the backfield that
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don't scare anybody at running back.
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It's a team built right now on defense
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keeping it close, but there's just not
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enough offense. For the Eagles, that's a
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BB Bminus effort. They still get a a win
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on the road at Arrowhead. What we've
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seen so far this year is that they don't
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need big plays from the wide receivers
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to win games. Their defense is doing
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enough. Seaquan still efficient. Jaylen
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Herz can make plays when needed even if
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he was hemmed in by the Chiefs. The
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Eagles will be better and it's a nice
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problem to have to be 2 and 0 and know
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you can improve. Thanks for watching
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everybody. I'm Da Damon Amendar. You can
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