(AP) —The Super Bowl rematch turned into bully ball, highlighted by the NFL’s ugliest play.
Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles pushed — literally — their way past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs , 20-17, on Sunday.
Hurts scored a touchdown on a tush push and the Eagles used the play seven times to help hand the Chiefs their first three-game losing streak with Mahomes and send them to their first 0-2 start since 2014.
The NFL tried to ban to the tush push following a proposal from the Green Bay Packers in the offseason but fell two votes short of eliminating it.
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Those who oppose the play must’ve cringed watching the Eagles use it repeatedly in front of a nat