PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fired up and with a point to prove, the Eagles are pushing back on the tush push hate.

There’s plenty of criticism around the NFL these days about the play — loathed just about everywhere but Philadelphia — and the Super Bowl champion Eagles have had enough.

“This is my official plea to all the teams out there,” offensive lineman Jordan Mailata said. “You can run the tush push just like we can.”

Fact check: He’s right.

More teams complain about the tush push than actually try and run the rugby-style scrum deemed so unstoppable that the Green Bay Packers proposed banning it. Their effort fell two votes short at the NFL’s spring owners meeting.

With a reprieve, the Eagles are running up the tush push play total with little regard for what anybody says. Jalen Hurts

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