The Eagles Just Got GREAT News & The NFL Is FURIOUS...

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After months of campaigning, it is finally official: The NFL failed to get enough support from owners to ban the Tush Push. The Eagles will continue to be able to run their successful play this upcoming season. In other news, we got to hear from the likes of Jalen Hurts, Nick Sirianni, AJ Brown, and more via press conferences. Today, RB discusses all of this and more!

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00:00Well, it is official. The Eagles just got some fantastic news. The rest of the NFL is whining

00:07about it. And the funniest part, there's nothing they can do about it. That is right. The birds

00:12were saved by a special guest in Minneapolis today. We'll talk about it all. Also, we got

00:17some really good pressers yesterday from Jalen Hurts, Nick Sirianni, and more. A couple profound

00:23quotes that you do not want to miss. So we'll get into all of it right here. But welcome into A to

00:27Z Philly. I'm RB. And we started off with the bombshell breaking news of the day. The proposed

00:34ban on the Tush Push did not receive enough votes from NFL owners per multiple reports.

00:39The play is staying in the game. Let's take a step back for one second. What was it? February?

00:45March? Keep in mind, for the last two to two and a half months, the NFL has been trying to gather

00:52support and propaganda for the Eagles to get the Tush Push ban. This is a play that historically

01:00has zero injuries. And the main concern was players' safety. And they continued to try to

01:07build this up. For two and a half months, they pushed the vote to May. And ladies and gentlemen,

01:12they still didn't get it passed. Roger Goodell, the Players Committee, everybody wanted this thing

01:17gone. Because instead of trying to figure out how to actually beat it, they said, you know what,

01:22we're just going to weasel out. And the final tally comes in at 22 to 10. I am glad to know

01:28that there are still 10 owners in the league who have balls, who are not scared, who are not little

01:35wimps, and are just going to get down on their knees and say, you know what, we've had enough.

01:39We give up. We're done. We want to ban it. Instead of getting a bigger offensive line or a

01:45quarterback who can deadlift more or just maybe practicing the damn play, they said, you know

01:51what, nope, nope, we're going to try to ban it. Well, I'm glad 10 owners still have some balls and

01:58the integrity within the game. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a historical day. Because not only did the

02:05Eagles beat the Packers in the first round 22 to 10 last year in the wildcard game, 22 to 10 was also

02:11the final tally on today's vote. I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy how these things just line up,

02:18man. It is crazy how things come full circle. The Green Bay Packers owner or whoever he was

02:23literally cried about this for months. He said he didn't have a valid reason. He just didn't like

02:28the play. He wanted it to be gone. And over time, their campaign convinced more owners and more

02:35coaches and people to get along for the ride. Even Sean McDermott, who if you look back at the last

02:40couple years, the Bills and the Eagles run the play more than anybody. They have been the most

02:46successful. They have a combined success rate of like 86%. Eagles went from, I think, 91 to 88 to 81%

02:54conversion rate this year. And the Bills run it a lot. And even they wanted to ban it because they

03:00didn't even know why. They didn't know why. Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you something,

03:04all right? The Philadelphia Eagles are such a powerful franchise. They just won the Super Bowl.

03:09They got even better. And the one play that is a success that tried to get banned, that had months

03:16of support backing it, could not get banned. At the end of the day, nobody can stop the birds.

03:23And let me tell you something, for those 22 owners, we're going to expose one by one. We are going to

03:27find out who voted for it. And fourth and one comes up this season. It is going to be your worst

03:33nightmare. Ladies and gentlemen, the Tush Push lives on. As the Eagles page puts out here, push

03:39on. And they put a Packers-Eagles playoff game. That is amazing. That is amazing. What you don't

03:47know is that the vote was saved by Jason Kelsey. That is right. Jason Kelsey is officially the Tush

03:53Push hero. Apparently, there was a rumor that Jason Kelsey wanted to retire because of the Tush

04:01Push and because of injuries he suffered, which is completely false. And other owners were trying

04:07to stir this up in the pot in order to push the vote to ban it, which is insane. So Jeff Flory comes

04:14in, gives a half hour speech, and Jason Kelsey gives a speech. And I guess it was enough to convince

04:20the owners. Last thing I'll say on it is, again, as Field Yates echoes here, there's no data that says

04:28there were any injuries on this play. And their main concern is player safety. That's why they

04:33want to ban it. But there's no injuries. See how that doesn't add up? That doesn't correlate. So at

04:38the end of the day, the Eagles are going to keep doing this. They are going to keep being successful

04:43because they have the right personnel. And if you want to be successful at it, get the right personnel,

04:49study the Eagles tape, and learn how to do it. Simple as that. The Tush Push is here to stay,

04:54and I am so happy about it because it just shows how powerful the Eagles franchise is.

05:01Speaking of how powerful the Eagles franchise is, let's talk about the powerful quarterback,

05:07Jalen Hurts, who during his presser yesterday repeated a phrase, decode, detect, correct,

05:14a few times during his presser. Maybe it's the new catchphrase for the year. Jalen Hurts has said

05:20so many things that you could put in a book. You could write an entire script about Jalen Hurts,

05:26and you could literally have him play a role in a movie with all of these phrases he throws out

05:31there. Decode, detect, and correct. That is his mentality going into this offseason.

05:38Reporter asked Jalen Hurts about his big offseason, getting married, the Met Gala, Time Magazine,

05:44all these things. How do you keep that from preventing you from keeping the main thing the main thing?

05:49The main thing is always the main thing. One of his staple catchphrases. You only know what you

05:55see. The routine is always the routine. If I really needed some motivation, I would ask Jalen Hurts to

06:01have a private meeting with me and just throw out these phrases. These things just get you fired up

06:07and juiced up for the day. He always knows what to say, man, in terms of this inspiration. Jalen Hurts

06:13was also asked why he did not go to the White House this year. Quote, I wasn't available. I don't think that

06:18is pertinent. Everyone who went and was available, they seemed to enjoy themselves. So obviously,

06:23we know some players did not want to go to the White House for certain reasons. Jalen was one of

06:27them, and he said the same thing that everybody else said. You know, we were busy. We had a family

06:31matter. That's what A.J. Brown said. So it is what it is, and it's in the past now. But Jalen Hurts,

06:37on what he's learned, spending time with Michael Jordan. They had a private dinner that somebody took a

06:42picture of, somehow captured it, and being a Jordan rep, quote, as competitive as he is,

06:48it would be unwise to not seek knowledge from him and lean on him, being able to decode, detect,

06:53and correct. There's that phrase, and refine myself to be the best I can be when needed.

06:59Man, you could say whatever you want about Jalen Hurts. He definitely has this dog mentality,

07:04though. Like, you put his back up against the wall, he's going to fight, man. And in a couple ways,

07:11I'm not going to say he's Michael Jordan, okay? So relax. He's got that Jordan mentality, man.

07:17Like, game on the line. You know, you need a play. You need something to happen. You need

07:22leadership. Like, this guy is going to work his butt off, and I just love it. I think that's why

07:28he keeps improving, keeps getting better. He'll never stop because he wants to be the Jordan.

07:33You know, he wants to be relentless, and that's just who he is, man. Jalen Hurts was asked about

07:39Nick Sirianni's extension. Quote, first and foremost, congratulations to him. Everything

07:44he's achieved and accomplished he's earned. To see his evolution and growth playing quarterback

07:48for him, it's been a great experience, a great ride. Hopefully, we are just getting started.

07:54Keep in mind, these two had friction at one time. You know, it was never really that public, but

07:58as great leaders, you know, and important integral parts of this team, they had to grow. They had to

08:04nurture, and they did, and credit to them for being able to work it out, but he's genuinely

08:09happy for Nick Sirianni, and I'm very happy for Nick Sirianni. Speaking of, Nick Sirianni was on

08:16the podium yesterday talking about his extension, and apparently Nick Sirianni says that he's been

08:21talking to a lot of coaches this offseason trying to get better at my craft. Somebody put it this way,

08:27you don't want to pick a basketball game and say, all right, I'm satisfied. I'm going home.

08:30You say, hey, how can we run it back? It's really about the daily grind that you go through day in

08:37and day out. There's a mental toughness to being able to do that and go through that every single

08:41day. I love this guy, man. I mean, he's fought through everything. What a warrior. Nick Sirianni

08:46says, quote, I'm thankful. My family's thankful. I love being the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles,

08:51and I genuinely believe he gets up each day and loves coming to work. Even through the hard times,

08:56the criticisms, he's worked through it, man. Shout out to Nick Sirianni. Congrats on his contract

09:01extension. The guys are definitely happy for him. Here is what Jordan Mailata said about the

09:07right guard competition this year. Quote, we know Becton was a big loss. I'm not going to give you

09:11guys any info on who is running with the ones and twos. That's a Howie Roseman question. Those guys

09:16are going to come in every day and compete, and it's going to be a real tough competition. And the way I

09:21think about it, if right guard is your biggest concern, you're in a good spot. So shout out to

09:26Jordan Mailata. He also said in terms of Nick Sirianni, you know, he talked about the flowers

09:30a couple of years ago. I want to give him his flowers. So I thought that was a really cool tie

09:34in. And lastly, AJ Brown being AJ Brown, he was asked about potentially joining the team USA Olympic

09:41flag football team. He says, quote, I heard the Olympics is during camp. So no, hopefully it goes

09:46through me personally. No, you guys and the fans would be complaining about me not being in camp.

09:52So I'll keep the main thing, the main thing. You got to love AJ, man, his ability to bring

09:56some light to a situation and just have fun. I've always liked AJ Brown, man, obviously as

10:01a player, but you know, his personality, I don't know why people wanted to get him out

10:05of this city. He's just, he's such a gem. He's such a gem and he's coming back for another

10:10good season. So I can't wait. This Eagles team's in a good spot. And I'll tell you what, they're

10:15going to be in a good spot on third and short and fourth and short because the tush push is

10:20here to stay. Everybody tried to campaign against the birds to take them down with their amazing

10:25play and they couldn't do it. That's twice now, by the way, two times they tried to ban

10:30the tush push and they did not do it successfully. So the Eagles keep winning. They win on a random

10:36Wednesday in May and they keep stacking up the W's. Ladies and gentlemen, give me your thoughts

10:41down below. Appreciate everybody for tapping in. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe. And

10:45as always, I'll catch you on the next one.

10:50Bye.

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