NFL: Eagles should've been penalized for a false start on a tush-push conversion vs. the Chiefs

The NFL said in a training video to officials that the Philadelphia Eagles should have been penalized for at least one false start when they used the tush push against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2.

Ramon George, the NFL’s vice president of officiating training and development, highlighted a missed false start by Eagles right guard Tyler Steen on a third-and-1 with 5:34 left in the third quarter and Philadelphia leading 20-10. The Eagles won the Super Bowl rematch 20-17.

“Prior to the snap, looks like we have movement by the right guard. We also have movement coming across from the defensive side. This is a very hard play to officiate. I get it,” George said. “You have a defender who tries to punch the ball but more so we have a false start coming from the right guard. You want to make sure that we officiate these plays tight and make sure that every aspect of the offensive team is legal and any movement, any lineman that’s not correct, we want to shut it down as a false start.”

George pointed out several plays that were called correctly or incorrectly over the first two weeks of the season during a 19-minute video sent to officials and teams that was obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday night.

In a different rules video for officials, Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailaita should’ve been called for holding on a play against Dallas in Week 1.

Also, the New Orleans Saints got away with a fumble on a backward pass in their season opener against Arizona.

With the Cardinals leading 20-10 and 9:01 left in the game, Spencer Rattler threw a backward pass to Chris Olave, who dropped it when he was hit. The pass was ruled incomplete and the Cardinals didn’t request a video review. If they did, they would’ve been awarded the ball inside the 10 because a defender picked it up. The miscue didn’t affect the outcome; the Cardinals won 20-13.

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) is helped up by center Cam Jurgens, center back, after scoring a touchdown on a tush push late in the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton (32), safety Chamarri Conner (27) and defensive end Charles Omenihu (90) try to stop a tush push by the Philadelphia Eagles late in the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, coming as part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, “Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”

A social media post from U.S. Southern Command on the capture said that Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to make the capture while Noem’s post noted that, like in previous raids, a U.S. Coast Guard tactical team conducted the boarding and seizure.

Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.

The Veronica is the sixth tanker that has been seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products, and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.

Noem, in her social media post, said that the raid was carried out with “close coordination with our colleagues” in the military as well as the State and Justice departments.

“Our heroic Coast Guard men and women once again ensured a flawlessly executed operation, in accordance with international law,” Noem added.

This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)