The Philadelphia Eagles broke Jared Goff for 60 minutes and turned one of the more reliably explosive offensive attacks in the NFL into a complete disaster on Sunday Night Football. They should have been comfortably ahead of the Detroit Lions and able to fall on the ball to melt clock once the two-minute warning came around but were somehow only up 16-9 on the scoreboard—thanks to a perhaps equally impressive performance by Dan Campbell's defense.
A third-and-3 to seal the game became a third-and-8 after an Eagles false start, and Nick Siranni dialed up a play for A.J. Brown. Jalen Hurts's pass attempt to his ball-hungry wide receiver sailed high while fill-in cornerback Rock Ya-Sin played excellent coverage.
Lions fans thought, somehow, they'd be getting the ball back with a chance to tie or win the game in the final minute were stunned when a flag for pass interference came flying in. Heck, everyone was stunned.
This is an awful DPI to end the game.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 17, 2025
You can't let this happen. Ridiculous. Could argue that's OPI on AJ Brown. pic.twitter.com/4u6ZlQrE22
Even Cris Collinsworth, who is not one to give it to officials on the broadcast.
"Oh, come on. Come on! That is terrible," Collinsworth said as NBC went to a replay. "That is an absolutely terrible call, and it's going to decide this football game.
"If anything, it's an offensive push. ... You want to call a foul, it's an offensive foul. Wow."
The controversial call allowed the Eagles to melt what was left of the game clock and move to 8-2 on the year, tying the Los Angeles Rams for best mark in the NFC. The call also sealed Detroit's fate in moving to 6-4, which is now behind both the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers in the NFC North.
There's not much to say about a call like this. Detroit has a right to be frustrated but under no circumstances did they deserve to still be in the game, let alone win it, considering what terrors befell Goff all night. It is a bummer for neutral observers that any chance of drama in the final seconds was stolen away. Although odds are the Lions would have gone four-and-out for yet another time.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Cris Collinsworth Rips 'Terrible' Late Pass Interference Call That Ended 'SNF'.
