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The Detroit Lions lost to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football by a score of 16-9, giving the defending Super Bowl champions a leg-up in the race for the #1 seed in the NF playoffs.
After the game, one of the major talking points has been a defensive pass interference call made by the refs in the decisive final moments of the game, which is never a place the NFL wants to be.
With the Detroit Lions trailing by seven points with less than two minutes left in the game, Lions CB Rock Ya-Sin was called for a DPI call on Eagles’ pass catcher AJ Brown during a 3rd-and-8 play from the Philly 37-yard line that ended with a Jalen Hurts incompletion.
Instead of facing 4th-and-8 from their own 37-yard-line, the DPI call gave the Birds an automatic first down, effectively allowing them to run out the rest of the clock and end the game.
A majority of NFL fans were incensed by the call, as it was yet another example of an NFL ref inserting themself into a crucial moment and ultimately effect the outcome of the game.
refs continue to be an absolute embarrassment
this sealed the game pic.twitter.com/kDJHncHlJ3
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 17, 2025
I can’t believe I spent 3 hrs watching a sporting event for them to just decide “nope, this game-ending defensive pass interference. Thanks for watching!” pic.twitter.com/bhdxo1vDHG
— Greg Cover 1 (@GregTompsett) November 17, 2025
This is an awful DPI to end the game.
You can’t let this happen. Ridiculous. Could argue that’s OPI on AJ Brown. pic.twitter.com/4u6ZlQrE22
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 17, 2025
With the win, the Eagles improved to 8-2 while the Lions fell to 5-4, which actually puts them third in the NFC North behind the 7-3 Chicago Bears and 6-3-1 Green Bay Packers.
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