The Detroit Lions’ fistful of fourth-down failures may have doomed them to a crucial loss at Philadelphia, but it was field judge Lo Van Pham’s dubious pass interference call in the waning minutes that sealed the Eagles’ triumph and jumbled the NFC playoff picture.

What appeared like a textbook stop on third down by the Lions to force a punt instead turned into a new set of downs for the Eagles and sparked online and on-air backlash.

Referee Alex Kemp explained to a pool reporter after the Eagles’ 16-9 win that Pham saw Lions cornerback Rock Ya-Sin grab Eagles receiver A.J. Brown by the arm, preventing him from going up to make the catch on a high pass from Jalen Hurts on third-and-8 from the Philadelphia 37 with just under 2 minutes remaining.

Pham might be the only one who saw it that

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