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Refs Ignored Eagles’ Jalen Carter Poking the Commanders’ Center in the Eye

Jalen Carter poked the Commanders’ center in the face but was only called for encroachment.

Stephen Douglas

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The officials found themselves the center of attention multiple times during the NFC championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders. Penalties—both called and uncalled—drove debate online throughout the game.

Here's another one.

Late in the second quarter as the Commanders were driving down the field, Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter jumped across the line. A penalty was called on Carter for encroachment, but he appeared to get away with poking Commanders' center Tyler Biadasz in the eyes. Even if Biadasz was exaggerating the contact, Carter clearly stuck his hand in Biadasz's helmet, which is generally not allowed.

Many people noticed.

Coming not long after the questionable late hit out of bounds call on Jalen Hurts, it seemed unfair that Carter wasn't penalized for poking someone in the eye.

The good news is that this didn't hurt the Commanders, who went down and kicked a field goal with two seconds remaining in the half.

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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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