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Doug Farrar

Brad Allen’s officiating crew was a one-sided farce in Eagles-Dolphins

With 2:39 left in the first half of Sunday night’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Miami Dolphins, Miami offensive tackle Austin Jackson and Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter got into a bit of a scuffle. Jackson got a whack to the face by Carter, and when Jackson countered, Carter put up a flop that would make Cristiano Ronaldo proud.

Carter got himself an offsetting unnecessary roughness call from Brad Allen’s hyperactive crew, so it did work in his favor. Not that we ever want to encourage this.

This was one of many curious calls Allen’s crew made, and things were absolutely in favor of the home Eagles. Which makes sense, given Allen’s history.

In the end, the Eagles beat the Dolphins, 31-17, and while that wasn’t all on the officiating, like we said… it was curious. Philly had no penalties in the game, and Miami had 10 for 70 yards.

Allen’s crew missed this obvious face mask on cornerback James Bradberry…

…and this roughing the passer call on Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins was… erm… iffy at best.

Former NFL official and current NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay had a lot of cleaning up to do.

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