While the rest of the sports world is praising the Arizona Cardinals for overcoming a century of futility and finally making the Super Bowl on Sunday, I’m still a little hot about the final play for the Eagles offense in that NFC championship game. The Cardinals cornerback slipped and fell on the 4th down play, but managed to grab the leg of the wide receiver and prevent him from getting to Donovan McNabb’s quick pass. It was the clearest example of pass interference I’ve seen in an Eagles game this season, but the refs apparently didn’t want to call it — perhaps because they were afraid they would end up changing the outcome of the game.

These penalties are in the books for a reason, folks. If there’s pass interference on a play, it should be called no matter what the situation. You know what else could have changed the outcome of the game? If the receiver had been able to catch the ball without the defender on his legs.

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