A massive fight erupted during the Philadelphia Eagles-Washington Commanders game after Philadelphia went for a 2-point conversion.
A huge fight between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders took place in the fourth quarter after the Eagles went for a 2-point conversion with four minutes left in regulation.
The 2-point conversion gave the Eagles a 19-point lead, but Nick Sirianni said he wasn't trying to run up the score.
Sirianni said the decision to go for two was math-based. The Eagles believed it was safer to go up 19 rather than 18 in case the Commanders scored two touchdowns, made both 2-point tries and kicked a field goal down the stretch.
"We did that in what we thought was the best interest," Sirianni said. "To go up one more point in my mind is not running up the score."
Three players were ejected after the massive fight: Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen and Commanders defensive end Javon Kinlaw and safety Quan Martin.
Washington coach Dan Quinn was asked if going for two violated an unwritten code among coaches.
"I can only answer from my side and what I would do," Quinn said. "If that's how they want to get down, all good. We play them again in two weeks."
Washington (4-11) plays at Philadelphia (10-5) in Week 18 in the regular-season finale. Expect that game to be very, very physical.
The Eagles beat the Commanders by a final score of 29-18 to clinch the NFC East division.
"Bobby Wagner did a really good job of making it make sense to me in that moment: 'What, you get to throw two to three punches at a helmet, hopefully you don't break a hand, just to say you're a tough guy?' It's not really worth it, and you lose a lot of money too," Eagles star RB Saquon Barkley said. "It's chippy out there, and we have a lot of history with this team since I've been here and in the past. But this team don't like us. That's just the truth. We don't like them either. But we've got to keep it to football."