On Sunday night, the lost to the , 20-12. They had a chance to tie the game toward the end of the fourth quarter, but a series of plays prevented that from happening.Let's take a look.First, on third-and-goal from New York's 1-yard line, Andre Burakovsky Jersey Washington lined up in a full house backfield with split out to the right side and to the left. Samuel motioned from left to right, Washington snapped the ball, handed it to Brian Robinson, and Robinson waltzed into the end zone. But there was an i sue, the side judge ruled that McLaurin was not lined up on the line of scrimmage, so the Commanders were in an illegal formation.Except, McLaurin appeared to Jakub Vrana Jersey check with the ref himself prior to the play, and the ref did not signal that he needed to move up so he could get aligned. (This is standard practice on nearly every snap. Receivers point to the ref and ask them if they are properly aligned, and the ref will almost always signal yes or no, or whether they need to move forward or backward. That did not happen here.) Terry McLaurin looks at the ref asking if hes good - ref points back at McLaurin as of to indicate hes good. McLaurin then gives a thumbs up to ref to acknowledge it. This penalty took a Brian Robinson TD off the board. Via Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) That moved the Commanders back from the 1-yard line to the 6-yard line. Heinicke then threw incomplete on third down, and on fourth down, he targeted Samuel in the end zone. Giants defensive back got his hand in and broke up the pa s. Rod Langway Jersey THE GIANTS DEFENSE COMES UP HUGE! on NBC and . Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) Except, it was readily apparent that Holmes made contact with Samuel well before the ball ever arrived, and pa s interference was not called. I'm going to leave this here without comment John Breech (@johnbreech) , NBC's rules analyst, former referee Terry McAulay, said both that Holmes definitely committed pa s interference on the pa s to Samuel, and that he would not have called the foul on Lucas Johansen Jersey McLaurin for lining up off the line of scrimmage. Commanders coach Ron Rivera was ... not pleased with what happened. Ron Rivera is obviously upset. In fact, dont ask me about the refereeing because I cant answer the question. Jordan Dajani (@JordanDajani) "Don't ask me about the referring because I can't answer the question," Rivera said, in response Washington Capitals Jersey to a line of questioning about both the penalty on McLaurin and the lack of pa s interference on Holmes. Obviously, there are plenty of calls throughout an game and there is no one call (or mi sed call) that causes a team to win or lose a contest. There did appear to be some especially egregious errors down the stretch of this game, though, and unfortunately, that is nothing new for the NFL.