Examining Ryan Mathews' Fumble

NFL officiating czar Dean Blandino explains the decision to not overturn Ryan Mathews’ fumble, saying there’s no angle that clearly shows Jason Kelce touching the ball while out of bounds, thus giving the Eagles possession:

There’s a bit of a Twitter thing over this, with Jimmy Kempski saying there’s a better angle showing the ball hitting Kelce’s ankle:

The best angle I could find from the broadcast was this one. The ball initially hit Kelce’s crotch, but was between his legs once it was clear that he was out of bounds. It could’ve hit his ankle:

Kempski says it’s this one:

Back, and to the left.

It may be probable that it hit is foot, but it’s hardly conclusive and not nearly enough evidence to overturn the call on the field, in front of a home crowd, on what would’ve been a ticky-tack redo of an obvious fumble and (deserved) change of possession.

Agreed. Mathews also should’ve had the ball on the outside arm, but I have less of a problem with that because it looked like he planned to turn the ball up field and was expecting blocking on his right side.

But this I 100% agree with:

I thought it was pass interference.