Nick Siriani was furious at the officials during Philadelphia Eagles’ Sunday Night Football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Eagles head coach had to be ‘held back’ from the referees after a disputed on-field call. Tampa Bay won 31-15. 

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Following a holding call against wide receiver Quez Watkins in the third quarter of the game, a video of Siriani going furious on the referees’ call was posted on social media. NBC Philadelphia reporter John Clark said that Sirianni had been “held back” from the officials.

Tampa Bay quarter-back Tom Brady threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns to launch his side’s bid for a return to the Super Bowl with a dominating  NFC wild-card playoff victory. The defending champions set the tempo from the start, with Brady leading a pair of long TD drives in the opening quarter and building the lead to 17-0 by halftime.

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The seven-time Super Bowl winner finished off the Eagles with TD passes of 2 yards to Rob Gronkowski and 36 yards to Mike Evans, improving his dazzling playoff record to 35-11 in a record 46 postseason starts.

The Bucs defense did its part, too, intercepting Jalen Hurts twice in the Philadelphia quarterback’s playoff debut.

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“We did some good things,” Brady said. “I think we’re just going to have to keep doing what we did today. Everyone’s got to touch it, make some explosive plays. Did a good job possessing it, the defense played great, so it was a great team win. Special teams played awesome — one of the best days we had on special teams all year.”

The Eagles (9-9) scored on Boston Scott’s 34-yard run and Hurts’ 16-yard TD pass to Kenneth Gainwell in the fourth quarter. A 2-point conversion trimmed Philadelphia’s deficit to 16 with 4:45 remaining, but that was as close as it would get.

With inputs from the Associated Press