It is more than 48 hours later now and I say this with more conviction than even in the wretched immediacy of the moment: I've never been angrier about anything else in my sports watching life.

Not in 1978 when Joe Pisarcik fumbled.

Not in 1994 when BC missed the Final Four by an eyelash.

Not in 2004 when the Yankees gagged it away to the Red Sox.

Not even close. The fraud that Doug Pederson perpetrated on the NFL Sunday night — the conspicuously silent NFL on this issue, by the way — retired the trophy for disgraceful behavior.

We know the story by now. Pederson, who coaches the Philadelphia Eagles, decided to remove quarterback Jalen Hurts in a three-point game to "evaluate" the immortal Nate Sudfeld, a quarterback who had been on the roster since 2017 for more than 70 games.

The NFL's reaction thus far: crickets. And yet go figure: The Patriots lost Tom Brady to suspension, their first-round pick and got fined a million dollars for allegedly deflating footballs. That's violating the integrity of the game, apparently. Pederson, meanwhile, continues to walk between the raindrops despite sabotaging the outcome of a game with playoff implications — all to get the sixth pick in the draft instead of the ninth.

And while Roger Goodell channels his inner Sgt. Schultz — he knows nothing, sees nothing and hears nothing — the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday that two Eagles players had to be held back from confronting Pederson during the game. Other Philly players have made their contempt known in recent days.

It hasn't stopped a number of Twittiots (a term new to my vocabulary that refers to idiots on Twitter) from dumbing down the argument as a sob story for miffed Giants fans. Typical. Let's find the easiest and most convenient narrative out there, mix in a little moral outrage and obviate the bigger issue.

Giants coach Joe Judge via Zoom on the matter: "Let me just be very clear on this, we had 16 opportunities this year, that's it. It's our responsibility to take care of our opportunities and perform better."

Correct. The Giants have nobody to blame but themselves for failing to make the playoffs. Period.

Now I'd like you to read the rest of what Judge said. This — yes, this — is the crux of Doug Pederson's shameful shenanigans.

"One thing to keep in mind with this season is we had a lot of people opt-IN to this season," Judge said. "Coaches, players and family members as well. So to look at a group of grown men who I ask to give me effort on a day-in, day-out basis — and then I can look them in the eye and ensure them that I'm always gonna do everything I can to put them in a competitive advantage and play them in a position of strength ... To me, you don't ever want to disrespect those players and their effort and disrespect the game."

More Judge: "The sacrifices that they made to come into work every day and test before coming in ... to sit in meetings spaced out, to wear masks, and have shields over those masks ... to go through extensive protocols ... to travel in unconventional ways ... to get text messages at 6:30 in the morning telling 'em practice is gonna be canceled, we have to go a virtual day. ... To tell them, 'Please don't have your family over for Thanksgiving, please avoid Christmas gatherings. ... We know it's your wife's birthday, let's make sure we put that one off 'til the offseason.'

"There's a number of sacrifices that have been made by all the players and coaches in this league. There's a number of sacrifices that come along as well with the family members, the people connected with them.

To disrespect the effort that everyone put forward to make this season a success for the National Football League, to disrespect the game by going out there and not competing for 60 minutes and doing everything you can to help those players win.

"We will never do that as long as I'm the head coach of the New York Giants."

How can Mr. Goodell read that and not act accordingly?

Then there's this: Think about how sports history would have changed with more Doug Pedersons. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe wrote Tuesday that "The Impossible Dream" once hinged on the success of a team other than the Red Sox.

Shaughnessy: "Hop into the Wayback Machine to October of 1967, the final day of the Red Sox Impossible Dream season. The Sox beat the Twins in their season finale, then gathered in the Fenway clubhouse and turned on a radio to listen to the Tigers' finale in Detroit.

"Boston had clinched at least a tie for the American League pennant and needed an Angels win over the Tigers to win the flag outright and advance to the World Series. The sixth-place Angels had zero to play for. Angels manager Bill Rigney used his best relievers in the late innings and had three pitchers warming in the bullpen to protect a two-run lead.

"The Red Sox clubhouse erupted when the Angels prevailed. In Detroit, Tigers owner John Fetzer went out for drinks with Rigney and toasted him for upholding the integrity of the game."

The NFL needs to make an example of Doug Pederson and the entire Philadelphia organization. We've reached a point where the Jets were recently criticized for winning — criticized for winning! — and not tanking for the No. 1 pick. Now there's a coach who tanked on purpose and undermined a playoff race that went down to the last quarter of the last game.

I can't imagine why a free agent — or existing Eagles veterans — would ever want to play a down for a saboteur. But this is when it helps to believe in karma. And this kind of karmic retribution will be epic.

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro