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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday that hes received word from the league office that the hit by Atlanta Falcons safety Keanu Neal on receiver Jordan Matthews?on Sunday should have been a penalty.Facing a third-and-12 at the Atlanta 36, rookie quarterback Carson Wentz fired a pass over the middle to Matthews. Neal appeared to launch helmet-first and hit Matthews in the face mask as the ball tumbled to the turf, but the referees did not throw a flag. Matthews, sporting a bloody lip, told reporters after the game that the hit bent his face mask and visor, and he had to have both replaced.The on-field officials deemed that the majority of the contact was to the chest area with the side of the helmet, and therefore the contact between the defenders helmet and Matthews to be incidental in the course of a conventional tackle. Unnecessary roughness rules do not prohibit incidental contact by the mask or helmet in the course of a conventional tackle or block on an opponent.The play was reviewed this week by senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino and his staff, which concluded that a penalty should have been called.Neal could very well face a fine as a result.Sometimes they stick so much to the, OK, but we called it on the field; we have to just stick with it, Matthews said. But if you go look at this, they have a big TV out there, and you can see a dude just hit me in my chin. Theres nothing wrong with going ahead and giving us the call, and youre right.Just get the right call. And thats just something that can bother somebody, because everybody sees that we messed up on this. Go ahead and get the right call out there. But its just one of [those] things, I think its the tradition of football and just going with the first call and trusting the refs ... but on a call like that, you would like to see them get it right because those are the dangerous things in football and you would just like to see them make that call the first time. TOPEKA, Kan. -- Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Kansas Nationals to regain the Funny Car points lead. Grey beat Robert Hight in the final round at Heartland Park Topeka for his sixth career victory, finishing in 4.067 seconds at 314.90 mph in a Dodge Avenger. Hight lost traction in his Ford Mustang. "Rob (Wendland, crew chief) gave me a great race car that ran real hard all day," said Gray, who also beat Alexis DeJoria, Del Worsham and defending event winner Jack Beckman. "Sometimes you can win races on an intimidation factor and Rob had her tuned up to where she was a little intimidating today. "Robert had a great race car, too, but they just missed it a little bit. They have aa great team over there.dddddddddddd Our car went right on down through there. My guys are giving me a car I cant screw up in right now." Shawn Langdon won the Top Fuel division, and Jeg Coughlin topped the Pro Stock field. Langdon used the quickest time of the weekend to beat rival Tony Schumacher in the final for his second victory of the season. Langdon had a run of 3.750 at 324.20, and Schumacher followed at 3.781 at 327.27. All three of Langdons career victories have come in finals against seven-time world champ Schumacher. Coughlin broke a winless drought of more than two years, beating teammate Allen Johnson. In a battle of Dodge Avengers, Coughlin won in 6.680 at 206.20. Johnson finished in 6.698 at 206.57. ' ' '