This isn’t terribly surprising. The Philadelphia Eagles are officially ending the David Akers era. The Eagles had placed the transition tag on him in February, but after taking Alex Henery in the fourth round of this past draft, they have no use for Akers anymore and they removed the tag. He’s now [...]
Eagles Pro Bowl kicker David Akers says he wants to remain a Philadelphia Eagles but his refusal to sign the transition tender that the Birds have offered him might affect the way the team’s front office feels about him. Akers knows the Eagles history. Usually when players turn down the final offer, [...]
Eagles kicker David Akers isn’t happy about the transition tag which was slapped on him by the Eagles. That will give them the right to match any contract offer he gets from other NFL teams. The Pro Bowl kicker who had been making $1.65 million a year will now see that go up [...]
I was on 610-WIP this morning and Angelo Cataldi confronted me with the story that I haven’t written an article about on GCobb.com. Of course that story concerns David Akers and his young daughter, Halley, who had a cancerous cyst found in her left ovary just before the Eagles played the Green Bay Packers in [...]
Eagles Pro Bowl kicker David Akers is almost certain that his years as an Eagles kicker is over. It’s not just the two easy field goals he missed yesterday that helped to cost the team an advancement into the next round of the playoffs, but it’s also something Akers did in December.
I learned from an [...]
I just heard DeSean Jackson on ESPN’s Sportscenter and he said he was thinking of something to do before scoring the winning touchdown on the punt return. He said he did look up at the scoreboard as the seconds ticked off, but he couldn’t think of anything else to [...]
Eagles defensive tackle Trevor Laws had sacked Giants quarterback Eli Manning to force New York to punt. The Giants had let the play clock run down to one second before calling a time out.
They had already sent their punt team out onto the field, so they just stood and waited for the time out. The [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles are one win away from clinching the NFC East- and a large part of it is because of their special teams play today.
All season the fans and many local media people (me being one of them) have ripped the special teams for their poor play, and early in the season, rightfully so.
But [...]
In Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys, Jorrick Calvin caught a kickoff in the end zone with 4:22 left in the game. We all saw him run around in the back, trying to kill time off the clock.
It seemed like a smart play except that the clock doesn’t start on a [...]
Congratulations to David Akers, who won his fourth NFC Special Teams Player of the Month award for November. He really should buy gold watches for everyone on the offense who couldn’t find a way to get in the end zone more.
Akers kicked 13 field goals in November (out of 14 attempts). [...]
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