Eagles v. Redskins, Sunday, January 1, 2012
Celebrate that TD, Chad!
The game may have been “meaningless,” but it sure was nice to end the season with a win. Actually, 4 wins.
Stud of the week: other guys posted bigger numbers, but I have to give it to pint-sized Chad Hall, who scored his first NFL TD on Sunday, and did it by plowing over Perry Riley and DeAngelo Hall, who had him dead to rights stopped at the 1. Chad Hall is never going to be a starter – in Philly or anywhere else – because he’s really not that good. But he plays every snap he gets with his whole heart, and you have to love him for that.
I also have to give a shout out to Jason Avant, Mr. Third Down, nearly all of whose receptions this season went for third downs. And to Alex Henery, who, thanks to Dan Bailey’s miss last night, set the record for rookie kicking accuracy and single-season kicking accuracy, passing even the great David Akers (who can apparently also throw...
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PLAYERS:
Chad Hall,
Perry Riley,
DeAngelo Hall,
Jason Avant,
David Akers,
Michael Vick,
Vince Young,
Alex Henery,
LeSean McCoy,
Jason Babin,
Trent Cole
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers
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