MAT MCBRIAR RUMORS & GOSSIP
Eagles Sign P Donnie Jones, Release Mat McBriar
The Philadelphia Eagles announced they have agreed to terms with veteran punter Donnie Jones on a one-year contract and have released punter Mat McBriar.
Source: The Redzone
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Eagles punter has punt blocked by teammate
The Philadelphia Eagles are taking on the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday Night Football where Mat McBriar, the Philly punter, had one of his own players knocked into him. He punt was blocked by the side of his own player for what was an extremely humorous play. If you could pick one play to represent the Philadelphia season, this would be a prime candidate. Not only does McBriar...
Chas Henry out, Mat McBriar in as punter for the Philadelphia Eagles
New Eagles punter Mat McBriar
The Philadelphia Eagles announced on Tuesday that punter Mat McBriar was signed to a two-year deal, meaning that Chas Henry, in his second year with the team, was out.
You may recall that former Cowboy and two-time Pro Bowler McBriar (6’0, 227) was signed by the Birds just before training camp to give Henry some competition. McBriar was just coming...
Breaking News: Philadelphia Eagles Release Mat McBriar
Congratulation to Chas Henery for winning the Eagles starting punter position!
will keep his roster spot with the Eagles after all.
Most Philadelphia Eagles beat writers had written Henery off for what seemed to be a healed and rejuvenated McBriar. However, Henery’s accurate punting within the 20, and even within the 10, has been deadly accurate throughout the preseason...
Via Philly Sports Nut
August 29, 2012
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Eagles sign punter McBriar
The Eagles have signed two-time Pro Bowl punter Mat McBriar to a one-year contract.
McBriar, a 33-year old native of Australia, played eight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 2004-11. His average of 45.3 yards per punt ranks fourth in NFL history. McBriar's career net average is 38.4 yards and he has 175 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
Chas Henry was Philadelphia...
Via AP on Fox
July 25, 2012
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Free Agent P Matt McBriar Works Out For Eagles; To Visit Cowboys Next
Free agent Mat McBriar, the Cowboys punter since 2004, will work out for the Cowboys on Tuesday, according to a source. McBriar worked out for the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday. Hes trying to come back from off-season surgery to remove a cyst below his left knee that plagued him last year. McBriar had surgery in February and has been punting the last several weeks in San Diego...
Cowboys could resign Mat McBriar
Mat McBriar was a Pro Bowler as recently as 2010, but after a down year in 2011, in which he averaged 43.8 yards per punt and 36.7 net yards per punt, and an offseason knee surgery, he remains unsigned. The Cowboys have Chris Jones, a 2nd year player who averaged 42.6 yards per punt last season in 2 starts, but would prefer to resign McBriar according to DallasCowboys.com. If he’s...
Cowboys' McBriar undergoes successful surgery
Cowboys punter Mat McBriar underwent surgery Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic to remove an intraneural cyst below his left knee.
The surgery was successful, according to a release from the Clinic, and should prevent the drop foot condition that caused McBriar to miss two games last season.
"Mat's surgery went extremely well," said Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon Robert Spinner...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
February 10, 2012
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Cowboys' McBriar optimistic about surgery
Cowboys punter Mat McBriar is finally able to get at the root cause of the foot problem that plagued him last season.
McBriar will have surgery next week to dissolve a cyst below his left knee that had been cause nerve damage in his leg and foot, he told dallascowboys.com.
"It was exciting to find out there's a real cause to it now," McBriar told the online publication...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
January 31, 2012
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Mat McBriar Quiz
The Cowboys are reportedly hopeful that Mat McBriar will not only recover from knee surgery, but also that he will remain with the team.
He has played 102 games with the Cowboys between 2004 and 2011, which ranks third among punters in team history behind Danny White (145 games as a punter) and Mike Saxon (124 games). McBriar’s career average of 45.3 yards per kick is the highest...
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