Jake Elliott has seen some pressure situations. There was the 61-yard walk-off field goal to beat the Giants last season. There was the 46-yarder that set the final score of Super Bowl LII, with a minute and four seconds left.
Ah, but Friday’s big kick dwarfed all of those.
As practice ended and players began to line up for stretching, Eagles coach Doug Pederson called the team back together. The Eagles, nine days and eight practices into training camp, had a players’ off-day scheduled for Saturday, before Sunday evening’s public practice at Lincoln Financial Field. Now, Pederson upped the off-time ante.