IT WAS AN interesting day to be a kicker at Lincoln Financial Field.
There was very little wind most of the game, it was sunny and dry, but the Eagles' reliable Caleb Sturgis missed 44- and 55-yard field-goal attempts, and Falcons kicker Matt Bryant missed an extra point and a 53-yard field-goal try.
Bryant, now 41, is the guy who beat the Eagles with a 62-yard final-play field goal 10 years ago at Tampa Bay. Sunday he ended up having to punt twice when Falcons punter Matt Bosher, who handles kickoffs, suffered a hamstring pull trying to tackle Kenjon Barner on a 52-yard fourth-quarter kickoff return.