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Sielski: McKelvin guts his way to big game

The game was over and the Eagles had won and, miracle of miracles, Leodis McKelvin was on the move. He had intercepted Matt Ryan's final pass Sunday in a 24-15 victory over the Atlanta Falcons, the perfect punctuation for a terrific performance by the Eagles' defense, and he had dropped the football to the ground and lifted his arms into the air into a V, and he was running. On a hamstring so sore that, even though coach Doug Pederson had selected him to be a team captain Sunday, McKelvin didn't bother to walk to midfield for the coin toss, he was running.