“Jake is nails,” said punter Braden Mann, Elliott's new holder on field goals. “I think I could put that ball sideways and he’d still make it.”
made game-winning overtime field goals through NFL uprights, he learned how to thrive in pressure-packed situations while playing baseball and tennis in his adolescence.
The Eagles defense forced the Commanders to go three-and-out to start overtime. Then the Eagles offense drove from its own 41-yard line to the Washington 36 to bring the field-goal unit out for Elliott’s attempt on fourth down.. The operation — featuring new punter and holder Braden Mann, who was signed to the Eagles practice squad nearly two weeks ago — went off without a hitch.
“I was thinking that was going come down to me there in the fourth quarter and then obviously had the long touchdown pass and prolonged it a little bit,” Elliott said. “But try to get into that mindset on the sideline. Knowing it’s coming down to me, really zoning in. But it’s the same every kick. I have a process. I’m hitting balls into the net on every down and just kind of visualizing every kick.
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