When the season began, Eagles K Alex Henery was the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history at 87.9 percent.
Three games later, we’re wondering about his job security.
Such is life for placekickers.
Henery, the Eagles’ third-year kicker from Nebraska, has missed field goal attempts in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
As the story points out, they haven’t been easy kicks -- 46 yards against the Chargers, 48 yards against the Chiefs -- but they have raised the issue of whether the Eagles can rely on Henery to make big kicks at big moments moving forward. In theory, Henery should be a solid play every week given the Eagles offense and the ability to move the ball and get in position to score. But if he keeps missing, Chip Kelly is the type of head coach to just go for it on fourth down...
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