Akers named to All-Decade team
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Akers named to All-Decade team
Bob Brookover
Eagles kicker David Akers has been named to the NFL's All-Decade team after leading the league in scoring over the past 10 seasons with 1,169 points. Akers is here in Fort Lauderdale for his fourth Pro Bowl of the decade.
"It is obviously a huge honor just to play that length of time in the NFL," Akers said. "To be able to be looked at in that high regard is surreal to me. I couldn't have done it without the Mike Bartrums, the Koy Detmers, the Jon Dorenboses, the Sav Roccas and great offensive lines and coaches helping me along the way. The Eagles have always beleived in me and I am truly grateful for that."
Brian Dawkins, who spent nine out of the 10 years this decade playing for the Eagles, was also selected to the All-Decade team.
Rubin named strength coach
Barry Rubin has replaced Mike Wolf as the Eagles' head strength and conditioning coach and Ken Croner has been named his assistant.
Rubin, 52, had spent the last two seasons working as an assistant under Wolf. Before joining the Eagles, Rubin was the Green Bay Packers' head strength and conditioning coach from 1999 through 2005. He also spent four years as an assistant strength coach with the Packers' staff when Eagles coach Andy Reid was an assistant in Green Bay.
Croner, 46, had most recently worked at Athletics Performance in Phoenix, where he trained NFL players in offseason workouts.
Congrats to 'Green' Akers!— Ohmy
That was extremely humble of Akers to thank all of the Eagles' role players who've played a key role in his success. Especially Detmer since Andy kept him on the roster longer than expected due to his limitations at his other role as a quarterback. Citing Andy's re-signing of him late in the 2006 season to be Akers' holder during their playoff run.— Steve74- People will miss Akers when he's gone. The guy just kills the ball, and his accuracy has been "surreal." good for him.— Bake McBride
- LOL. What a joke. How about the guy that won 3 super bowls and kicked 50 yarders in the clutch, and in the snow, like it was nothing. Vinatieri deserves this in a landslide. Akers had a good season this year, but he was just mediocre from 2005-2008, and he never hit any truly huge kicks.
- No truly huge kicks? What about the last second game winner in the rain against the Giants in the '06 playoffs or the last minute game tying and OT playoff winner against the Packers in the windy 4th and 26 game? Vinatieri was clutch but don't slight Akers.— Hammer Time
- Vinatieri kicked inside a dome off carpet for the past four years. That's really hard.— Bazalite
- Congratulations to David, always the most fan friendly guy at Lehigh.— mick314
