Eagles sign Mat McBriar, release Chas Henry
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Eagles sign Mat McBriar, release Chas Henry
Zach Berman, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Eagles made a change at punter on Tuesday, signing Mat McBriar to a two-year deal and releasing Chas Henry.
McBriar, a two-time Pro Bowler, spent the preseason with the Eagles but did not beat Henry for the job while recovering from a football injury.
Henry has struggled this season, and special teams coach Bobby April spoke last week about a technical problem in Henry's punts.
Henry has six punts this season with a net average of 38 yards.
The Eagles also signed long snapper Kyle Nelson to practice squad. He's insurance in case Jon Dorenbos cannot play with a high ankle sprain. If that's the case, the Eagles will need to cut a player from active roster. They released Jeremy Ebert from the practice squad.
I hate all ex-Cowboys— Justicek- Wow, after he was almost the only player to actually do his job on Sunday? Fascinating. This fixes all our problems.— voodoochile75
- These moves will turn the team around for sure. Now, we have to worry about field goal accuracy with a new holder who by his own admission is not good at that task.
hankhammer2— hankhammer2 - The punter doesnt have to hold. — wampwamp
- Do we really need a punter? Can't we just pass on 4th down?— 1980
- Field goal accuracy? You do realize that Henery was the most accurate rookie field goal kicker in the history of the game, right?— Captain Awesome
- I thought Henry won the job because McBriar did a bad job holding the ball for field goals? Arggggggg.— ej610
- What? Henry has 16 punts this season with a 48.3 average. I actually thought he was punting really well. The net isn't his fault. The other guys need to tackle.— Penfold18
- The Cleveland game really skews his stats. He had 6 punts for 330 yards in the Browns game for an average of 55 yards. The next 2 games combined 10 punts for 442 yards.
Also hang time is a huge determining factor in the net.— wampwamp - Captain -- I believe he hank was saying that with a new holder there's a chance that Henery's FG accuracy might drop.— Controlled Chaos
- I can hear a fiddle off in the distance.— jfdatl
- He has 16 total punts this season, 14 of them have been returned for an 11.7 average per return. Meaning, he's not getting consistent hang time.
I guess they feel McBriar can do a better job, or at least be a little more consistent. But it's not like Andy Reid has ever coached field position, so I'm perplexed by the move.— beegal99 - Pure and simple a scapegoat move. Andy's giving the allusion of "fixing" the problems! — Tim Rossovich
- I thought that they should have kept McBriar out of training camp, but I suppose they thought that he wasn't all the way back from his injury yet. I guess now the think that McBriar at 90% is still better than Henry at 100%. — SteveS11
- Best comment was - cant we just pass on 4th down. That says it all.
Dorenbos is the second best magician on the team. Vick is making the football disappear really well.— willbert31
