Unexpected player helps Philadelphia Eagles match recent records

Cameron Dicker is unbelievable. The rookie fill-in kicker earned the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, announced Wednesday morning. Now making it five-straight weeks an Eagles player has been named to a Player of the Week award. The Eagles are just the second team to win at least one Player of the Week award in […]

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Cameron Dicker is unbelievable.

The rookie fill-in kicker earned the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, announced Wednesday morning. Now making it five-straight weeks an Eagles player has been named to a Player of the Week award.

The Eagles are just the second team to win at least one Player of the Week award in each of the first 5 weeks of a season, joining the 1991 Bills.

It's inconceivable.

Philadelphia is also the first team since the 2005 Bears — Weeks 8-12 — to win Player of the Week honors in five consecutive weeks.

In Week 5, Dicker made both his field goal attempts, including one in the final two minutes that served as the difference in a 20-17 victory. He also made both his PATs while sending kickoffs into the endzone.

“He went through that whole tryout process on Tuesday we had right there, then obviously getting him comfortable with the whole operation and everything,” said Eagles special teams coordinator Michael Clay.

“So, it was just a weekly process. He was out there Thursday with the field goal unit. He was calm, cool, collected. Regardless of the situation, I thought Cam did an excellent job throughout the week of practice getting prepared for it.

“Then come Saturday and Sunday, you talk to him, and he's just very cool, like he doesn't go high or low. So, it was actually really cool to see him go out there and perform like he did.”

Who would have thought, a replacement player would help the Eagles tie a few records? But when a team is undefeated, anything feels possible.

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