Then, in jubilation, he threw the game ball over the Eagles sideline and high into the stands. Yes, he threw away the NFC championship game ball. Mychal, a Philadelphia linebacker, is going to the Super Bowl after making a team-high eight tackles. “I mean, I would have loved to play the Super Bowl if it was in China,” Zimmer said. Listen, those plays … you don’t just pull them out and think, ‘I’m going to run it this week.’“There’s got to be a reason for running a gadget play.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 22, 2018 05:58 UTC