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| 17th December, 2007 - 9:12 am |  Philadelphia Daily News - With 2 minutes, 19 seconds left and the Philadelphia Eagles leading the Dallas Cowboys by 10-6, the eventual final score, the ball was snapped at the Dallas 25-yard line, handed to Westbrook who went off right tackle and broke into the secondary.
He was free. He was clear. He was going to score the touchdown that put the Eagles up 11 points with about 2:10 remaining.
And then he stopped on the 1-yard line.
It was a selfless act with a strategic purpose. Dallas was out of timeouts. After the 2-minute warning, all the Eagles would have to do was kneel three times, and the game would be theirs.
What we found out later was that he had a little help in the decision-making from right tackle Jon Runyan.
"I just want to help this team win - and I got a stern talking-to by Jon Runyan right before that play," Westbrook said.
"He said, 'Listen, if you get down to the 1, take a knee.' I was like, 'Ahhh . . . ' He said, 'Take a knee, Westbrook, take a knee.' " [READ] |
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