"You just tell me how that ball stayed in bounds and I was able to punch it back on the field . . . You guys probably roll your eyes when I say it, but I'm a blessed man," Dawkins said.
There was plenty of that to go around. McNabb, 12-for-21 for 175 yards, two TDs and a 116.2 passer rating, was among the redeemed on the most unlikely day of reckoning.
"I've been kind of revived, I guess," McNabb said, after breaking his own franchise record for passing yards in a season, set in 2004. He finished with 3,916, and his offense, despite its well-publicized inconsistencies, set a franchise points record, with 416. "They've thrown me out, they ran over me, spit on me . . . but you know what . . . I just continue to prevail . . . Since y'all talked about me not being in the playoffs the last 4 years, I'm in. It's sweet . . . but I've got a job to do [at Minnesota]."
