The Niners marched downfield, scored a touchdown and won. By one point.
Henery explained that he didn't drive his right hip through the ball, and, so, it went straighter than usual. Good snap, good hold, good footing, little wind.
"It was my fault," Henery said.
It was not lost on anyone that in attendance was Akers, the best kicker in Eagles history. At the end of last season, Akers missed two field goals against Green Bay in the Eagles' wild-card loss - a sad day, since he was playing his last game as an Eagle with the weight of his young daughter's illness on his mind.
Eagles coach Andy Reid came off callous after the game when he appeared to uncharacteristically nail the loss to Akers' departing hide. Reid, seething after his club blew a 20-point lead, offered Henery no quarter, either:
"Our young kicker has to figure it out, too."
As for Akers, he signed with the Niners, and he was 7-for-7 this season entering yesterday's game. Akers missed one kick yesterday and had another blocked, but he made one, too.
Akers was spared postgame blame thanks to Henery's misses . . . and the fact that the Eagles blew a second-half lead for the third straight week.
"It was such a crazy day for me," Akers said.
Not as crazy as it was for Henery.
King for a play
King Dunlap failed to win the right tackle job in training camp, but he stole the spotlight for a moment yesterday.
Dunlap, who is 6-9, fired through the middle of the Niners' line and blocked David Akers' 45-yard field-goal attempt in the third quarter. He simply stepped over a blocker, raised his arms and felt the ball slam into his right forearm.
"It was throbbing," Dunlap said.
Colt Anderson recovered the ball at the Niners' 40, and the Eagles soon kicked a field goal for a 23-3 lead, their largest.
