Given an opportunity for redemption on the Eagles' next possession, he was wide right again with an even shorter, 33-yard attempt.
After his second miss, the Niners drove 77 yards on eight plays to score the go-ahead touchdown. The rest, as they say, is history.
Since that day, Henery, who was taken in the fourth round of the April draft by the Eagles, has been perfect. He's nailed his last 11 field-goal attempts, though just one of them was longer than 43 yards.
If the 6-8 Eagles end up missing the playoffs by a game, those missed field-goal attempts will be just two of the many "if only" moments that will haunt the team and its fans in the offseason. Right along with:
* Kurt Coleman's missed tackle on Early Doucet on Doucet's game-winning touchdown in the Eagles' 21-17 loss to the Cardinals.
* LeSean McCoy's holding penalty on the Eagles' final drive in the Arizona game that negated a 14-yard completion to Riley Cooper that would have given the Eagles a first down in Arizona territory with 41 seconds left.
* Jeremy Maclin slipping and coming up a yard short of a first down on a do-or-die, fourth-and-10 play at the end of the Eagles' 30-24 loss to the Bears.
* The interception that went in and out of Jason Avant's hands in the fourth quarter of the Eagles' 31-24 loss to the Bills.
* Juqua Parker inexplicably jumping offsides on fourth-and-1 late in the Bills game and costing the Eagles an opportunity to get the ball back.
* Maclin's game-costing fumble against the Niners following Henery's two misses.
Henery said he doesn't give much thought to the two misses against the Niners or the 11 straight he's made since. Kickers, like baseball closers, must have short memories.
