Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has been an NFL coach since 1986. He has seen just about every type of change to the modern history of the game. So when he saw Buccaneers kicker Chase McLaughlin nail 65- and 58-yard field goals against his Eagles, he saw the impact of the new kicking ball rules up close and personal.

"You know what you guys have missed?" Fangio said, unprompted . "Not just you but everybody is we gave up a 65-yard field goal and a 58-yard field goal. These kicking balls that they changed this year have drastically changed the kicking game, field goals in particular. So it's almost like they need an asterisk here. It was the live ball era or the asterisk for those home runs [Barry] Bonds and [Sammy] Sosa and [Mark] McGwire were hitting. The way they've c

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