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  Jeff Feagles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Feagles (born March 7, 1966) is a punter currently playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League.
Feagles also owns the NFL records for career punts and punts downed inside the 20 yard line.
Feagles made headlines when he agreed to give Eli Manning his #10 jersey in exchange for a trip to Hawaii for his family.
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 MSGNetwork.com
Feagles unseated Camarillo, at the time the Patriots' all-time punting leader, and began an 18-year odyssey that, barring injury or a force of nature, will soon install him as the NFL's version of Cal Ripken.
Feagles credits his good health to luck and to an offseason regimen he has developed as he's aged that covers physical and mental aspects.
Feagles is the first to admit that Marshall, who once left the hospital with acute asthmatic bronchitis to play a game before returning to the hospital, had a tougher road in compiling his streak.
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 MSGNetwork.com
Jeff Feagles – one of the best and certainly the most durable punter in NFL history – will return in 2006 for his third year with the Giants and his 19th in the league.
Feagles is also the holder for placekicker Jay Feely, who led all NFL kickers with a career-high and team-record 148 points.
Feagles is first in NFL history with 1,437 punts and 456 that were downed inside the 20-yard line.
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 NFL's new Ironman
When Giants punter Jeff Feagles steps onto the field tomorrow in Seattle, he will be recognized more for what he did not do during an 18-year career than for anything else.
Feagles is expected to play in his 283rd consecutive regular-season game, breaking the NFL record set by Jim Marshall, a former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman.
Feagles acknowledged that Marshall's risk of injury was much greater than his, but he saw no need for an asterisk.
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 CBC Sports: Feagles back for 19th NFL season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Feagles, 40, confirmed Wednesday that he will play this season, his fourth with the Giants and 19th in the NFL.
Feagles further serves as holder for placekicker Jay Feely, who set a franchise record with a career-high and league-high 148 points in 2005.
Feagles has appeared in all 288 games since returning pro in 1988, owns the NFL record of 1,437 career punts and ranks second to Sean Landeta with 59,830 punting yards.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2006/04/12/Sports/feagles060412.html   (306 words)

  
 Sports Features Communications™ - Press Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Feagles was today named the winner of this week’s award for his outstanding performance against Dallas in the Giants’ 17-10 victory last Sunday — on Week 13.
This is the second Player of the Week award for Feagles, an 18-year veteran He previously earned the honor with the Arizona Cardinals in Week 13 in 1995, when he averaged 48.3 yards on four punts in an overtime victory over Atlanta.
Feagles is also the all-time leader with 451 punts downed inside the 20.
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 Michael Eisen - Story - 4/1 What's In A Number? Ask Jeff Feagles! - Giants.com
In exchange, Feagles received No. 17 — which he took because the 2004 season was his 17th in the NFL — and a one-week Florida vacation for him, his wife and four sons, with Manning picking up the bill.
So for simply changing his jersey number, Feagles got his family a free week at the beach and a smart-looking and functional addition to their new house.
Feagles and Manning have agreed not to disclose the amount of the vacation.
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 YESNetwork.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Feagles tied the record set by former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Jim Marshall, who played from 1960-79.
Feagles, who punted six times in the Giants' 27-17 win over the Eagles, can break the record next week at Seattle.
Feagles, in his 18th season, holds NFL career records for punts (1,410) and punts downed inside the 20 (448).
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 WirePost Test   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jeff Feagles told Giants Coach Tom Coughlin after the season ended in January that the NFL's most prolific punter was hanging up his cleats.
But Feagles has decided that it's not quite time to retire and the team announced Wednesday that Feagles, who turned 40 on Mar. 7, will return for his 19th NFL season.
We had to make sure it was the right thing to do, and I think it is." Feagles had talked often last season about wanting to spend more time with his wife, Michelle, and their four boys, and he moved the family back to Phoenix, where he grew up, as soon as last season ended.
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Feagles, 40, previously told Giants General Manager Ernie Accorsi and coach Tom Coughlin that he was retiring.
Feagles moved his family to Arizona during the offseason but, with the Giants coming off an 11-5 season and a division title, decided to come back for another year.
Feagles had a 42.1-yard gross average and a 37-yard net average on 73 punts for the Giants last season.
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 The Seattle Times: Sports: Notes: Record-setting return for Feagles
Feagles, 39, is set to break Marshall's record by appearing in his 283rd straight game Sunday at Qwest Field.
Feagles has spent 18 years in the league, and there have been times when his streak of games was almost broken.
One of the keys to fullback Mack Strong's longevity in the NFL is that he stays in great shape year after year, making it impossible for the Seahawks to bid farewell to the veteran, now in his 13th NFL season.
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 Don't laugh at Feagles; he shows up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
No doubt, this is an uneasy time for Feagles, a former member of the Cardinals currently enjoying his 18th season in the league.
Feagles, 39, is a great guy with many friends across the league.
Their uniforms rarely require that extra capful of detergent, and when it gets cold outside, they are usually the ones wearing long jackets and standing next to the space heater.
www.azcentral.com /sports/columns/articles/1202bickley1202.html   (585 words)

  
 KFFL - Jeff Feagles, P, New York Giants
ESPN.com's John Clayton reports the New York Giants gave P Jeff Feagles a $450,000 roster bonus as part of his agreement to return to the team.
Feagles contemplated retirement but now he's on board for this season and maybe next year.
The New York Daily News reports New York Giants P Jeff Feagles was due to make $810,000 this season.
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 North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
That's all it took Sunday afternoon for Jeff Feagles to show his new teammates how valuable he can be to football's all-important field position game.
The directional perfection is what Feagles thrives on - it is his favorite kick, as evidenced by his sprint to the sideline and leaping celebration with teammates.
Feagles has not missed a game since entering the NFL in 1988 and has a strong enough throwing arm that he has been an emergency quarterback for two teams.
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 Feagles has fond memories (phillyBurbs.com) | Philadelphia Eagles
Feagles was the only active player invited to attend the Reggie White number retirement ceremony Monday, one day after he extended his NFL record to 284 consecutive games played when the Giants beat the Cowboys at the Meadowlands.
Feagles actually owns more NFL records than White, whose single-season and career sack records were broken after he retired.
Feagles is in the record book for consecutive games played (284), most punts inside the 20 (451) and most career punts (1,423).
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/99-12092005-581832.html   (856 words)

  
 Daily Record Sports - Feagles providing a real kick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Feagles, the NFL’s all-time leader with 412 punts inside the opponent’s 20 in a career that has spanned a record 259 consecutive games, has always been dangerous in that regard.
Feagles’ high profile, of course, was as much an indicator of last year’s problems than anything.
Feagles’ next two punts went to the 10, where Dennis Northcutt made a fair catch, and the 8 after the coverage forced Northcutt to run out of bounds.
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 Scout.com: It’s Feagles’ record now
Punting is what Jeff Feagles does and he’s not about to apologize for it in the midst of his 18th season.
Feagles’ string dates to 1988 when the Patriots signed him as a rookie free agent from the University of Miami.
Now that Feagles has moved safely to the record, another line item will be added to a résumé that would seem to suit the Hall of Fame.
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 Feagles Sets NFL Consecutive Game Mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Feagles broke the record when he kicked a 39-yard punt with 7:35 left in the first quarter.
Feagles, 39, has not missed a game in his 18-year career, playing for New England, Philadelphia, Arizona, Seattle and the Giants.
With Seattle in 1999, Feagles broke his arm against Pittsburgh, but had an extra week to heal because Seattle had a bye.
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 New York Daily News - Football - Punter helps pin loss on Cowboys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jeff Feagles became the unsung hero of the Giants' 17-10 win over Dallas yesterday with his 49-yard punt with 1:22 remaining.
Feagles said he "just got really lucky with the bounce," but his teammates insisted his skill had much more to do with it.
Feagles punted six times for 268 yards, moving him into first place on the NFL's all-time list with 59,279 punting yards in his career.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/football/story/371802p-316309c.html   (508 words)

  
 282 Games, 1,410 Punts and No Rest for Feagles - New York Times
When Giants punter Jeff Feagles steps onto the field Sunday in Seattle, he will be recognized more for what he did not do during an 18-year career than for anything else.
The Giants' Jeff Feagles is set to play in his 283rd consecutive game Sunday, an N.F.L. record.
Feagles is expected to play in his 283rd consecutive regular-season game, breaking the National Football League record set by Jim Marshall, a former Vikings defensive lineman.
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 NFL's iron-man now a punter - Sunday, 11/27/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Giants punter Jeff Feagles will play in his 283rd consecutive game today, breaking the NFL record held by Hall of Fame defensive end Jim Marshall.
Feagles' 282 consecutive games streak is 60 more than Pittsburgh punter Chris Gardocki, who is second among active players.
Feagles said he's not bothered by any criticism of a punter taking over the record.
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 Jeff Feagles News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jeff Feagles news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
As for punter Jeff Feagles, the Giants are awaiting word whether he will indeed retire after 18 seasons in the NFL.
Jeff Feagles stood in the corner looking at his former teammates in wonder.
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 New York Daily News - Giants - Feagles back with Giants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But he was willing to bend them to keep Jeff Feagles on the Giants for another year.
That wouldn't have happened if Coughlin hadn't agreed to let Feagles skip occasional meetings and practices so he can visit his family at their new home in Phoenix.
Feagles, who had a 42.1-yard gross and a 37.0-yard net average last season and landed 26 kicks inside the 20, is signed through 2007 and was due to make $810,000 this season.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/football/giants/story/408367p-345708c.html   (362 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Feagles catches Marshall, playing in 282nd straight game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles tied the NFL record for consecutive games played when he appeared in his 282nd straight game Sunday.
Feagles tied the record set by former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Jim Marshall, who played from 1960-79, when he punted after the Giants' first possession in the first quarter.
Entering the game, Feagles, in his 18th season, held NFL career records for punts (1,404) and punts downed inside the 20 (445).
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 Can’t Stop The Bleeding » Little Love For NFL’s Ripken
On Sunday in Seattle, Feagles will break a tie with defensive lineman Jim Marshall for the record for consecutive games played, though few people in the NFL and outside of it would equate Feagles’ new record of 283 consecutive games with Marshall’s.
Feagles hasn’t missed a game since he broke in with the Patriots in 1988 as an unsigned free agent out of Miami.
Feagles owns almost all the other NFL punting records now, too, having broken Sean Landeta’s record for number of punts in the season opener.
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 Jeff Feagles : Rotoworld.com - Jeff Feagles Biography from Rotoworld.com
Jeff Feagles is likely to return to the Giants.
P Jeff Feagles hasn't decided yet whether he'll return for his nineteenth pro season.
Feagles set the all-time NFL record for total punts and consecutive games played during the 2005 season.
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 New York Giants, Brian Westbrook, Donovan McNabb, Jeff Feagles, National Football League, Philadelphia Eagles - CBS ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With 1:34 to play, all the Giants needed was to have Jeff Feagles get off a punt.
Feagles got off the punt without seriously being rushed, but he didn't get much hang time on the somewhat short, wobbly kick.
He outran Feagles to the sideline in front of the Giants' bench and tiptoed along the sideline to get past a last-ditch tackle by Marcellus Rivers before scoring and leaving the crowd of 78,000 in stunned silence.
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