No, the Detroit Lions aren’t in the 2018-19 NFL playoffs, but a trio of former players who used to don the Honolulu Blue…
No, the Detroit Lions aren’t in the 2018-19 NFL playoffs, but a trio of former players who used to don the Honolulu Blue made big plays for their current teams this weekend.
We’ll start with Sunday’s thriller in Chicago, where Philadelphia Eagles receiver Golden Tate caught the go-ahead 2-yard touchdown from Nick Foles on fourth-and-goal in the Eagles’ 16-15 win over the Bears on Sunday.
« I had a feeling it was coming to me, as long as I got a good release and got to the flat quickly, » Tate said postgame on ESPN. « And Foles dropped a dime. »
Tate also had a rugged 28-yard catch over the middle in the first half, holding on despite taking a big shot from a Bears defender. Tate finished with five catches for 46 yards in the victory.
The Lions dealt Tate, the team’s leading receiver at the time, at the October trade deadline to the Eagles for a 2019 third-round draft pick. That picks keeps getting worse with the Eagles sneaking into the playoffs and now moving onto the Divisional round, where they’ll visit the New Orleans Saints on Sunday (4:40 p.m.). Tate, 30, is a free agent after this season.
Related: GM Bob Quinn: Golden Tate trade to Eagles an offer ‘we couldn’t refuse’
Third-year nickel cornerback Cre’von LeBlanc, who was waived after playing three games with the Lions in early November and claimed by the Eagles, was involved in one of the game’s most bizarre plays when he broke up a pass for Bears wideout Anthony Miller late in the first half.
