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RACKERS, NEIL<br />
that was recovered by Greg Toler at the Seattle<br />
23-yard line in the first quarter at Seattle (10/18)…<br />
three plays later, Arizona scored to go up 14-0…<br />
connected on only FG attempt from 30 yards and<br />
recorded two touchbacks at New York Giants<br />
(10/25), marking his sixth straight game with at<br />
least one touchback…registered one special<br />
teams tackle vs. Carolina (11/1)…connected on<br />
both FG attempts and all five extra points (one shy<br />
of career-high) at Chicago (11/8)…tied seasonhigh<br />
with two touchbacks and connected on 200th<br />
career FG vs. Seattle (11/15)…tied a season-high<br />
by making all three FG attempts vs. Minnesota<br />
(12/6)…surpassed 900 career points…despite<br />
battling a right groin injury, recorded his longest<br />
FG of the season (48 yards) and had only extra<br />
point attempt blocked at San Francisco (12/14)…<br />
connected on 12 consecutive FGs, the third-longest<br />
streak in franchise history…owns the three<br />
longest streaks in franchise history (31-2005, 15-<br />
2008)…inactive (right groin) at Detroit (12/20),<br />
which snapped a 69 consecutive games played<br />
streak and marked only the second game missed<br />
of his career (12/4/05 at San Francisco, calf injury)…inactive<br />
(right groin) vs. St. Louis (12/27),<br />
which marked first time in his career he was inactive<br />
for two straight games…in first game back,<br />
connected on only extra point attempt in the<br />
regular season finale vs. Green Bay (1/3/10)…set<br />
a postseason career-high with six PATs and tied<br />
postseason career-high with three touchbacks<br />
while connecting on 23-yard FG, but missed a<br />
34-yard FG that would have won the game with<br />
seconds remaining in regulation vs. Green Bay<br />
(1/10/10)…connected on both PATs but missed<br />
only FG attempt from 50 yards at New Orleans<br />
(1/16/10).<br />
2008 (Arizona 16/0): For the third year in a row<br />
and for the sixth time in his career, kicked in all<br />
16 regular season games and all four postseason<br />
contests...connected on three of four FGs and two<br />
extra points in season opener at San Francisco<br />
(9/7), giving him 506 points for his Cardinals career<br />
and making him only the second player in team<br />
history to reach 500+ career points (Jim Bakken,<br />
1,380)…also made one special teams tackle while<br />
also trying a pooch kick in which S Matt Ware<br />
recovered, leading to a Tim Hightower TD...converted<br />
one of two onside kicks while only FG attempt<br />
was blocked at the New York Jets (9/28)…<br />
marked his fifth straight converted onside kick<br />
dating back to 2006 and resulted in a Cardinals<br />
TD drive to pull within 13 points late in the third<br />
quarter…was third blocked FG of career with the<br />
other two <strong>com</strong>ing in 2002 as a rookie for Cincinnati...recorded<br />
a season-high two special teams<br />
tackles vs. Buffalo (10/5)...put Arizona up 24-14<br />
with 3:17 left in the fourth quarter by connecting<br />
from 41 yards out vs. Dallas (10/12)…connected<br />
on all four FG attempts including a season long of<br />
54 yards at Seattle (11/16)…marked 19th career<br />
FG from 50+ yards and 16th as a Cardinal...connected<br />
on three of four FGs, failed on two onside<br />
kick attempts and made two extra points while a<br />
third was aborted due to a failed hold vs. the New<br />
York Giants (11/23)…only missed FG was a 68-<br />
yard free kick after a fair catch with five seconds<br />
left in the first half, which snapped his consecutive<br />
FGs streak that dated back to 9/28/08 at 15…<br />
that marked the end of the second longest streak<br />
in franchise history, trailing only his 2005 mark<br />
of 31...made both extra point attempts at Philadelphia<br />
(11/27)…marked first game he did not<br />
attempt a FG since 10/29/06 at Green Bay...registered<br />
one special teams tackle and connected on<br />
both FG attempts as well as all four extra points<br />
in first game with new holder Ben Graham vs. St.<br />
Louis (12/7)...did not attempt a FG vs. Minnesota<br />
(12/14) or at New England (12/21), marking only the<br />
second time in his career (12/16/01 at New York<br />
Jets—12/23/01 at Baltimore) he did not attempt a<br />
FG in two consecutive games...tied season-high<br />
with two special teams tackles and converted<br />
both FG attempts vs. Sea (12/28)…connected on<br />
22 straight traditional FG attempts and 22 of last<br />
23 overall, with the only miss being the 68-yard<br />
fair-catch kick right before halftime vs. New York<br />
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