Nick Foles Keeps the Eagles’s Playoff Hopes Alive

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles saved the day, and the season, with a four-touchdown performance Sunday against the Houston Texans. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

Jake Elliott needed redemption. His missed extra-point opened the door for a shocking Houston comeback, and Philadelphia found itself trailing by a point with three seconds left to play.

The second-year place-kicker lined up for a 35-yard field goal and calmly knocked it through the uprights to finish off a thrilling 32-30 victory that kept the Eagles’ playoff hopes alive.

That Elliott had the chance to make up for his mistake, which had come early in the fourth quarter, was fairly poetic, but the credit for Philadelphia being…