Aussie NFL giant roasted over 'rare' shocker

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Australian NFL elephantine Jordan Mailata has been roasted by pundits for arguably the astir hard nighttime he's experienced successful his vocation to date.

The 4th twelvemonth subordinate has established himself arsenic a cardinal cog successful the Philadelphia Eagles' violative line, wherever it is his occupation to support the backmost from on-rushing defenders.

Earlier this play Mailata flattened an hostile similar a pancake with a artifact that became a viral video but helium was incapable to replicate that benignant of signifier successful Friday's (AEDT) lucifer against the Houston Texans, giving up 2 sacks successful speedy succession.

For the uninitiated, a 'sack' is erstwhile the backmost is tackled portion helium has clasp of the ball, causing his squad to suffer ground.

Mailata, a erstwhile South Sydney Rabbitohs junior, gets paid millions of dollars to halt that from happening, but helium was caught abbreviated by the Texans' Jerry Hughes, who had a tract day.

Fortunately for Mailata, his mistakes did not outgo the undefeated Eagles victory, with Philadelphia weathering the tempest to triumph 29-17 that gave them a league starring 8-0 grounds for the season.

Yet the Aussie copped plentifulness of heat, with Twitter lighting up with disapproval of his efforts.

Despite copping plentifulness of vigor from the Texans' defence, Philadelphia backmost Jalen Hurts threw for 243 yards and 2 touchdowns arsenic the Eagles overcame a dilatory commencement to get the win.

Hurts mislaid a fumble successful a forgettable archetypal fractional and the crippled was tied astatine halftime.

But C.J. Gardner-Johnson grabbed his NFL-best and career-high 5th interception earlier Hurts threw a 17-yard touchdown walk to A.J. Brown to springiness the Eagles the pb successful the 3rd quarter.

Houston (1-6-1) added a tract extremity aft that but different scoring flip by Hurts and his two-point conversion tally extended the pb to 29-17 aboriginal successful the fourth.

The Texans were driving precocious successful the 4th erstwhile Davis Mills was intercepted again, this clip by James Bradberry and the Eagles ran retired the timepiece to unafraid the victory.

At the aforesaid clip the Houston Astros were successful Philadelphia playing the Phillies successful Game 5 of the World Series, Hurts played his archetypal vocation crippled astatine NRG Stadium. Hurts, who was calved successful Houston and grew up astir 25 miles from the stadium, continued his coagulated play successful his homecoming to triumph his 11th consecutive regular-season game, which is the longest progressive streak successful the NFL.

Mills threw for 154 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, playing without his apical 2 receivers. Brandin Cooks sat retired aft missing signifier each week pursuing commercialized rumours that ne'er materialised, and Nico Collins missed the crippled with a groin injury.

Houston rookie Dameon Pierce ran for a career-high 139 yards to bounce backmost from a pugnacious crippled past week, erstwhile helium gained conscionable 35 yards connected 15 carries.

Gardner-Johnson got an interception for a 4th consecutive crippled erstwhile helium picked disconnected Mills with astir eight-and-a-half minutes near successful the 3rd 4th and returned it 25 yards.

The Eagles cashed successful connected the turnover 2 plays aboriginal erstwhile Hurts recovered Brown for the people to marque it 21-14 with astir 8 minutes near successful the third.

Houston chopped the pb to 21-17 connected a 30-yard tract extremity by Ka’imi Fairbairn precocious successful the third.

Hurts recovered Dallas Goedert for a four-yard TD walk connected the adjacent thrust and Hurts padded the pb with his two-point conversion run.

The Texans took an aboriginal pb erstwhile rookie Teagan Quitoriano, who was making his NFL debut, grabbed his archetypal vocation reception for a two-yard touchdown connected the archetypal series. Quitoriano is simply a fifth-round prime who missed each play with a genu injury.

That people was acceptable up by a 34-yard reception by Phillip Dorsett 2 plays earlier.

Philadelphia tied it astatine 7-all connected a two-yard tally by Miles Sanders connected 4th down precocious successful the archetypal quarter. Sanders finished with 93 yards rushing.

The Eagles were driving aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th erstwhile Hurts was sacked by Steven Nelson, who forced a fumble that was recovered by Jaleel Johnson astatine the Houston 35.

Houston couldn’t determination the shot and had to punt. Philadelphia past enactment unneurotic a 10-play, 79-yard thrust capped by a 4-yard TD tally by Kenneth Gainwell to instrumentality a 14-7 lead.

The Texans tied it little than a infinitesimal earlier halftime erstwhile Mills connected with Chris Moore connected a 13-yard touchdown pass. The play was archetypal ruled successful complete, but it was reviewed, and the telephone was overturned.

Philadelphia attempted a 54-yard tract extremity arsenic clip expired successful the archetypal half, but it sailed wide right.

- further reporting by AP

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