Malcolm Jenkins noticed Eagles’ walk-off win from a distinct perspective

Malcolm Jenkins isn’t any stranger to being on the sideline, as he was for the dramatic, walk-off area objective block by Jordan Davis that the massive man returned 61 yards for a landing to place an exclamation level on Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Rams.

Jenkins’ function on Sunday was, nevertheless, out of the peculiar.

In a viral video circulating on social media, Jenkins sits proudly in awe, watching as Davis motored his method towards the tip zone. Once Davis crossed the objective line, Jenkins calmly stood up, grabbed his digicam, and captured historical past.

Since retiring after the 2021 season, Jenkins has develop into a budding photographer, displaying his inventive art work on his Substack – LOVE, ART & WAR.

“To be honest, it was not that surprising. I was surprised that the play went for a touchdown, not that it was blocked and that we won the game. As I was taking photos of the field goal blocks earlier in that game, there were opportunities,” Jenkins mentioned. “The win was one that I could feel coming. That was really cool being down on the field. You can’t plan out the dramatic fashion, but they did everything they needed to walk themselves back into the game. The style of it all was the wow factor for me.”

In his six seasons with the Eagles from 2014-19, Jenkins recalled the Jake Elliott 61-yarder to beat the Giants because the clock expired in 2017 as the one sport with the identical frenetic, wild end. From an ebb and circulate standpoint to the sport, Jenkins introduced up his Eagles debut at residence in opposition to the Jaguars when Jacksonville raced out to a 17-0 lead earlier than Philadelphia scored 34 unanswered factors to shut out the sport. On Sunday, the Eagles overcame a 19-point third-quarter deficit, the most important come-from-behind win because the 2010 Miracle on the New Meadowlands, earlier than successful 33-26.

Jenkins, a workforce captain for the Super Bowl LII Champions, has at all times been an clever, cerebral participant who was a chameleon together with his potential to line up all around the again finish of the protection. He’s taken that very same intense, business-like strategy to the artwork world, whereas approaching from the stance of a curious learner who by no means desires to stop creating.

“You have to have the eye. And the eye is not just like a mythical thing. It’s an understanding of the process, the understanding of material, the understanding of narrative, and an understanding of the full body of work and where that work lines up with other narratives and history,” Jenkins mentioned. “I’m no professional, but I realized that any of the good sports photographers have to have a knowledge of the game. That’s not something you do accidentally. I’m using every skill I have just to keep up. I’m looking at the formation, what the situation of the game is, like I was calling plays.”