"David Akers spoke with Comcast SportsNet recently about his departure from the Eagles after 11 mostly stellar seasons in Philly.

Being tossed aside after one of his best years in green and white, it would have been easy for Akers to view the Birds in a negative light, but that's just not who the god-fearing 37-year-old Kentucky native is.

"I have no hard feelings now for the Eagles and the decision they made," Akers told CSN. That's their business decision, that's how they feel their company needs to be run.""