he had it in his grasp how could he not tell he had the ball? He seemed to have his hands around it and just let go. and Buck and Aikman don't even notice what happened. Not a single mention.
Strahan says "you're in philly, they're gonna boo if you don't put anything on the board", saying it was big for the eagles to get a FG. Someone wasn't paying attention. The Eagles were lustily booed anyway going into halftime.