When someone inside the locker room talks that negatively to the media, one of two things can happen. It was a day full of fireworks and to add the fans got to see Tom Brady catch a pass. That had to be one of the cool moments of the game because it is not every day we get to see Brady catch a pass and risk his body like that. He was talking to us with a fire up under his behind.
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“(We had) a voodoo thing going”.
While the visual image of a well-dressed billionaire talking with “a fire up under his behind” sounds amusing, the players insisted they needed it. And not because it was a what-did-you-expect-them-to-say deals?
The Texans had a four-game winning streak snapped though Brian Hoyer (Michigan State) had three touchdown passes. It is looking increasingly likely that they will part ways at the end of the season.
The Patriots fell to third in the conference with Sunday’s 35-28 home loss to the Eagles. Washington (5-6) leads the circuit. It wasn’t some type of exotic look the Eagles gave. “But we’ve got a shot”.
New England was dominated on special teams, giving up a blocked punt and a punt return for touchdowns. “If we can just approach this coming week like we did the previous week …” The Bills are 6-6 after their win over Houston, and will have a motivated LeSean McCoy running the ball. Now they have confidence. Talking about the return, he said, “It was just my blockers up front know how I want to return and we spend time on that in practice”. “They threw stuff at us that we didn’t”.
While it might be a little much for a team to be offended by its opponent trying to win, there’s no doubt the spark worked for the Eagles in their 35-28 victory over the Patriots. No one can save us from that. “Right now we’re 1-0”. His decision making was still spotty in this game, and even with a shrunken field to worry about, he still only hit on 58.3 percent of his passes. Safety Malcolm Jenkins also intercepted Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and returned it 99 yards for a touchdown. The punt protector chose to impede Barner’s path. Maragos darted toward the punter and blocked the kick. “I understand if they got it back, OK, it would have potentially been 21-0”.
Philadelphia has scored more points just once this season, when they beat New Orleans, 39-17, in Week 5. They gave us a line drive and they gave us space. Sam Bradford completed 14 of 24 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and Darren Sproles led all Eagles running backs with 66 yards on 15 carries. It was the sixth longest in team history. That already tied DeSean Jackson for the most in team history. Kelly said the Eagles were going for a block because there wasn’t enough time to set up a return. In this game, he was targeted only twice, and had an egregious drop early. Not only have the Eagles surrendered five touchdown passes apiece to Tampa Bay’s Jameis Winston and Detroit’s Matthew Stafford, but starting cornerback Nolan Carroll suffered an ankle injury in last week’s loss. He finished the game with 100 yards from scrimmage and, oh yeah, tacked on an 83-yard punt return touchdown for good measure. Now, with two straight losses, many will wonder if the injury depletion of talent throughout the roster of what used to be the NFL’s best team has the Pats running around with their figurative heads cut off, looking for solutions that can’t be found. The Pats’ offensive line has been a MASH unit and a relative sieve all season, the running back position has been a problem since Dion Lewis tore an ACL in November, and the receiver position, already kind of an injury-marred disaster, was rendered even more so by Rob Gronkowski’s sprained knee, suffered against the Broncos in that key AFC tilt. Linebacker Jamie Collins returned from an illness that kept him sidelined for a month, and he ended up being among the team leaders in tackles.
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Bradford threw 10 interceptions in his first seven games this season. It gave Barwin 5½ sacks on the season … The Eagles had a lead. Bradford, showing poise he hadn’t shown before, dropped back scoped the field and went to his second option, Cooper, for a 13-yard gain and a first down. Quarterback Sam Bradford was back after missing the last two games with an AC joint sprain.
