White’s 115 receiving yards are the fourth most in Patriots history by a running back in a game, and are the second-highest such total for the Patriots since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, trailing only Shane Vereen’s team-record 153 receiving yards vs. Cleveland on December 8, 2013.
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Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead before the Patriots charged back.
The Eagles’ offense obviously got some help from the defense and special teams against the Patriots. The next couple of games are very tough. The Patriots had just scored to go up 14-0 with 7:47 left in the second quarter.
Now it’s the Patriots (10-2) on a losing streak their first back-to-back, regular-season losses since 2012.
“Sort of had a chance there at the end”.
It’s not often that Bill Belichick gets out-coached, but this was a game filled with questionable coaching decisions. One can argue that the Broncos’ game was more of a slip up loss, but what about the Philadelphia Eagles?
There was no way Philadelphia would win this game at New England.
Just eight days removed from talk of an undefeated season, the Patriots’ injuries began to take their toll.
“We’d love to have everybody healthy. I think that’s just what it comes down to”, Brady said in his postgame press conference. But it’s just not the reality.
With Patriots wide reciever Danny Amendola bracketed by a pair of Eagles defenders near the goal line, Brady attempted to fit a pass into a tight space.
Buccaneers 23, Falcons 19: Rookie quarterback Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass to receiver Mike Evans with 1:39 left to give host Tampa Bay a comeback victory over Atlanta. “I went to get it and I saw (Goode) scooped it”. The Eagles did everything possible to avoid a third loss by blocking a punt for a touchdown, Malcolm Jenkins returned an interception 99 yards for a score and Darren Spores used his speed and agility to get an 83-yard punt for a touchdown.
Last season, the Eagles scored seven touchdowns on special teams and four more on defense, the most by far in the NFL. “And we were able to do it even though they knew it was coming”. “They threw stuff at us that we didn’t”. They failed to score before halftime, and were left punting the ball with 15 seconds remaining.
The first came just seconds before halftime, when Chris Maragos blocked a punt and Najee Goode ran it in for a score to tie the game at 14-14. With 7:45 remaining in the fourth quarter, Tom Brady tried to lead his team’s fightback after a flurry of mistakes buried them in a 35-14 hole.
On Sproles’ touchdown, he fielded the punt and turned the corner in front of the Eagles’ sideline.
When Brady, on the following play, went up top to Brandon LaFell, overthrowing the receiver, Byron Maxwell intercepted it in the end zone. Bradford completed 14 of 24 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns. – Tyrod Taylor threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Charles Clay with 1:53 left to lead Buffalo over Houston. Though a late Kenjon Barner fumble threatened to derail Philadelphia’s upset chances, the Eagles defense held off a late passing flurry from Brady in the dying moments of the fourth quarter to secure the victory.
It was Brady’s 30th TD pass, the sixth season he’s done that in his career. After a rare two-interception performance, Tom Brady indicated in an interview with WEEI’s Dennis and Callahan Show on Monday morning that his performance wasn’t clean enough under the circumstances.
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Looking to place the blame on someone for the loss? The onside kick recovery was the second of the season for New England, having also recovered an onside kick vs. Washington on November 8, 2015. Stephen Gostkowski’s one onside attempt was recovered by New England.
