A disputed penalty against the Ravens cost them a touchdown in the first quarter of their 15-13 loss to Miami. 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.
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Now the defending Super Bowl champions are trying to recover from their first back-to-back losses in more than three years.
With the score tied at 14 with 7:42 remaining in the third quarter, Brady forced a pass to receiver Danny Amendola at the goal line on third-and-5, which was intercepted by Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins.
Sam Bradford threw two touchdown passes, but it was the Eagles’ defense and special teams that keyed this victory.
“The ball was definitely tipped”, coach Bill Belichick said on a conference call Monday.
The Patriots failed to take advantage and could move only 12 yards before a pair of dropped passes helped end the host Patriots’ chances.
This afternoon, Bill Belichick was asked whether he’d rather stick with one group and let it work the kinks out, or continue to keep rotating players at this point in the season.
The Redskins, who lead the division based on a tie-breaker, face three of their final four games away, including matches in Philadelphia and Dallas to close the season.
It took eight plays for the Eagles to go 59 yards, with Bradford connecting with Zach Ertz from the 5 to make it 14-7. We’re 10-2. There are a lot of teams that would love to have our record.
The veteran defensive end performed the all-important pre-game breakdown, which is to say he was the guy in the middle, surrounded by hooting and hollering teammates, talking smack to get them amped for the Patriots. “We just, the last couple weeks, made too many critical errors that really sucked the whole winning spirit out of you when you create some of those critical negative plays that we’ve been making”.
Carson Palmer completed 26-for-40 passes for 356 yards and two touchdowns and the Arizona Cardinals defeated the St. Louis Rams 27-3 on Sunday.
“All of our running backs knew our game plan going into that game, so it wasn’t a surprise to anybody in terms of what we were doing”, Kelly said. Make a play. Turn good into great, ‘ ” Goode said.
None of the algorithms give the Eagles more than a one percent chance of earning a wildcard berth into the playoffs. Murray was averaging just 3.5 yards per carry this season, and Kelly insisted that past performance had nothing to do with the decision.
>They Said It: “For us to come from behind, it shows some grit”, Bowles said. So when we’re up, they are throwing the ball more.
“We have to do a better job, that’s what it comes down to”.
Streak-snapper: Patriots 20, Panthers 10.
Afterward, Brady’s supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen, angrily responded to hecklers by screaming: “My husband can not (expletive) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time”.
James White led all receivers with 10 receptions for 115 yards.
Brady was under pressure for the third consecutive game – this time by a defence that allowed 45 points to the opposition in each of the last two games. The Houston Texans ground game is averaging 100.1 yards per contest, and Alfred Blue leads the way with 444 yards and two touchdowns.
The ensuing onside kick attempt by Ebner went out of bounds, and Philadelphia ran the clock down to just over 1 minute.
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As for Collins, he returned after missing the previous four games with an unknown illness. It was the 71st 300-yard game for Brady, third-most all time.
