Adam Schefter said on ESPN earlier in the week that it was “unlikely” that Gronkowski would play against the Texans on Sunday. With that line of thinking, why not rest Tom Brady? And neither Edelman, Gronkowski nor Dion Lewis will be returning soon. Moving on to the New England defense, there are certain areas where it measures up well against the Texans.
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None of the algorithms give the Eagles more than a one percent chance of earning a wildcard berth into the playoffs.
New England (10-2) was dealt its second straight loss Sunday in a surprising 35-28 setback to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The win for the Philadelphia Eagles gives hope to fans and Kelly. In fact, they only scored 14 points on the afternoon. Have that confidence, to know that we can go out there, and if we do play well, we will win…. Turning to the Texans defense, there are several areas to keep an eye on. Replays seemed to back up Collins’s stance. Riley Cooper’s third down catch in the fourth quarter was a punch in the stomach as the the Pats tried to rally. Eagles all-time leading rusher LeSean McCoy will step on to Lincoln Financial Field for the first time as a visitor and will be leading a Bills team trying to keep pace for a wild card in the AFC playoffs. Anytime you have a blocked punt and punt return for touchdowns you’re facing an uphill battle. Patriots receivers dropped three passes in a row to turn the ball over on downs.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing New England.
Streak-snapper: Patriots 35, Packers 0. The punt-block unit sent Chris Maragos and Kenjon Barner through the Patriots’ line unlocked. With tough road games looming in Houston and NY and several key injuries at skill positions, wins may be tougher to come by for the Patriots down the stretch. New England was looking for a play, it worked once, failed the subsequent time.
The Bills are the next opponent for the Eagles and they’ll be bringing former Eagles running back LeSean McCoy with them to the game, so there shouldn’t be any problem when it comes to getting people to talk about what’s coming up in Week 14.
This was an incredibly frustrating loss.
GOOD LUCK, ROOK: Eagles second-round pick Eric Rowe makes his first career start one week after struggling to cover Calvin Johnson at Detroit.
“He really, really fought hard”, Belichick said. “I’m sure with another week of practice and another week of being out there that it’ll continue to improve”. But it was the Broncos defense that shocked and awed the Chargers’ Philip Rivers thanks in large part to Von Miller, who picked up the slack with Demarcus Ware and T.J. Ward sidelined with two sacks, a forced fumble and recovery.
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Worth mentioning that this specific officiating crew, led by referee Pete Morelli, was the one reportedly moved by the National Football League from the Sunday night game to the Eagles-Patriots game in response to numerous errors in the previous week’s Cardinals-49ers contest.
