Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin (98) sacks New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. The Eagles beat the Patriots, 35-…
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“Anybody who said our confidence is low is probably outside of our building”, Jenkins said. For Patriots’ fans, don’t worry about this game and the last because, if there is one thing that this team does well, it is bouncing back and winning the big games when they matter.
New England has dropped two straight games after starting the season 10-0, but the Texans know Brady remains one of the game’s top quarterbacks.
Now the defending Super Bowl champions are trying to recover from their first back-to-back losses in more than three years. “But I felt like I made plays when I had to make plays tonight”.
Nevertheless, as he stood in a remote corner of the visitors’ locker room at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night, the place still humming after the Eagles’ improbable 35-28 victory, Davis betrayed neither self-satisfaction nor relief over the defense’s role in the upset that lifted the Eagles to 5-7 and kept them in the hunt in the bad NFC East. “We just have to play better football, that’s what it comes down to. Our defense better get ready to play this week because we are playing against a really good back”.
Joe Judge, New England’s special team’s coach, has received praise throughout the course of the year – but the team wasn’t ready for this week’s challenge.
“We threw stuff at them and they handled it”, Ebner said.
“(We had) a voodoo thing going”.
At the play’s conclusion, Jamie Collins darted over to the nearest official to plead his case that he had tipped the ball.
TAMPA – Rookie Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass to receiver Mike Evans with 1:39 left to give Tampa Bay a comeback win over Atlanta. The Patriots have lost back to back games for the first time since 2012.
Jameis Winston and Matthew Stafford each threw five touchdown passes against the Philadelphia Eagles in the past two games.
“After the first punt, our special team’s coach came over to me and he said, ‘We’re gonna get one today, ‘” he said. While under pressure, he completed just 40 percent of his throws, and he threw two touchdowns and two interceptions for a passer rating of 53.3. Then New England (10-2) came back, taking advantage of an onside kick and a fumble to turn a 21-point deficit into a one-score game in the final minute. But the Patriots averaged just a hair above four yards per carry.
Sproles popped a punt return 83 yards for the TD giving the Birds a 28-14 lead with 4:18 left in the third quarter. But instead of kicking it deep, Steve Gostkowski drop-kicked it over the Eagles’ front line. First place takes home $100,000! Goode scooped it up and ran it 24 yards for the touchdown to send the teams into the break tied 14-all.
It was his fourth punt return for a touchdown as an Eagle for Sproles in just under two seasons. They managed to block a punt and run it back for a score in the second quarter.
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But if it seemed to you like the Eagles got away with a few false starts in Sunday’s 35-28 win over the Pats in Foxboro, you’re not insane. “We’re very proud to win this game”, he said.
