The game featured yet another highlight reel catch from Odell Beckham Jr, but the Jets won it in overtime to improve to 7-5 and maintain a playoff spot.
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The Chip Kelly team that had gone off the grid somehow sandwiched Sam Bradford scoring passes around back-to-back-to-back return touchdowns to jump back into the NFC East race, where they’re tied for second.
After the game, music was blaring in the Eagles locker room and linebacker Brandon Graham could be heard shouting to owner Jeffrey Lurie, “You fired me up today”.
“Tom just scrambled a little bit and he pointed for me to go up the field, and I just tried to help my teammate and make a play for him”, said White, who played a career-high 51 snaps.
Brady has been sacked at least three times – including four by Philadelphia in Sunday’s stunning upset in Foxborough – and his 29 sacks on the season are already past the 21 times he was taken down a year ago. “Obviously, we would like our record to be much better”.
Coach Chip Kelly said after the game and again during his Monday news conference that the Patriots’ defense dictated going with smaller, quicker backs like Sproles and Barner.
Three of four at home: The Eagles play three of their final four games at home, starting with a visit from the Buffalo Bills (6-6) on Sunday.
The second half saw more of the same, with defensive and special team touchdowns to swing the game for good.
The Eagles released the veteran wide receiver.
The Patriots would come back, but essentially fall short on a turnover on downs.
Later, Ebner handled a more traditional onside kickoff attempt, rather than All-Pro kicker Stephen Gostkowski, a kick that ended up out of bounds giving position to the Eagles. The Eagles made those words stand up.
The Eagles were penalized eight times for 97 yards while the Patriots were penalized three times for 30 yards.
Toward the end of the second quarter, New England’s play-calling backfired.
Then it seemed like the Eagles would go into halftime down a touchdown when New England lined up to punt with 15 seconds left.
Brady then followed up with another interception, a deep pass into the end zone with 2:26 remaining in the third quarter after the Eagles went ahead 28-14.
Brady threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a 99-yard touchdown, in the contest and he has admitted that he can not afford to make those mistakes in the future. It was the timing of the call that was as head-scratching as anything else; Philadelphia would score the next 35 points.
There’s no truth to any rumors that pigs were sighted flying above Gillette Stadium on Sunday evening.
His cryptic non-answer came a day after the Patriots lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, the third straight game where the quarterback has taken some particularly hard hits from opposing defenses. It was the fourth time in two years the Eagles returned a blocked punt for a score. Then the Patriots looked like they were going into halftime with a 14-7 lead, but Philadelphia received a shot in the arm with a blocked punt by Chris Maragos, recovered by Najee Goodie for a 24 yard touchdown.
Oh, and Bradford, back after missing two games with a shoulder injury, threw two touchdown passes. Perhaps their presence would have made a difference in the game.
It isn’t a secret that if Rob Gronkowski had been playing, this would have been a different game.
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But, for this week, it was all about the Eagles.
