After three straight losses to losing teams, including consecutive blowouts, the Eagles (5-7) turned their season around with a stunning 35-28 win at New England. Having not broken six fantasy points through week 11, Chandler has broken out as of late, putting up 11 and 12 points respectively for the past two games; he also managed to notch a touchdown in each of these games as well.
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Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford returns after missing two games with a shoulder injury. It was a day full of fireworks and to add the fans got to see Tom Brady catch a pass. That had to be one of the cool moments of the game because it is not every day we get to see Brady catch a pass and risk his body like that. “So you’re aware of that”. But everything unraveled in the third quarter, as Brady threw two interceptions around the end zone, with one of those being returned by the Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins for a touchdown. Patriots receivers dropped three passes in a row to turn the ball over on downs.
“Sort of had a chance there at the end”.
Few people know as much about football as New England coach Bill Belichick, but that never stopped Mike Vrabel from making suggestions when he played linebacker for the Patriots. “But when you give up 21 points when your defense isn’t on the field, you’re going to lose 98 percent of those games”.
There are some Patriot players who racked up points earlier in the season who unfortunately went down with injuries, including: Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, and Dion Lewis. Gronkowski was the fifth Patriots receiver with at least 10 catches to miss at least one game this season. Darren Sproles received the punt and took it 83 yards to put the Eagles up 28-14 with four minutes left in the third quarter. The quarterback only threw for 120 yards last week, but he completed two touchdown passes and avoided the fatal turnover. That is too long to be out of the game and just assume that he will be ready to go when his number is called.
“It has been insane thus far, after 12 weeks”.
Do you think that the Eagles will make the NFL Playoffs this season? But the Eagles have one of the best special-teams units in the National Football League, so no shame there. Philadelphia’s defense is very talented on good days, able to both stop the run and force takeaways with its aggressive packages against the pass. Kelly said it won’t help his team this week partly because the Patriots won’t have the same players they did in those sessions.
Bradford said he felt good in his first game back.
The message: “Just to have that belief”.
“We are not trying to win a rushing championship or a passing championship or a receiving championship or anything from that stretch of the imagination”, he said. “So I appreciate those comments, coming from him they obviously mean a lot but that was just a great team, great coaching staff”.
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That’s what happened, and the rest of the Eagles echoed his message.
