How the mighty have fallen, right?
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As the now 4-7 Eagles prepare for a trip to New England to face the 10-1 Patriots, Maxwell was asked about going up against Tom Brady. They can do this.
Bradford threw on Tuesday and coach Chip Kelly said that it would be a “big test” to see how he responded to that at Wednesday’s practice. You take away the first read and then it’s a little different. Be prepared. This could get even uglier real fast. The Eagles lead the regular season series 6-5, but the Patriots won their only postseason meeting 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005 at Alltel Stadium. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Les Bowen reports that Bradford has been cleared of his left shoulder AC joint sprain after previously being cleared out of the concussion protocol.
The Eagles (4-7) have lost three straight games, the last two by 28 or more points.
The offense is the other weapon necessary to beat Brady. The last time the Patriots played the NFC East was in 2007 when they finished with a 4-0 record. The Eagles can draw confidence from their victory over the Jets.
The Patriots are familiar with Bradford as offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels served the same role for the St. Louis Rams in 2011, where Bradford was the starting quarterback. Instead of working the high-profile Sunday night game in Week 13 between the Colts and Steelers, Morelli’s crew was moved to the Patriots’ game against the Eagles.
That said, Bradford is anything but the maestro that is Brady, who Kelly glowingly referred to Thursday as “that orchestra leader out there”. “It all starts and ends with (Brady)”.
Amendola sat out the Denver game with a knee injury.
Kelly’s name has been bandied about in the college ranks every year but this week it was reported that he met with USC officials in Philadelphia the day after the Thanksgiving Day loss against the Lions about taking over the school. That said, the Eagles trail the “front-running” Washington Redskins by just one game as it now stands. Each game has its own dynamics and close calls and some go one way, some go another way, but overall I think that they do a pretty good job of balancing the crews out. DeMeco Ryans and Kiko Alonso have also had issues in coverage. “You want to make sure that the health and safety of the player is first and foremost”. “He does play that matchup game”. New England has the NFL’s third best scoring defense, allowing just under 20 points per game (19.3 ppg allowed) this season. “Most of their game is all about matchups”. Kelly said. “If there is instability on that side, you’re more susceptible to something if you get hit”. The team are already without Nolan Carroll following an injury last week that saw him break his ankle and could use all the Corner/Safety help they could get against one of the toughest Offenses in the league. “I don’t care who’s not playing”. “We’re still in position to get on a roll here and make the playoffs”.
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“I know he’s going to come at me”. They are a great defense.
