Eagles vs. New England Patriots injury report: Sam Bradford, Nelson Agholor

Each Wednesday, the media gathers for the week’s first press conference, and Bill Belichick treks to the podium, and then the coach proceeds to heap an absurd amount of praise on whatever sub-.500 opponent the Patriots will face that particular weekend.

Were it not for the fact that they play in the worst division in football, the 2015 Eagles season would already be considered a failure. It should be a very hard road ahead if they are to miss him once again this Sunday since they will be facing one of the best in the league. “He’s a young guy that will get more and more confident and we’ll get more and more confidence in him”.

How does New England (10-1) bounce back after blowing a 14-point fourth-quarter lead in Sunday night’s 30-24 overtime loss at Denver?

According to ESPN, Bradford was already cleared through the NFL’s concussion protocol before the loss to the Lions but was still unable to play in the game because of the shoulder injury. They haven’t been shelled like that since 1971.

Graham wants to distance himself from negativism. A trip to Foxboro isn’t exactly the best remedy for a struggling team, but Running Back DeMarco Murray says he and his teammates are prepared to take their best shot at the Pats.

“I think so”, he said. But we’ve never worked together. “As far as the progressions, it was finding things and concepts that I was comfortable with, things that I had done in the past”. That’s just the truth.

“You’ve just got to make sure you stay in front of him and don’t let him kill you on his first read”, Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham said. They’ve lost three games in a row, and in the last two weeks they’ve allowed a combined 90 points and 10 touchdown passes. And unfortunately, they are not a great team to begin with. Sometimes you get the ball caught on you. “It’s a tough game every week”.

Can they regroup and find a way to get a more consistent offense while key players are sidelined?

That comes on the heels of having to play against one of the best receivers in the game in Calvin Johnson in Detroit. “They hit you with a lot of different … problems”.

With the playoffs nearly out of reach, the next five weeks will show the level of commitment each player possesses and how much control Kelly and his coaches have over the locker room. “I know (Brady’s) going to come at me”.