5 things New England Patriots must improve on

Why are the Pats No. 3 though and not one of the other two-loss teams?

Would that be a surprise, though, after what transpired over the span of about four hours just outside of Boston? Still, no pigs flying.

Brady was asked just that question on WEEI-FM’s “Dennis and Callahan Show”, on Monday morning, and had a rather odd answer. In the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday we saw absolutely atrocious pass protection for Brady and as well as his play has been this season it is no thanks to his beaten down and battered offensive line. November 8 in Dallas to be exact. “But we were confident in what we could do because we’ve seen it in the past”.

“The first interception was bad quarterbacking”.

“I felt I could have scored on the swing screen we had”, White said.

“If I turn the ball over twice I don’t think we are going to have the chance to win many games and that’s what it comes down to”, Brady said. It was Brady’s first multi-interception game since the Super Bowl. The Broncos own the tie-breaker with New England due to their overtime win over the Patriots.

Two touchdowns on special teams. And Brady’s career record at home was 110-17, including playoffs, coming into Sunday’s game.

The Eagles had only 248 yards of offense, but it didn’t matter due to their excellent special teams play. The Eagles did everything possible to avoid a third loss by blocking a punt for a touchdown, Malcolm Jenkins returned an interception 99 yards for a score and Darren Spores used his speed and agility to get an 83-yard punt for a touchdown.

“Overall we, obviously, didn’t do anything well enough today”, said Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

“I wouldn’t say it was a turning point, but it was another huge play by our special teams”, Kelly said. “There was a guy in the backfield; we just weren’t on the same page”. “He really came up big for us when we needed it a few times on fourth down tonight, made some big plays in the pass game, was good in protection”.

“Did they lose Brady?” “We’re very proud to win this game”, he said.

It was a unusual game all around.

All the Eagles did was score 35 straight points after falling into a 14-0 hole, tying the game on Goode’s score after a blocked punt in the closing seconds of the opening half.

Then, with a little more than a minute left and the Eagles in field-goal range, Kenjon Barner fumbled away the ball to give the Patriots one final chance., but New England gave up the ball on downs. But on the next play, with Brady aiming for the end zone, Byron Maxwell picked him off.

While the Patriots are struggling to cope without top receiving targets Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman due to injuries, Belichick said his defense also had to step up. But there are no apologies issued in a league where there is usually a fine line between winning and losing. He was sacked four times. Vinny Curry had four of those hurries and Graham three.

Dalton connected with A.J. Green for a 23-yard TD pass in the second quarter and the Bengals moved to 10-2 for just the second time in team history.

Following the Eagles’ win over the Patriots, the below poll was posted for Eagles’ fans, and the results are clear, as 70% of the almost 2,800 fans who voted now think the Eagles will win the NFC East.