Patriots bumble away game against Eagles

But then here comes running back Darren Sproles and his 24 touches for 215 total yards, including an 83-yard punt return for a touchdown.

“When you have a blocked kick for a touchdown, an interception return for a touchdown and a punt return for a touchdown, it takes those things to win in this stadium against that coach and that quarterback”, he said.

Jerod Mayo and Patrick Chung combined to stop Darren Sproles for a 1-yard loss on second down in the fourth quarter with the Patriots trailing 35-28.

Those two touchdowns, neither of them generated by the Eagles’ offense, were the difference in the game. “To work that into a score was a real big turning point in the game for us”. And Brady’s career record at home was 110-17, including playoffs, coming into Sunday’s game. Patriots receivers dropped three passes in a row to turn the ball over on downs.

“Sort of had a chance there at the end”. The Patriots had just scored to go up 14-0 with 7:47 left in the second quarter.

And while the Pats appeared to awake from their post-dropkick stupefaction with two touchdowns late in the second half, it wasn’t enough to salvage the game as the Eagles shocked New England to hand the Pats their first two-game losing streak since Weeks 2 and 3 in 2012.

“We’d love to have everybody healthy”. “I said the Eagles are going to beat the Patriots”. “It’s just not the reality at this point”.

Still, the Super Bowl MVP gave them a chance.

Brady made it a 14-point game on a 14-yard pass to Scott Chandler, then the Patriots recovered an onside kick. “But like I said, we got the big victory so that’s all that matters”.

Before the Patriots game yesterday, a report came out that stated that Jeffrey Lurie still believes in Chip Kelly, and plans to give him another year to fix the team. This game would be more of a scrimmage, allowing the Patriots to pad their stats and get back on track after a loss to the Broncos last week.

“Anybody who said our confidence was low was probably outside our building”, safety Malcolm Jenkins said after his 99-yard interception return was a key to the win. “That’s all we can do is take it one week at a time, just try to continue to be a better football team”. The patriots capitalized with two consecutive methodical drives being punctuated with touchdown passes from Tom Brady: one to James White and the other to Danny Amendola.

It took eight plays for the Eagles to go 59 yards, with Bradford connecting with Zach Ertz from the 5 to make it 14-7.

“I was just playing my technique the whole game”, Rowe said, “so nothing really changed for me”. But they bothered Brady all afternoon, penetrating the backfield and forcing Brady into uncomfortable throws.

That was okay though: New England learned eight years ago that a 16-0 season is overrated.

With time running out, Chris Maragos burst up the middle and snuffed Allen’s punt and Najee Goode returned it 24 yards to send the Eagles into the intermission tied with the Patriots. “And they gave us one”. While play in recent weeks has been discouraging, there are several steps that the Patriots can take that should help get them back on track.

Wide receiver Keshawn Martin, acquired in a midseason trade, led the skill players in snaps, while fellow receiver Brandon LaFell, back after missing the first half of the season with an injury, can’t seem to catch a break, never mind a football. Instead, Brady was picked off in the end zone and the Eagles had already marched their way down the field into Patriots territory.

Philadelphia wide receiver Riley Cooper batted the ensuing onside kick out of bounds and then caught a 14-yard pass from Sam Bradford on third-and-11, seemingly allowing the Eagles to run out the clock. Of his 14 pass completions, two were for touchdowns.

Yet the 28-3 loss to Arizona meant it is five successive defeats and left head coach Jeff Fisher to admit he had “ran out of answers” to the Rams offensive woes.