Brady blames himself for Eagles loss
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after his team for the second week in a row when they went down to Philadelphia. The Patriots failed to recover the kickoff, which allowed the Eagles to gain strong field position, eventually leading to Philadelphia’s first touchdown in the second quarter. I think you coach people up, you don’t coach them down.
Now it’s the Patriots on a losing streak – their first back-to-back, regular-season losses since 2012.
DROPS: The Patriots have had problems with dropped passes before, but never at such a bad time.
If there is one thing that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady don’t like to do.
With just under eight minutes left in the first half, the Eagles were trailing New England, 14-0.
The Eagles, despite being only one game back of the Redskins and Giants, were given no chance to win the NFC East because of a brutal five-week schedule.
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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. We’re 10-2. There are a lot of teams that would love to have our record.
While a win over the Patriots was impressive, I don’t know how much is says about how good the Eagles are. “I think every team would love that at this point, but it’s just not the reality”.
Still, the Super Bowl MVP gave them a chance.
Curry had a hurry to go with a solo tackle as he played 66 snaps, the Eagles forcing Brady and the Patriots to play catch-up after rolling to a 35-14 lead. Only two of the Eagles five scores came that way.
“You have a first-ballot Hall of Fame coach, and you have a first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback – maybe the best quarterback to ever play the game”. Make a play. Turn good into great, ‘ ” Goode said. The team gave up two scores because of a lack of success on their special teams, one coming from a punt return touchdown from Darren Sproles as well as a blocked punt return for a touchdown.
Bradford completed 14 of 24 passes for 120 yards. They just haven’t been executing the way they are capable of. Eight plays after the dropkick Bradford connected on a 5-yard pass over the middle to Zach Ertz to cut the deficit. So when we’re up, they are throwing the ball more.
In Brady’s defense, injuries have hit New England’s offense especially hard.
Matt Ryan threw for 269 yards and a touchdown with one interception for the Atlanta Falcons (6-6) who fell to. Then you end up having a day where you’re kind of not in the best rhythm or flow or whatever you want to call it. We just aren’t playing the kind of winning football that it takes to win. But on the next play, Brady lobbed the ball into the end zone and it was picked off by Byron Maxwell.
White made his mark as a receiver, pulling in 10 of 13 targeted passes for 117 yards and a touchdown.
While the absence of Bradford may partially explain the three-game skid, Philadelphia’s defense has been shredded for 45 points in each of the last two games by a pair of offenses that rank among the bottom half in the league. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski tossed the football to Nate Ebner who inexplicably attempted a dropkick onside kick. On third down, with a chance to run off all but 20 seconds, Kenjon Barner fumbled.