New England Patriots Recent Struggles

Kickoff is at 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec 13 and will air on NBC.

Sproles, a pest as usual, ran 15 times for 66 yards and caught four passes for 34 more before the fumble. In the past three games that Amendola has played in, he has averaged 12 receptions and 86 yards per game. The loss of these two major contributors has caused a lot of issues with the offense and future Hall of Fame QB Tom Brady has done all that he possibly can to make up for the team’s shortcomings and it is extremely apparent that he is missing his two favorite offensive options.

The excuse of not having receivers doesn’t work. 21 of those points came without New England’s defense even stepping on the field, (interception return for TD, punt return TD, blocked punt returned for TD) breathing some life into a Eagles team that had lost three straight games. According to the oddsmakers, the Over/Under (O/U) is now at 44 points. In their five most recent matchups, the Texans went 4-1 for both SU and ATS. The Patriots will need to leverage their strengths against Houston’s top-ranked home game run defense. Patrick Chung leads the Patriots with 64 tackles, Chandler Jones has 10.5 sacks and Logan Ryan has 12 pass deflections.

Last week’s victory over New England should be a confidence boost for Philadelphia, but aspects of its performance looked more like a fluke than something it can rely on. A win over the New England Patriots demonstrated just that. Moving on to the New England defense, there are certain areas where it measures up well against the Texans. Defensively, the Patriots yield 252.6 yards in passing and 97.0 yards in rushing. Their combined opponents, including the Patriots, had a winning percentage of.618.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots will practice with a sense of urgency this week, but that’s not because the team has lost back-to-back games.

Philadelphia is somehow still alive in the playoff picture, as someone needs to be crowned the champion of the NFC East. But the Eagles need to show up in their final four games if they hope to win the division and enter the playoffs with any momentum.

The game featured yet another highlight reel catch from Odell Beckham Jr, but the Jets won it in overtime to improve to 7-5 and maintain a playoff spot.

The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston’s last 9 games. Stephen Gostkowski’s one onside attempt was recovered by New England. New England was looking for a play, it worked once, failed the subsequent time.

And on a day where the Patriots were more prone to mistakes than normal, the stars aligned for the Eagles to come away with an upset.

“I would say the biggest thing that they are doing recently and what they have done the last five weeks or so, is really just settling the game down”, defensive coordinator Matt Patricia said of the Texans.