New England Patriots Week 14 Stock Report

They weren’t playing for their coach.

Somehow, some way, the Philadelphia Eagles, lucky enough to be in the NFL East, are still alive in their hunt for the postseason. But life comes at you fast, and if it’s entirely normal that New England would struggle with some crucial injuries, it was weird to see the Patriots’ coaching decisions do them in.

Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin (98) sacks New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. The Eagles beat the Patriots, 35-…

“Everything that people said we can’t do Â- we’ve done before”, safety Jenkins said. “We just needed to get back to whatever that was”.

Andy Dalton (25 TDs, 6 INTs) appears primed to get that playoff monkey off his back.

The Patriots will be traveling to Houston to face the Texans on Sunday, and though New England is definitely going through a rough patch at the moment, we fully expect Brady to come back strong and hopefully end the Pats’ losing streak at two games.

“Same as I said after the game, trying to hit that dead space back there”, Belichick said.

“I understand he’s willing to do different things”, continued Boomer. “Sometimes they don’t see in them(selves) what I see in them”.

Nevertheless, as he stood in a remote corner of the visitors’ locker room at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night, the place still humming after the Eagles’ improbable 35-28 victory, Davis betrayed neither self-satisfaction nor relief over the defense’s role in the upset that lifted the Eagles to 5-7 and kept them in the hunt in the terrible NFC East. And so all week, he’s just been coaching me up on catching the football. The 9-10 point-underdog Eagles were coming off three straight embarrassing defeats, the last two of which saw them give up a combined 10 touchdown passes and a whopping 90 points. Reviewing the Eagles’ previous two games, though, was a task that took on no small hint of sadomasochism. “It got tough, but when we were up 35-14 I know it was curtains baby”, said Brandon Smith.

“(We had) a voodoo thing going”. Big plays, and a sudden lead over the powerhouse was no shock to some fans.

“It feels great”, said Newton who threw five touchdown passes. Then Darren Sproles capped it all off with a punt return for a touchdown to give the Eagles a two-score lead in the second half. No one can save us from that.

Bradford completed 14-of-24 passes for 120 yards in the win.

IT WAS NO SURPRISE that wide receiver Julian Edelman (ankle) and tight end Rob Gronkowski were on the Patriots’ inactive list.

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. After stopping Philadelphia’s two-minute offense and forcing a punt, the Patriots took over at their 13 and picked up a quick first down.

Ryan Allen’s punt was blocked by Chris Maragos. Nineteen of those 24 yards came on one run.

Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford returns after missing two games with a shoulder injury.

Rookie quarterback Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass to receiver Mike Evans with 1:39 left to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 23-19 comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons.