To light up Eagles defense, Brady needs options

“We brought Jonathan Krause in here for a reason”, Kelly said.

But I just don’t think the Eagles have the horses on offense to get it done. “People started to believe in themselves again”.

Losers of three in a row, the Eagles (5-7) had given up 45 points apiece in consecutive weeks heading into the game against the defending National Football League champions and their Super Bowl MVP quarterback.

“I’ve always been proud of them”, Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. I thought it was really impressive how they handled New Orleans, decisive against the Jets, Dallas – that was a big win.

Jameis Winston and Matthew Stafford each threw five touchdown passes against the Philadelphia Eagles in the past two games. We put a lot of time into (special teams) and we have a lot of guys that take a lot of pride in it. It was disappointing to come out and perform the way we did tonight.

Then Philadelphia’s special teams made a big play as it seemed like both teams would be heading into the locker rooms for halftime.

But he added “there wasn’t a tremendous downside to the play … kicking into dead space”. That’s what I think we’re going to get.

The Eagles should have had the game wrapped up as the offense was in New England territory with under two minutes remaining, but Barner fumbled the ball to give New England one last chance.

Tom Brady completed just 23 of 42 passes (54.8 percent) in last week’s loss.

Now it’s the Patriots (10-2) on a losing streak – their first back-to-back, regular-season losses since 2012.

The Patriots took a 14-0 lead before Philadelphia scored five straight touchdowns.

The Eagles also scored touchdowns on a return of a blocked punt and a punt return by Darren Sproles.

Chip Kelly remains on the hot seat for the Eagles, who are expecting to get Sam Bradford back under center after he’s missed the last nine quarters with a concussion and shoulder injury. “They attacked him. I felt like a couple times where they had him they had a couple hits on the quarterback if they’d of just went for the throwing arm instead of going low”.

When asked if the plethora of injuries to his top weapons had finally taken its toll, Brady, who said he needs to “get rid of the ball quicker, ” refused to use that excuse. Next week, Brady will face a rejuvenated Texans’ defense and might not have Grokowski back.

Philadelphia wide receiver Riley Cooper batted the ensuing onside kick out of bound and then caught a 14-yard pass from Sam Bradford on third-and-11, seemingly allowing the Eagles to run out the clock.

On the first drive of the second half, New England moved the ball down deep into Philadelphia territory, but Brady made a fatal mistake in the red zone.

Later, Ryan Allen’s punt was blocked by Chris Maragos. Najee Goode scooped the ball up for a touchdown and a tie halftime score.

Brady had thrown just four interceptions all season but Jenkins grabbed a deflection and gave the Eagles a 21-14 lead midway through the third quarter.

NOTES: Kelly wasn’t about to call it his most important win as a coach of the Eagles, but he was very happy with the duo they defeated.

Danny Trevathan returned an interception of Philip Rivers 25 yards to make it 14-0 before Brandon McManus and Josh Lambo swapped second quarter field goals for what turned out to be the final points of the game.