Tom Brady hard on himself after loss to Eagles

Even their most recent loss to the Eagles, where he threw two interceptions, Brady ending up coming out of the game with 30 points with three touchdowns and 312 passing yards.

The Eagles (5-7), who had lost three straight, moved into a tie for second place in the NFC East, a half-game behind the Washington Redskins.

The (6-6) Texans will host the (10-2) Patriots on Battle Red Day presented by Halliburton this Sunday at NRG Stadium. New England was looking for a play, it worked once, failed the subsequent time.

That doesn’t mean the offense and defense have been blame-free. Gronkowski was the fifth Patriots receiver with at least 10 catches to miss at least one game this season. Those represent errors that get teams beat, which is exactly what happened.

NOTES: While the Patriots were without Gronkowski and LB Dont’a Hightower (both out with knee injuries), New England also got back Amendola (knee) and LB Jamie Collins (illness, four games). The Patriots were third. The first one came in the second quarter, when New England attempted an onside kick after taking a 14-0 lead. It may have proved to the league that they are actually a decent team, according to NESN.

“It’s a good problem to have when you have some backs that when you used all three of them, all three of them are productive for you”, Kelly said.

Prophetic, it turned out.

TURNING POINT I: The Patriots took a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter before deciding on the ensuing kickoff to have former rugby star Nate Ebner drop-kick the ball off. It floated behind the first line of defenders, where Seyi Ajirotutu fielded it at his 41.

Sproles, a pest as usual, ran 15 times for 66 yards and caught four passes for 34 more before the fumble. “Very unusual to do what he did, to go from a coordinator position to a quality control position on our staff, but I think that shows you his work ethic, the confidence he has in himself”.

If the Patriots don’t secure a first round bye it would be six weeks since Gronk had last stepped foot in a game that mattered.

Never before had an opponent scored touchdowns on a blocked punt and a punt return against the Patriots in the same game.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a touchdown pass over Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin (98) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass.

Add it up, and it was a forgettable game for special teams. Poor blocking, subpar receiver play and nearly no run game brought the once juggernaut offense to a fault.

“Just overall we obviously didn’t do anything well enough today”.

“I didn’t know what exactly it was going to be like tonight with the shoulder”.

The Philadelphia Eagles are flying high after defeating the New England Patriots on the road last week.

Most of the other pieces are the same.

Newton, who completed 28-of-41 passes for 331 yards, drove the Panthers 75 yards in 11 plays for the game-winning score. I expect this team to bounce back against the Houston Texans next week and play their best football. “We didn’t have any answers”. They lost back-to-back games early that season, but the second loss came in Baltimore. “Our defense better get ready to play this week because we are playing against a really good back”.