Tom Brady takes blame for New England Patriots defeat

The quarterback only threw for 120 yards last week, but he completed two touchdown passes and avoided the fatal turnover.

Philadelphia (5-7) climbed out of a 14-0 hole in the first half by scoring 35 straight points over 30 minutes of game action. Brian Hoyer also spent time in New England, as did defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, linebackers coach Mike Vrabel, and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork. They had two interceptions with one being returned 99 yards for a touchdown and were able to put a lot of pressure on Tom Brady, which is very hard to do.

Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly is going running back by committee the rest of the season as his team tries to win the NFC East for the second time in three years.

TURNING POINT II: The Eagles led 35-14 when the Patriots mounted their comeback.

The Patriots moved the ball thanks to a direct-snap, end-around pass to Brady that gained 36 yards – his first reception since 2001.

“Sort of had a chance there at the end”.

“We gave up 21 points when the defense is on the field and you lose like 98% of those games”, Belichick said.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots continued a disturbing trend of previous undefeated teams after losses.

“We’d love to have everybody healthy”. “Just do whatever I can to help the team”. “It’s just not the reality at this point”.

The 35-28 loss at Gillette Stadium left the Patriots with a two-game losing streak for the first time since September 2012.

49ers 26, Bears 20: CHICAGO – Blaine Gabbert threw a 71-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith in overtime after running for the tying TD late in regulation, lifting struggling San Francisco to a victory over Chicago. Darren Sproles and Kenjon Barner got the bulk of the carries against the Patriots. Rob Gronkowski and Danny Amendola have combined for 1,513 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns while Brandon LaFell has 25 receptions.

It’s safe to say that Austin’s signing was one of Kelly’s worst in his first year as the Philadelphia GM. And Seyi Ajirotutu, while like Austin is probably gone after this year, at least offers some special teams production.

What happened in New England on Sunday made no sense, just like much of the Eagles’ 5-7 season. “They threw stuff at us that we didn’t”.

Then it seemed like the Eagles would go into halftime down a touchdown when New England lined up to punt with 15 seconds left. Nineteen of those 24 yards came on one run.

The following Patriots possession they were forced to punt.

It was a helpful reminder that not even the Patriots get everything right, and that sometimes when Bill Belichick is being his usual stonewalling self, it’s not because he’s trying to obfuscate-it’s because he doesn’t actually have the answers. But on the next play, Brady lobbed the ball into the end zone and it was picked off by Byron Maxwell.

The key for Brady without his best weapons is to get rid of the ball as quick as possible, which would allow his receivers to gain yards after the catch and lessen the burden on his offensive line against an elite Houston Texans pass rush on Sunday night.

Just going 3-1, including beating those two division rivals, is all it takes.

While Brady didn’t have the best of games, the Eagles do deserve credit for pulling off the impressive upset.