Brady, Patriots rout Eagles 38-20
Tom Brady(notes) had his way against the Philadelphia Eagles — again.
Brady threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns and the New England Patriots jersey beat the Eagles 38-20 Sunday in a rematch of the 2005 Super Bowl.
Filling in for the injured Michael Vick(notes) for the second straight game, Vince Young(notes) couldn’t keep Philadelphia’s fading playoff hopes alive despite throwing for a career-best 400 yards passing. The Eagles (4-7) are all-but-mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in a season that began with Super Bowl expectations.
Angry fans made their feelings known about coach Andy Reid, chanting “Fire Andy!” in the second half.
The defending NFC East champions fell to 1-5 at home and have lost eight of nine at the Linc, including a playoff loss to Green Bay last January.
Down 10-0 early, the AFC East-leading Patriots rallied behind Brady. New England (8-3) scored on five of its next six possessions, excluding a kneel-down at the end of the first half.
Brady and coach Bill Belichick improved to 4-0 against Reid’s Eagles, including a 24-21 win for their third NFL title in four years after the 2004 season.Reebok NFL Kids Brady jersey finished 24 of 34, Deion Branch(notes) had 125 yards receiving and Wes Welker(notes) caught eight passes for 115 yards and two TDs.
Brady, a two-time NFL MVP, has completed 67.3 percent of his passes for 1,232 yards, nine TDs and no interceptions in four career games against Philadelphia.
Young led the Eagles to a 17-10 win against the New York Giants last week in his first start in nearly a year. He put up decent numbers against the worst-ranked defense in the league, but couldn’t overcome another inept performance by the Eagles’ defense.
Young finished 26 of 48. It was just his third career game over 300 yards.
Vick broke two lower ribs in a loss to Arizona on Nov. 13. He got hurt on the second play of that game and stayed in, but hasn’t practiced the last two weeks. It’s uncertain whether Vick can play when Philadelphia visits Seattle on Thursday night.
After a fast start, the Eagles fizzled.
Brady engineered a 70-yard drive capped by BenJarvus Green-Ellis’(notes) 4-yard TD run to cut it to 10-7. The Pats converted two third downs on the drive, including two by penalty.Helped by a New England Patriots Youth jersey missed call, New England’s defense then forced a three-and-out. Young was sacked by Rob Ninkovich(notes), who spun the quarterback down by pulling his facemask. But the referees didn’t see it, eliciting loud boos from the crowd when the replay was shown on the video screen.
One play after just-signed Tiquan Underwood(notes) dropped a wide-open pass, Brady connected with Branch for 63 yards to the Eagles 1 on a third-and-13. Green-Ellis scored on the next play to put the Patriots up 14-10.
Antwaun Molden(notes) intercepted Young’s deep pass intended for DeSean Jackson(notes) on Philadelphia’s next play and returned it 27 yards to the Eagles 34. But the Patriots couldn’t convert the turnover into points. Stephen Gostkowski(notes) missed a 39-yard field goal wide right.
No problem for Brady and Co.
The Eagles went three-and-out again, and the Patriots went to a no-huddle when they got the ball back.
Welker blew past the secondary and Brady hit his wide-open target in stride for a 41-yard TD pass to nfl jersey cheap give New England a 21-10 lead.
DeSean Jackson dropped what should’ve been a 4-yard TD pass and the Eagles settled for a 22-yard field goal to get within 21-13
