[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I think the Eagles might be in bigger trouble on defense than people think. Just lost Dean for several weeks, and their LB core was already CFL-caliber.

They played a crappy offense in awful conditions yesterday, and Mac Jones was still able to light them up once Bill O'Brien realized he just had to work the middle of the field.

Like a lot of people, I was pretty surprised that the Eagles didn't completely run away with that one after the early 16-0 lead. Bellichick will usually have a pretty sound defence. But the Eagles only points in the second half were essentially 3 field goals from 50 yards out or more. The Pats did something right to keep them to 250 yards with less than 100 rushing or they were really rusty on offence.