In the last five games, the Philly defense has allowed 828 yards on the ground an average of 165.6 yards per game. This is the time for Blount to get some yardage and take some pressure off the receivers.
Since realignment in 2002, the Pats own a stellar 45-10 record against NFC teams including a 3-0 record against the other teams from the NFC East this season.
Look for the Patriots to try to wear down this Eagles defense with much more Blount and Bolden carrying the ball this week in a similar offensive game plan as when they faced a fellow NFC East foe, the Redskins.
Stephen Gostkowski Continues to Step Up When Patriots need him most.
The Patriots added to their depth at wide receiver, running back and kick returner on Tuesday by signing WR Demaris Johnson and RB Trey Williams. Williams played at Texas A&M and for Danny Amendola’s dad in high school
Rob Gronkowski spoke out on Twitter about the fact he agrees with many who feel he’s being unfairly singled out for offensive pass interference calls.
Thru eleven games in 2015 the Philadelphia defense has been on the field for 83 minutes more than the offense.
Patriots fans have enjoyed seeing Rob Gronkowski ascend to becoming one of the NFL’s elite at his position, but Sunday night’s scare was a reminder of how fragile the livelihood of players like him really are in this league.
Former Broncos Tight End Shannon Sharpe rips and trolls Patriots fans following win.
Chandler Jones Only Discusses Philadelphia Eagles in Postgame press conference following Broncos loss.
Denever Broncos social media pages fire back at Patriots following comeback win.
The loss to the Denver Broncos was a minor one compared to the potential loss of Rob Gronkowski who was injured in the fourth quarter of the game on Sunday night
Coming off of Sunday night’s game against the Broncos the Patriots are about to get a visit from the Philadelphia Eagles, who are reeling after an embarrassing 45-14 Thanksgiving loss in front of the entire country.
It’s the sight no one wanted to see, and it happened Sunday night out in Denver.
The reality is that NFL football is the ultimate team sport, nothing at all like individual sports such as boxing, golf or tennis. This leads to the question: which team in Sunday night’s feature game suffers more from injuries they are needing to overcome, the Patriots or Broncos?