Patriots Today - Eagles soar over Patriots

Sat, 23 Aug 2008

A third straight disappointing preseason outing for the Patriots. What does it all mean? Patriots Today has a recap and analysis. Catch highlights from Friday night's game, including a pair of Eagles' special teams TDs late in the first half, and a strong late effort by Matt Gutierrez. Hear from Rodney Harrison, John Lynch, Bill Belichick and others, straight ahead on Patriots Today.

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Play from 1:21[1:21] ..." loss of the backfield for a five yard loss two plays later Matt Cassell showed some hustle on the twenty yard scramble. About it from the break back and -- for. OT and no interceptions. Sacks in town. With a little over two minutes to go in the first quarter that night certainly take a turn for the worse less -- left the game with a rib injury. After a big blow -- a punt return. He never returned to the game. Sakic quarter now Eagles started pick up the pace for their first of three touchdowns. When Donovan McNabb found Jason o'clock seven yard pass. Shortly after it looked like Eagles -- again on a short pass to Hank Baskett. After Belichick challenged them -- on the plane it was reversed. Those -- no points but all the Patriots could muster up"...

Play from 5:58[5:58] ..." Welcome back Patriots say here's more from coach Bill Belichick after the game underpaid -- I pressed."...

Play from 7:55[7:55] ..." it was deceiving because that's a huge part of the game and Bill Belichick always stretch -- special -- the last two minutes of the first half without a disaster. Giving up picked off it. And"...

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Play from 0:47[0:47]" I everybody welcomed -- Patriots today I'm Christina hacker ethic we 717 loss to the Eagles the score was more reflection of the special teams performance in the deep fences performance with two touchdowns for the Eagles on kickoff return and a punt return. -- take a look at the recap right off the top."

Play from 1:10[1:10]" Beautiful night about the Patriots Ross smiles and early on -- reading your good criticizing Samuel. Who made his presence known on his very first play in the game. Speaking weight loss of the backfield for a five yard loss two plays later Matt Cassell showed some hustle on the twenty yard scramble. About it from the break back and -- for. OT and no interceptions. Sacks in town. With a little over two minutes to go in the first quarter that night certainly take a turn for the worse less -- left the game with a rib injury. After a big blow -- a punt return. He never returned to the game. Sakic quarter now Eagles started pick up the pace for their first of three touchdowns. When Donovan McNabb found Jason o'clock seven yard pass. Shortly after it looked like Eagles -- again on a short pass to Hank Baskett. After Belichick challenged them -- on the plane it was reversed. Those -- no points but all the Patriots could muster up in the corner was a 35 yard field goal in a pretty unimpressive performance by the special. -- one yard kickoff return. Touchdown but it was quick death followed by it read out drive -- at 76 yard Eagles punt return for another text. Sports when born three Eagles at. Late in the third quarter -- here is now in control. Graham light came in with him -- that PJ -- his very first past the 24 yards. The drive spilled over to the -- Harris kept the offense alive. Hitting ravens' front from a market -- had -- up top. -- the end zone for a Perez was at it again -- less than two minutes in the game on fourth and six. Threw -- pass to Jacque Jones for another team. Featured just couldn't turn around and enough in time final score point 770."

Play from 3:06[3:06]" It's little more competitively there in the second half obviously given up fourteen points on returns. First there's. -- it was pretty even whole. So you know we've still got a lot of work to do Philadelphia's new football team we all -- and -- certainly don't think we could've done better out there tonight. It was a good. Good -- learning experience force."

Play from 3:31[3:31]" After the game the Patriots that they were not happy with the performance but said they plan on improving because they know they have to. -- nothing to saner Patriots locker --"

Play from 3:46[3:46]" I'm I'm not sure. Really our performance -- from tomorrow. No we didn't win that's most important thing. And obviously room for improvement. You know special teams obviously you guys just keep him for talking tough. Terms like fantastic -- everybody just looked at third just -- team what they can do better. Defensively I think he's going to get off the field on third down. But. We'll go to work to get better. It felt good in those numbers. First and couple practices under my belt. -- dancing you know real live games he didn't practice. They have different concert just formations and the speed of the game told her practice so definite go warm warm -- from me and -- look forward to. I don't know if you put so much stock in the results. Which is that you could start going to have a how we're playing as a team. And that we certainly have to improve on management teams that no foreign pre season start up five enough -- conversely. For an old pre season and you don't start out very well so. You know I don't think the results from -- and how we're playing that's more important that we get him through some things that's that's pretty clear. We'll get better like -- hit of course frustrate you want to get off the -- that's our job -- get off the field. You're not able to do that forces frustrated but I just it. Very optimistic -- a lot of guys. -- worked -- here. Committed to this team it's early and still have a lot of work to do a lot of work to do that we're we're prepared to do."

Play from 5:23[5:23]" Davis got a picture today coming up right after that. Up next to take a closer look at the Patriots performance on Friday night."

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Play from 5:58[5:58]" Welcome back Patriots say here's more from coach Bill Belichick after the game underpaid -- I pressed."

Play from 6:04[6:04]" Yeah."

Play from 6:06[6:06]" Talk about you know did Iguodala -- games and opportunities he had but he hung in there you know as the you have to -- this -- up and threw the ball. And I took him out of the end zone felt like I was and basically after that one. The street. So. You know detonate they hit a constant pressure of those two things we couldn't adjusted to. They build a better. You know I thought overall he's being -- in their world ones and poultry business. Some good things. Some sort of become a better perspective on -- of the pitchers and -- and good growth in both places. Probably like to have back. -- pretty much threw for everyone else. There's always some some positive play Pistons and the others on you know we can -- improve on tackles for -- It all like to talk about it accompaniment. Do you hope off and -- as you go along -- the pre season no we don't do a lot lot tackling in practice and you know -- and we have to do -- preseason game. So. You know hopefully we couldn't. You know keep improving that matters here that we need to. That was a -- situation where -- But it really execute well anyway we should that it. You know revenues almost felt a responsibility to. But really you know regardless and he's still. Gotta talk. About it but it isn't. It was Percival we'll sample."

Play from 7:44[7:44]" I apprentice score this game with a little bit deceiving because two touchdown came on special teams performances. And that and the first half. Appreciate would you --"

Play from 7:52[7:52]" What's shaky is putting it kindly I would really say it was deceiving because that's a huge part of the game and Bill Belichick always stretch -- special -- the last two minutes of the first half without a disaster. Giving up picked off it. And then immediately if they go in the half left dating back now. He gets act quickly you know they'll be doing in return for touchdown it could have been worse -- brad believe that the coach. Had a rough and well you know really an unfortunate outing against Matt -- you know. Fling into the third quarter really -- team on once scoring drive it was a field goal the very impressive from equity -- we have to understand that it was backed up against backups. Not a lot of because that's what he what team with the drive head over excellent guard -- And I threw touchdown drives -- great spectacle the like that -- he did just. Very impressive by Matt Gutierrez -- definitely going to have popped -- and Gutierrez surpassed that passes but that's right. Tossed out and start their pre season game. Is there -- room for concern here people going to start in each day you know what there's reason for concern because the performances that that the results you know what not too much you can really worry about 2004 they went one and three in the pre season. Won their first game lost the last three and -- got -- move that ended up when he -- I'm not saying that's exactly what's going on here this thing definitely. Baseball for the happy now where they could work out there. Hopefully get -- good the other guys they want their performance be a lot better they're not worried about -- point 3% -- it."

Play from 9:26[9:26]" game recap will be back on Monday and another short week as the Patriots gear up. For the Giants their fourth receiving game. We'll see then right here at --"

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