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				<title><![CDATA[Eagles give Patriots a scare, but not a defeat]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - Asante Samuel made sure the
New England Patriots stayed in line for history.

The Patriots cornerback ran back one interception for a
touchdown and killed a potential go-ahead drive late in the
fourth quarter with an interception in the end zone as New
England held off the Philadelphia Eagles, 31-28, Sunday at
Gillette Stadium.

The Patriots (11-0) had already clinched their fifth straight
AFC East title earlier in the day when Buffalo lost at
Jacksonville. The Eagles (5-6) had their modest two-game win
streak snapped.

"We won the division, which was one of our goals to start the
season so that's an accomplishment that the team should be proud
of," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "As I told our team in
there, in the end, they made enough plays to win the game and
that's something they should be happy about."

Just 82 seconds into the game, the Patriots had their sights set
on another blowout.

Samuel, the featured Patriots player on the cover of the game
program, stepped in front of a pass intended for Brian Westbrook
along the near sideline and raced 40 yards untouched for the
game's opening score.

"A quick step, quick (coverage) drop during the game," Samuel
said. "They tried to throw it out to Westbrook and I just read
it and broke on it."

It was Samuel's first interception for a touchdown this season
and third career in the regular season for a touchdown.

"That's what it's about, making plays in the NFL," Samuel added.
"You never know what kind of game you are going to have. You
try to help your team out and playing hard for 60 minutes, and
that's what we did."

The Eagles then showed that they would not be another
intimidated opponent, putting together a 14-play, 77-yard drive,
capped off with a one-yard hurdling run by Westbrook for his
sixth touchdown of the season.

Tom Brady threw for 380 yards but was held to just one touchdown
pass while A.J. Feeley, filling in for the injured Donovan
McNabb, threw for a career-high 345 yards and three TD passes.

"I thought they played really well and I thought they executed
really well," Brady said. "I think as a team, I wish we had
played a little bit better but I give those guys a lot of
credit. They've been in a lot of games this year. I'm proud of
the way we played in the fourth quarter and overcame a deficit
and came from behind and scored when we needed to."

Brady and the New England offense didn't get their first chance
until there was 6:38 remaining in the first quarter. The
Patriots drove the ball 78 yards in 10 plays, taking the lead
again when Heath Evans dove over from one yard, putting New
England up 14-7.

Feeley rebounded from the early interception and threw two TD
passes to Greg Lewis, one of 28 yards on third down and the
other of 18 yards on a post pattern, which put Philadelphia up,
21-17, stunning the crowd of 68,756.

"That was about the way I expected it tonight," Belichick said.
"Philadelphia is a good football team. They played well. They
did a good job. It was a hard-fought game that came down to a
couple of plays and I was glad we were able to make them."

The Eagles, sensing a rare chance to jump on the Patriots in
their own stadium, successfully executed and recovered an on
side kick. But they could not take advantage and had to punt.

But Brady got the ball back with three minutes remaining and
engineered a nine-play, 54-yard march, ending with a 19-yard
connection to Jabar Gaffney, who was able to drag both feet in
bounds before falling out of the back of the end zone. New
England's 24-21 halftime lead was its slimmest all year at home.

Feeley's third touchdown pass of the night, an eight-yard strike
to Reggie Brown on third down, gave Philadelphia a 28-24 lead
with 1:34 remaining in the third quarter.

Brady and Welker connected three times for 39 yards on a 10-play
drive that culminated with a four-yard Laurence Maroney
touchdown run with 7:20 remaining in the fourth, putting the
Patriots up, 31-28.

"They gave us a lot of different looks, which was something
different than we are used to seeing," said Welker, who ended
with 13 catches for 149 yards, both career highs. "We just
needed to make some adjustments and make sure we are all on the
same page and seeing the same stuff out there."

"The credit goes to the New England Patriots," Eagles coach Andy
Reid said. "They're a heck of a football team. I'm proud of our
guys and the way they battled. We came up a little bit short,
but it's something we can learn from and build from and we'll do
that."

The Eagles drove to the New England 29 with four minutes
remaining when Feeley threw an ill-advised pass to the end zone,
picked off by Samuel. Feeley's third interception came when
James Sanders picked off a pass with 11 seconds to play to seal
the win for the Patriots.

"I'm just bitter," said a frustrated Feeley. "It's just
disappointing to come out there and be so close and come up
short like that. Personally, I take it on my back for the
outcome. I can't put myself or the team in a position like that
and turn the ball over."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:50:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Patriots look to continue unbeaten season]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia (5-5) at New England (10-0)            8:15 pm EST

FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Eagles will
not have five-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb in the
lineup Sunday night against the New England Patriots.

Trying to continue their march toward an unbeaten season, the
Patriots host the Eagles.

While it has been just 10 games, the Patriots already are being
talked about as the greatest team in NFL history.  And it would
be hard to make an argument against them.

New England has scored an NFL-record 411 points in 10 games and
has won by an average of 26.0 points.  The team can clinch the 
AFC East with a win or a Buffalo loss to Jacksonville earlier 
Sunday.

The ringleader for the Patriots' offensive juggernaut has been
two-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who is on target to break
Peyton Manning's single-season record of 49 touchdowns.

Brady has 38 touchdowns, putting him on pace for an astounding
61. He also has thrown for 3,059 yards and completed 74 percent
(250-of-338) of his passes.

To say Brady has meshed with mercurial wide receiver Randy Moss
would be an understatement.  Moss has 66 catches for 1,052 yards
and a league-leading 16 touchdowns.

In front of a national television audience last Sunday night,
the Patriots put on another show in a 56-10 thrashing of the
Buffalo Bills. It marked the ninth time in 10 games they have
won by more than 17 points.

Against the Bills, Brady threw four of his five touchdown passes
to Moss in the first half.  Overall, he completed 31-of-39
passes for 373 yards, leading the Patriots to TDs on their first
seven possessions.

"Can this offense play any better?  Of course we can," said
Moss, who had 10 catches for 128 yards last week.  "With 11 guys
executing, there's no telling what we can do."

All the Patriots' firepower would seem to be too much for the
Eagles, who will be without McNabb due to a sprained right
ankle and swollen right thumb.

McNabb was injured in the second quarter of last week's 17-7 win
over the Miami Dolphins.  A.J. Feeley, who replaced McNabb,
engineered a pair of second-half scoring drive.

Feeley, who led the Eagles to a 4-1 record at the end of the
2002 season when McNabb was recovering from a broken ankle,
will start.

The Eagles have won consecutive games for the first time this
season, putting them within a game of the Detroit Lions for the
NFC's second wild card.

But the playoffs would seem to be an  uphill climb since
Philadelphia also has games left against the Dallas Cowboys
(9-1), New York Giants (7-3) and Seattle Seahawks (6-4).]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
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