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Patriots look to continue unbeaten season

Nov 25, 2007 - 11:29 AM 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).