GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: PHILADELPHIA (5-5) at NEW ENGLAND (10-0)

NFL: PHILADELPHIA (5-5) at NEW ENGLAND (10-0)

<h3>Patriots look to continue unbeaten season</h3>



<div class="pre">Philadelphia (5-5) at New England (10-0) 8:15 pm EST</div>

FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Eagles willnot have five-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb in thelineup Sunday night against the New England Patriots.

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


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


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


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

Brady has 38 touchdowns, putting him on pace for an astounding61. 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 Mosswould be an understatement. Moss has 66 catches for 1,052 yardsand 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 theBuffalo Bills. It marked the ninth time in 10 games they havewon by more than 17 points.


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


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


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


McNabb was injured in the second quarter of last week's 17-7 winover 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 the2002 season when McNabb was recovering from a broken ankle,will start.


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


<div class="pre">But the playoffs would seem to be an uphill climb since</div>Philadelphia also has games left against the Dallas Cowboys(9-1), New York Giants (7-3) and Seattle Seahawks (6-4).

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 0
NEW ENGLAND 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 31 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
ASANTE SAMUEL 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

PHILADELPHIA 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 13:38 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 13:33 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 22 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD PHI
BRIAN WESTBROOK 1 YD RUN
(DAVID AKERS KICK)

PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 7 6:38 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 7 6:31 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 23 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
HEATH EVANS 1 YD RUN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 14 1:35 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 14 1:29 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 24 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 14 1:24 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 24 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 7 7
NEW ENGLAND 14 14 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, ASANTE SAMUEL 40 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK),
1:22. NEW ENGLAND 7-0
PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 1 YD RUN (DAVID
AKERS KICK), 8:22. Drive: 14 plays,
77 yards in 7:00. Key plays: Feeley
21-yard pass to Avant to
Philadelphia 44; Feeley 11-yard
pass to Brown to New England 47;
Westbrook 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to New England 42; Feeley 15-yard
pass to Lewis on 3rd-and-7 to New
England 24; Feeley 2-yard run on
4th-and-1 to New England 13.
PHILADELPHIA 7-7
NWE - TD, HEATH EVANS 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 13:25. NEW
ENGLAND 14-7</div>

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL PHILADELPHIA 7
NEW ENGLAND 14 14:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD PHI
GREG LEWIS 28 YD PASS FROM A.J. FEELEY
(DAVID AKERS KICK)

PHILADELPHIA 14
NEW ENGLAND 14 12:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 14
NEW ENGLAND 14 12:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 48 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL PHILADELPHIA 14
NEW ENGLAND 14 8:25 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FG NWE
STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 23 YD

PHILADELPHIA 14
NEW ENGLAND 17 6:42 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 14
NEW ENGLAND 17 6:36 LEFT, 2ND QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: PHILADELPHIA at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD PHI
GREG LEWIS 18 YD PASS FROM A.J. FEELEY
(DAVID AKERS KICK)

PHILADELPHIA 21
NEW ENGLAND 17 3:01 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
PHILADELPHIA 21
NEW ENGLAND 17 2:53 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 46 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

PHILADELPHIA 21
NEW ENGLAND 17

NWE BALL AT MIDFIELD
3RD AND 6</div>