FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – When you line up against a 10-1 football team, one with four Lombardi Trophies in its pocket, you know you need to play a great football game. The Eagles hurt themselves on Sunday at Gillette Stadium with a flurry of flags and they were costly in the first half.
But it was a total turnaround in the second half as the Eagles cleaned up their act and held on to the critical 35-28 victory.
"Huge that we stopped killing ourselves," right tackle Lane Johnson said. "We've had too many penalties all season.