This was a much closer game than I expected.  The Patriots did not come ready to play, while the Eagles played hard and pulled out all the stops and plays (flea flicker, onside kick, etc) and gave the Patriots a good game.  There has been a lot of talk this week that the Eagles have laid down a blueprint on how to beat the Patriots.  I’m not sure that this is so.  While the Patriots offense struggled relative to their recent games, they still scored 31 points (and if not for a bogus pass interference call on Moss, it would have been 38 points).  They had 4 drives in the first half and scored 3 TD’s and 1 FG on those four drives.  Where the Eagles did have an impressive performance was on offense.  They were able to find some wide open holes in the Patriots defense.  This may have been because of the injuries the Patriots had (Gay and Hobbs were hurt so Eddie Jackson was playing corner, Rashad Baker was playing in nickel situations, and Rosie Colvin got hurt).  Either way it didnt look good.

This game did leave the Patriots with some injuries.  Rosie Colvin is on IR.  This puts a big strain on the Patriots linebacking corps, one of the weaker spots on the roster.  I see the Patriots having a few options here.  The first one would be to move Adalius Thomas to the outside and have Bruschi and Seau play together inside (they had been splitting snaps).  The second option would be to play more 4-3 with Jarvis Green as the fourth lineman, and have Thomas and Vrabel at outside linebacker with Bruschi and Seau splitting time in the middle.  The fourth option would be if one of the young linebackers, Pierre Woods or Eric Alexander, are ready to start.  Personally, I would switch to more of a 4-3 alignment since the defensive line is more of the Pats strength anyway.  But still be ready to go multiple and switch to a 3-4 occasionally with both Seau and Bruschi out there.