Bill Belichick addressed the Patriots’ season-opening loss to the Eagles with a succinct summary.
“We had our chances today,” he explained in the postgame press conference. “Got off to a slow start, and made it competitive. Just couldn’t make enough plays here, or the ones we needed to make.”
New England fell behind 16-0 to the defending NFC champions by the end of the first quarter, but rallied. The Eagles’ eventual 25-20 win wasn’t decided until the final 30 seconds of the game, when an apparent Kayshon Boutte catch on fourth and 11 was overturned (handing the ball back to Philadelphia).