PHILADELPHIA — Struggling in the red zone against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the New England Patriots turned to some razzle-dazzle to score their first touchdown early in the third quarter of Sunday’s game. The results struck the Eagles with the suddenness of a “Golden Flash.”
At the Eagles’ 15-yard line, Tom Brady lateraled the ball to his right to receiver Julian Edelman, who had initially come in half-motion to the line of scrimmage before motioning back to the outside.
The @Patriots DOUBLE PASS works perfectly.@Edelman throws a touchdown to Dorsett for the lead. #NEvsPHI #GoPats
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As the defense pursued Edelman, receiver Phillip Dorsett was wide open on a left-to-right post route in the middle end zone and Edelman — who played quarterback for the Kent State Golden Flashes but switched to receiver when the Patriots selected him in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft — found him with an accurate strike.
Including the playoffs, Edelman is now 5-of-6 for 141 yards and 2 TDs as a passer.