SECOND QUARTER
Big touchdown runs for both Blount and White ... Cooks cold-cocked and out of game ... Tricky TD by Foles
First play features a bad snap that leads to a missed field goal by Stephen Gostkowski, one of the best in the business ... Nick Foles
wise in his throw-away that sets up third down. Pressure forces Foles to step up in pocket, electing to pass, which fell incomplete, instead of run as game’s first three-and-out plays out ... Short punt puts ball on New England’s 37 ... Brandin Cooks left wide open for a 21-yard gain, but gets rocked by Melvin Jenkins with a blind-side jolt that appeared to have some helmetto-helmet contact ... A great trick play, flea- flicker, receiver option with Danny Amendola with the ball, should have led to a reception, perhaps even a TD, but Tom Brady
dropped it, leading to a fourth-down incompletion that would represent the game’s first turnover, Brady underthrowing Rob Gronkowski
in man coverage ... Eagles go conservative and face 3rd-and-7 as Foles hooks up with Zach Ertz with Philly inside Pats’ side of mid-field ... Foles makes game’s best throw as he drops it right into Alshon Jeffery to the 21 ... LeGarrette Blount uses great run blocking to head up field, cutting to the inside and runs into end zone ... Two-point convert fails with Foles and Jeffery, who have been spectacular, unable to hook up ... Rex Burkhead takes a simple screen pass and turns it upfield for a huge gain ... Eagles defence stiffens, reading a fake reverse and forcing Brady into a quick throw and incompletions ... Gostkowksi does convert on a field goal ... it’s announced that Cooks won’t be back after that lethal tackle ... Hugerunby Jay Ajayi catches Pats off- guard ... Then comes freakish pick by Duron Harmon on a tipped ball for Jeffery as Eagles go deep
... Pass interference on third down allows Pats an extra set of downs ... Chris Hogan produces a 43-yard pass and run play that leads to a James White running major, a drive set up by a holding penalty ... Gostkowski misses PAT, Pats’ second special teams blunder in quarter ... on ensuing possession, Eagles get inside Pats five on pass-and-run, going for it on fourth down, running the greatest trick play in Super Bowl history, a direct snap, flip, option pass from Trey Burton to a wideopen Foles for a TD.