NFL-Brady shoulders the blame as Pats drop to 10-2

Dec 6 (Reuters) - New England quarterback Tom Brady took responsibility for Sunday's 35-28 loss to Philadelphia that saw the defending Super Bowl champions fall to No. 3 seed in the AFC, but coach Bill Belichick said there was more than enough blame to go round. The Patriots saw their unbeaten start to the season come to an end in Denver last week and the home loss to the Eagles saw them drop to 10-2 and behind the Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals in the race for home-field advantage in the playoffs. Four-time Superbowl champion Brady threw three touchdown passes, ran for one score and even chalked up a 36-yard reception on a night when he passed Dan Marino into third place on the all-time touchdowns list. But he also threw two interceptions, one of which Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins returned 99-yards for a touchdown. "If I turn the ball over twice I don't think we are going to have the chance to win many games and that's what it comes down to," Brady said. "The first interception was bad quarterbacking. The team trusts you to put the ball in your hands and make the decisions with it and that was a terrible decision. "So it is unfortunate because those cost you a game and I have to do a better job." While the Patriots are struggling to cope without top receiving targets Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman due to injuries, Belichick said his defense also had to step up. "We gave up 21 points when the defense is on the field and you lose like 98 percent of those games," Belichick said. "Just overall we didn't do anything well enough today. Didn't do enough on offense, turned the ball over, gave up two third down touchdowns on defense, didn't play well in the kicking game, just really didn't do anything well enough to win." Special teams were also an issue. The Eagles returned a punt for a touchdown and blocked another before running it in during their 35-point blitz. (Reporting by Ben Everill in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford; )