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          Double pass: Patriots' Julian Edelman throws TD pass to Phillip Dorsett

          • Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterNov 17, 2019, 11:37 PM
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              Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.
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          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 the 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.

          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 Dorsett with an accurate strike.

          Including the playoffs, Edelman is now 5-of-6 for 141 yards and 2 TDs as a passer.