Eagles’ James Bradberry takes ownership of final drive, poor play in Seahawks loss: ‘I have to play better’

James Bradberry had his worst game with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. The soft-spoken Bradberry had few words when describing the horrendous performance.

Bradberry was picked on in coverage throughout Monday’s loss, allowing six of seven completions for 112 yards with a touchdown and zero interceptions — including the game-winning 29-yard touchdown pass from Drew Lock to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 33 seconds remaining in a 20-17 defeat. 

“I was just playing the sticks. We (were) in man (coverage),” Bradberry said after the loss, via a team transcript. “He just ran past me because I was sitting at the sticks.”

Bradberry gave up four completions to Lock on the final drive, as the Seahawks quarterback was specifically targeting him. Lock went 4 of 4 for 87 yards and a touchdown (118.8 rating) when targeting Bradberry on that final drive. The Seahawks scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, as Bradberry allowed 5 of 6 completions for 99 yards and a touchdown (118.8 rating).

The Eagles defense played better as a unit in Matt Patricia’s first game as the play-caller, allowing 297 yards and 5.0 yards per play. 135 yards came in the fourth quarter, as Bradberry was responsible for 99 of them. 

The play-calling may have changed, but Bradberry still struggled. Bradberry took accountability for his performance and didn’t mention the changes made on defense playing a factor. 

“We did pretty good. I just didn’t play well today. I have to play better.,” Bradberry said. “You probably…