Pats allow 2 TD returns

This was hardly the trifecta the <a href="http://patriots.bostonherald.com/patriots.bg"><strong>Patriots</strong></a><font color="#888888"> [<a href="http://scores.heraldinteractive.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bostonherald&amp;page=nfl/teams/077/team.aspx?id=077">team stats</a>]</font> hoped to hit as they played their next-to-last pre-season game last night at Gillette Stadium.
<p>The offense was again largely ineffectual while the game remained competitive in the first half, and the defensive play remained a long way from championship caliber.</p>
<p>And to this troubling mess add a dreadful night&rsquo;s work by the New England special teams, which allowed two long kick returns for touchdowns in the Philadelphia Eagles&rsquo; 27-17 victory.</p>