After holding Miami to 15 yards rushing the week before the Pats defense allowed Washington only 2.5 yards per carry. They are the defending Super Bowl champions. Manning has 177 yards passing, one touchdown, no interceptions. He was sacked a season-high three times and hit five others times.
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The margin of victory in most of the Pats’ eight games has been by an average of 16 points. “I’ve worked with James White since he got here”, Brady said.
The Giants lead the league with a plus-12 turnover differential, including 13 interceptions.
In all of their meetings, the Patriots (8-0) were favored, and the Giants (5-4) had an inferior record. There is no such thing as an easy game against the Giants for the Patriots, and there is no reason to believe that this game will be any exception. Coughlin is 5-1 against Belichick.
“It does get your motor running, no question about it”, said Coughlin about facing the Patriots.
It’s probably appropriate that in likely the biggest game they will plat at MetLife Stadium this season, the rival coaches will be two of the assistant coaches who were on Bill Parcells” staff in that historic season when the G-Men won the title on a Buffalo field goal try that went “wide right’. The Patriots returned to the Super Bowl again after the 2011 season, and again the Giants beat them, extending New England’s championship mini-drought from 2004 until last season’s victory over Seattle. And you love them because they’re always, no matter what they go through, even after what they’ve gone through this year, to see how they’ve come out and they play football, it’s something about it I admire. The season can get long for the young guys and they need to focus on their technique, on our execution, and winning each day. “We just haven’t won as many of them as I would’ve liked to have won”.
Brady has lost four straight to an opponent once, against Denver between 2005-09.
Pierre-Paul had two tackles against the Buccaneers.
“Well I think he played 50-some plays last week against Tampa, so his conditioning looks fine”, Belichick said. I am well aware that it is necessary at times, I just prefer man-to-man. The Patriots, meanwhile, have won every game this season by at least seven points and own the league’s top-scoring offence.
Like most National Football League observers, Beckham Jr.’s admiration for New England stems from the franchise’s success since 2001.
Dance off: Odell Beckham Jr. and Rob Gronkowski are the Giants’ and Patriots’, respectively, biggest weapons.
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New England has continued to roll.
“They’ve always played us pretty tough, so we’re expecting their best”, Brady said. “If they get there in time, it’s their ball”.
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“As far as the mechanics, I’ve really tried to work on those”.
