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Ben McAdoo: Giants need to “play our game” on offense vs. Pats

The New England Patriots’ defeat is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in the National Football League history.

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Meanwhile, Eli Manning is enjoying a strong bounce-back campaign. Veteran Trumaine McBride brings it in the slot as well, but the Giants just do not have the depth to make up for the loss of a player with the ability of Amukamara.

“Just throwing goal-line, inside-the-ten, inside-the-15 passes”, Parcells said. But to Patriots fans, that is so 2005.

“I’d much rather have won them than lost them”, Brady said.

The wide receiver missed the first five games of the season with a leg injury, and struggled in his first game back against the NY Jets in Week 7. “To me, the greatest team that ever played in the National Football League”, Quarterback Tom Brady told the NY Daily News. One of the reasons was playing Wednesday on Giants training facility TVs: the NFL Network showing of Super Bowl XLII.

Well, no, I don’t mean all of them. The Patriots will be up against a NY defense allowing a league-worst 429.4 yards a contest.

“I was very, very impressed with the young man”, Giants coach Tom Coughlin recalled when asked about Edelman’s visit with the team. Coughlin is 5-1 against Belichick. If Rob Gronkowski is fully healthy in that second Super Bowl, Belichick might have his one for the thumb in New England.

The Patriots are the defending Super Bowl champions, and they are again undefeated as they come off a summer spent defending themselves from the league’s Deflategate investigation.

Basically, barring a big injury to Brady, expect to be talking about the Patriots Super Bowl chances again for at least the next two seasons. They get the job done, they win championships. Through nine games last year he had nine receptions for 82 yards; this year he has 40 for 403.

“I think it’s different teams from those games and over the past eight years, we’ve played them four times, a lot of new faces on their team and our team”, Manning said.

And with the Patriots heading down to the Meadowlands on Sunday for a MetLife Stadium Showdown against the NY Giants, this is an excellent time to note that the Giants coach, Tom Coughlin, should be another future enshrinee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “I think it’s a trap game when you kind of overlook a team”, Harrison said. “I’m sure he’ll be in there most of the time like he was last week, so he’ll be there”. New England will have to find a way to replace the production of injured running back Dion Lewis, but they have a plethora of talent available to them on offense. Lagarrette Blount led in rushing with 129 yards and one touchdown in 29 carries. Brady led New England to the go-ahead touchdown with about 5 minutes left, but the Giants took the lead after David Tyree caught a pass by pinning the ball against his helmet.

Since Odell Beckham is the Giants’ best offensive weapon, the Patriots will likely try to take him away from Eli Manning.

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Brady has a legendary rivalry with Peyton Manning, Eli’s older brother, but the quarterback of the Giants is the one who has denied him twice on the big stage. The Giants are an NFL-best plus-12 in turnover margin while the Patriots are tied for second at plus-seven. He’s getting a ton of targets, a lot of opportunities. “I think their scheme really plays a part of that”. New England is 5-1-1 against the spread in their last seven games, 4-1 against the spread following a game that they covered the point spread, and 3-1-1 against the spread against a team with a winning record.

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