He’s set to start serving his four-game Deflategate suspension on Saturday. With Brady’s suspension looming, the Patriots were obviously looking to get their Hall of Fame quarterback some extra reps against the Giants second team defense.
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Mingo’s impressive debut: Linebacker Barkevious Mingo, who was acquired in a trade with the Cleveland Browns on August 25, made an instant impact in his debut with a strip sack on his third play, and then he forced a fumble on the next play.
Head coach Bill Belichick allowed his future Hall of Fame quarterback to play the entire of the first half in the team’s final pre-season contest against the New York Giants, an unusual position for Brady to find himself in. And explaining why Brady played the entire.
Both Buffalo and Miami play New England in the first four weeks, but none of the Patriots’ division rivals is throwing any dirt on its rival just yet. Getting some of the rust off of him will be important heading into the season.
Harbaugh said if it were up to him, “I’d go none”, meaning no preseason games. Brissett drove the Patriots to the Giants’ 4-yard line, but Foster’s touchdown run was nullified by a holding penalty called against Martin. There was no flag and Wade wrestled the ball away for an interception, one of three Patriots turnovers in the half.
Lynch wasn’t great Thursday, but wasn’t bad either. Foster likely won the battle finishing the night with nine receptions for 110 yards and nine carries for 22 yards.
Charles Johnson also had another nice night.
Brady finished 16 of 26 for 166 yards with a TD and an interception. While Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Goff has “made significant progress”, he isn’t yet comfortable having Goff as the primary backup to Case Keenum.
Cornerbacks (5): Malcolm Butler, Logan Ryan, Justin Coleman, Cyrus Jones, Cre’Von LeBlanc The Patriots CB depth chart was settled last week, although Darryl Roberts and Jonathan Jones didn’t do enough to change that. Chris Hogan led in receiving with 62 yards and a touchdown while Aaron Dobson complimented 49 ayrds in two receptions.
Chargers running back Kenneth Farrow, undrafted out of Houston, turned in a nice game against the Niners.
Cyrus Jones had a 34-yard punt return in the fourth quarter a week after returning a third quarter punt at Carolina for 60 yards.
Boyer, who wrote a conciliatory open letter to Kaepernick earlier this week, had a long conversation with the quarterback about his stance this week, and he posted a photo of the two on Twitter with a caption reading, “Let’s just keep moving forward”.
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The only positive for him: It’s four fewer opportunities to get injured and his body will have taken far fewer hits going into December.
