The New York Giants host the New England Patriots in Week 4 of the of the NFL Preseason schedule on Thursday, kick off time at 7:00 PM ET, at Metlife Stadium.
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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.
The Patriots, however, may showcase their most valued asset, QB Tom Brady, who may want a final tune-up before serving a four-game suspension to start the season.
Belichick of course came through the National Football League as part of the Bill Parcells coaching tree, having spent over a decade as an assistant with the Giants.
You won’t see that on Tom Brady’s helmet.
“I was happy I was able to play as much as I did”, Brady said.
Don’t look for: any Giants or Patriots players to be sitting down like Kaepernick in an equally pointless exercise.
Before the snap Owa is rock-solid in his stance, barely moving at all, then accelerates into his rush nearly instantaniously when the ball is snapped.
Tom Brady made his preseason debut against the Giants. Goff completed just six of his 16 pass attempts for 67 yards and threw an interception while playing the entire first half. His sixth and final series was a knee at the half. However, running back D.J. Foster fumbled a screen pass two plays later, ending the drive.
“I think Jimmy’s got to be himself”, McDaniels said.
The Giants, who open the season Sunday, Sept, 11 at the Dallas Cowboys, sat 15 players for this game. His refusal to stand for the anthem first came to public notice last week when he remained seated on the 49ers’ bench before a preseason game against Green Bay.
They ended up getting burned on a 59-yard scoring play when Nassib hit Tavares King on a short slant where he juked rookie Cyrus Jones at the line.
NY got on the board in the second quarter with a 25-yard field goal by Randy Bullock to cap a 15-play, 59-yard drive. After missing the first two games of the 2016 preseason, he returned to action in Week 3 at Carolina.
Either way, Brady will be an easy QB1 when he comes back in Week 5.
Brady did play one snap in the 2014 preseason finale against the Giants, as he was summoned off the sideline to serve as the emergency holder on the field goal unit as a reminder that he always had to be prepared for that role in the event of an injury.
Doing so will not be easy against the Cardinals, who, like the Patriots, fell one win shy of a Super Bowl berth last season.
Brady is not allowed to have contact with the Patriots or utilize team facilities during his suspension. Tight end Rob Gronkowski has been sidelined since August 15 with an undisclosed ailment, while wide receivers Julian Edelman (left foot) and Danny Amendola (left knee, bone spurs in ankle) are working their way back from injuries. Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr., for example, are not expected to play. There was no flag and Wade wrestled the ball away for an interception, one of three Patriots turnovers in the half. Jacoby Brissett was ideal with 9-for-9 for 85 yards.
How do you follow up a 58-yard, two-touchdown game?
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King had four catches for 80 yards and a touchdown. It’s tough to tell a guy that you can’t be on the team when he did everything that you asked him to do.
