Tavarres King capped an impressive preseason with a 59-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Ryan Nassib to give the New York Giants a 17-9 win over the New England Patriots in the 2016 preseason finale on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium.
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“Everybody is excited, ” Manning said.
“We can now turn the page on some tough decisions that we have to make over this weekend”. Most of the team’s defensive starters played 10 snaps before departing, and that’s when Mingo entered the game. “The defense has been playing great football, so hopefully they can continue to do that and the offense, we will pick it up and score some points”.
Belichick and the Patriots will find out soon enough what it feels like as the first regular season game is 10 days away as they travel to Arizona on September 11 for Week 1 of the regular season.
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. You can stand around and talk about it all day, I don’t think that really makes you a better player. “Guys just got to step up”.
Coach Ben McAdoo said he was impressed with one release off the line in particular from Cruz, calling it “exciting to see”. He did attempt a few long bombs to one of the few veteran receivers he had on the field, Aaron Dobson, who caught a 38-yarder among his two catches in five targets. “Coach [Bill Belichick] and I talked about it and it was a good opportunity to get out there and play”.
Regarding the Patriots’ next four games, Brady added he’ll “be cheering like hell”, per the Providence Journal’s Mark Daniels.
The makeshift starting offense, in keeping with this summer’s theme, was dismal. For now, we have to go out there and play the way that he motivates us, and the way he leads us to play.
He seemed to weather the upheavals along the offensive line – on his last series, the line was Fleming, Barker, Josh Kline, Ted Karras and LaAdrian Waddle – by going into hurry-up mode and throwing quick-outs. The second series was not much better, with the only positive play a 13-yard Nassib pass to rookie Sterling Shepard.
The last time Brady played in a preseason finale was 2014, when he held for an extra point just to see if he can do it.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who next week begins a four-game suspension, saw his most extensive action in the preseason finale since September 1, 2011, also against the Giants. The Giants were glad they got to work against him.
“Playing chess with one of the best in the history of the game, they responded, ” McAdoo said.
Belichick was asked about the risk to Brady.
“I promised him a jersey previous year, and I forgot”, Brady told reporters after the game. The two-time NFL MVP hit 6 of 7 passes and scrambled for 10 yards on the march, which ended with a 7-yard TD toss to a wide-open Keshawn Martin.
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