Tire Rack (Rant Sports) ranks them 1st: In what may have been the most predictable game from Sunday, the New England Patriots had little trouble getting by the Redskins to remain undefeated on the season.
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The Giants coach hosted Edelman on a free agent visit prior to the 2013 season but Edelman left the Meadowlands without a deal and chose to return to the Patriots.
This type of sentiment has been heard before, yet the Giants prevailed. The Patriots are unbeaten and playing as well as they did at any point last season when they finished by hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
– With a victory on Sunday, the Pats will secure a winning season for the 15th straight year. New England switched things up this week with a more balanced approach, rushing the ball 37 times (mainly with LaGarrette Blount) to go with Tom Brady’s 299 yards passing. “We will enhance our testing to include a color blindness analysis to better address this issue in the future”.
The Giants defense is not what it was when they defeated the Patriots in the past.
The Patriots play at Denver on November 29.
“On a team with no other threats at receiver, Kyle Shanahan keeps scheming up ways to get Jones the ball and he’s taking advantage – on pace for 142 catches for 1,829 yards and 11 touchdowns”, says Tom Pelissero of USA Today. I know I’m hooked. Both teams wanted the win, and the Patriots got it, 38-35, after trailing by 12 in the third quarter. Line depth is an issue for New England with tackle Sebastian Vollmer (concussion) and guard Tre’ Jackson (knee) out for Sunday. “Do they have the Patriots” number?’…
Rodney Harrison famously can’t break up David Tyree’s miraculous catch. He also hates the Patriots. “So it’s just a bunch of B.S”. 505 yards. Let that marinate for a while when you consider the state of the NY pass defense heading into Sunday’s game.
“Well I think he played 50-some plays last week against Tampa, so his conditioning looks fine”, Belichick said. “So it’s a great test, a great opportunity, I think”.
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is 5-1, in all the times he has met Bill Belichick. In their last season together, the Giants won Super Bowl XXV. There is, really, only one reason to believe the Giants can win: It’s what they do. Eli Manning targets him an average of 10.6 times per game, so Butler will get a ton of action.
“The salary cap system is designed for the Patriots to not do what they’re doing, ” Woody said. They have a league-best 20 total takeaways and just nine giveaways. To me, that’s remarkable.
But one National Football League team has put a major dent in the Patriots’ accomplishments during their ongoing reign: the NY Giants.
David Patten (left) and Damien Woody leap with Christian Fauria after a 2002 touchdown. “We don’t have anybody with that kind of size, a lot of teams don’t”.
“They have blinders on, ” Woody said. 500 or better. They are equipped for such a challenge on offense now that Chris Johnson has brought a few reliability at running back, and Carson Palmer is the top-rated passer in the NFC at 110.2.
“That’s what separates the Patriots from everyone else – the ability to identify certain players”. Look at [now-injured running back] Dion Lewis. The man was out of football. He had three TD passes and one TD rushing last week in Carolina’s most impressive victory, against Green Bay. Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler likely will get the first shot at slowing Beckham. He didn’t do anything in Seattle. Then he goes back to New England and all of a sudden he’s playing well again. What does that tell you?
But what about the history between these two teams? “We had [safeties] Lawyer Milloy and Rodney Harrison on back end – high-end Pro Bowl level, smart-guy communicators”. That’s Devin McCourty now. “You definitely have to take it up a notch against those guys”.
“They’re a good team”. This is a golden era.
This is going to be a pretty good special teams matchup, as the Giants have a fairly reliable group, especially when you’re talking about kicker, kick returner and punt coverage. Sure, but the Giants have won against Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia and New Orleans in the past and they still lost to them this season.
“He’s one of the best blockers, ” he said.
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Andrew Luck suffered a lacerated kidney and partial tear of the abdominal muscle during Sunday’s clash with the Broncos and is expected to be out for between 2 to 6 weeks. “That’s what has to happen if you’re going to end up having a say in what this is all about”. The only thing that can really quench their hunger is a Super Bowl.
