The Patriots and Giants closed out the preseason against each other for the 12th straight season.
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Brady surprisingly played the entire first half of the game. Brady got his first preseason action in a game typically reserved for players fighting to make the team.
The New England Patriots have one of the best offenses in the National Football League especially when Tom Brady returns in week five. Pre season. With a seventeen to nine loss to New York Giants. With McAdoo giving the majority of his defensive starters the night off, the Giants’ second- and third-teamers got to square off with the two-time MVP.
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. He finished the night 16-of-29 for 210 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
“I’m not anti-American. I love America”, said Kaepernick, who stayed on the field long after the game to sign autographs for enthusiastic fans.
The Patriots opted to start Brady in the final preseason game.
So the Patriots finish the preseason at 3-1, now they have to cut the roster down to 53 men by Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Cornerback Trevin Wade had a tremendous start to the game.
Brady completed 16 of 26 passes for 166 yards, a touchdown and an interception as New England took a 6-3 halftime lead. The three-game home stand at Gillette Stadium brings a couple division foes and another team with a young, unproven, suspect passer in Brock Osweiler.
The hurt of this heartbreak was healed somewhat by the Patriots winning Super Bowl XLIX, as it prevented this game from entering the “curse” conversation.
Now, let’s take a look back at each of those four games and the two postseason encounters. The Patriots had two fumbles and an interception for a total of three first half turnovers. “All of the coordinators are still there so it’s nearly like him working in NY kind of grandfathered in, looking over the shoulder”, Belichick said.
With the ensuing drive starting on the Patriots’ 25-yard line, Brady backed the Giants into the red zone, the key play being a 38-yard connection with receiver Aaron Dobson to the Giants’ 19-yard line. King got a great release to get open and then was off to the races after catching a quick slant from Nassib. And of second and third team units in gave up the lead in the second half as the giants were able to come from behind.
New York Jets quarterback Bryce Petty threw a 44-yard touchdown pass before injuring his shoulder, but a pair of big plays helped the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Jets, 14-6.
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Edelman caught one pass for six yards in the preseason game against Carolina.
