Brady: Edelman is too good to just put someone else in

At a few point this year, the NY Giants may learn how to finish games. What resulted instead was another agonizing defeat.

The Giants came up a second short, just like they did against Dallas, Atlanta and New Orleans earlier in the season. Peyton seemed to think that he was doing better than he is, as the partial-tear completely threw him off his game. “Just get the game over with”. We had the ball in the end zone that’s knocked out of the hands.

Amendola caught three passes from Brady on the final drive. With injuries to their offensive line as well, pressure has mounted on Brady and his healthy weapons to take their game up a level.

Luckily, New England began moving the ball again in the fourth quarter in large part to Amendola’s play.

Gostkowski certainly gets a game ball, as does his counterpart, Giants kicker Josh Brown, who with four made field goals extended his career high and Giants record streak to 27 consecutive made attempts.

“We were close and when they brought their goalline defense in we had to adjust”, said Eli Manning. “They weren’t going to let us run the ball there”.

Amendola has caught 40 passes (on 48 targets) for 403 yards and two touchdowns this season while tallying 172 yards on eight kick returns and 205 yards on 15 punt returns. Leaving Big Blue (5-5) in first place, as surreal as that sounds.

Looking for another upset over the favored Patriots, the NY Giants wilted on Sunday afternoon due to questionable playcalling, losing 27-26 to the reigning Super Bowl champs. “We prepared well, worked hard all week, played hard, and had the 10-point lead”. In their win against the 49ers they gave up the lead, Manning was just able to have the game winning drive. In other words, if Beckham’s play was ruled a catch, it’s likely that the Patriots undefeated season would have ended.

The Patriots next game in Monday night vs. the Bills at Gillette Stadium. The win did not come without its costly losses, however.

New England’s offense wasn’t the same after Edelman exited on the last play of the first quarter. Lewis and Solder have been placed on injured reserve, ending their seasons, but Edelman is eligible to return upon recovering.

That first-down call is the one that could be second-guessed-even if the Patriots were playing the run, there’s value in getting stuffed, getting to the two-minute warning, and forcing New England to burn its last timeout on second down.

Manning’s brother, Peyton Manning, was pulled out of the Denver Broncos game on Sunday, per coach’s decision. “There was more that we could have taken care of”.