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Edelman, who was injured on the final play of the first quarter, was on pace to top 100 catches and 1,300 yards. As good as the Pats are, Edelman would be a significant loss. Maybe when he takes a look at game film he might see that he did not need to leap at all in order to get the pick. He left his feet while extending for the ball, hauled it in and then lost the ball against his ribs as he knocked his head against the ground upon landing. “If they had tackled us where he caught the ball, it would have been an even tougher kick”. He’s preaching more consistent and tighter coverage with his players this week to keep Brady from getting the ball out as quickly as he did in the first meeting. It wasn’t like Brady had a bad game but he made crucial mistakes with a pair of fumbles and a costly interception. “When the Giants got down, they tried to run that roll-out pick play that they like”. They extended it to 35 with Gostkowski’s secondquarter 31-yard field goal; LeGarrette Blount’s 1-yard TD run following Amendola’s 82-yard punt runback in the third – the longest of Amendola’s career; and the long pass to Gronkowski on which New York’s Craig Dahl and Brandon Meriweather collided. Brady always says he has to get better and after that game, he’s right.

Eli Manning continued his great season, passing two touchdowns and accumulating 361 yards against the average New England pass defense.

If the Patriots do indeed push the undefeated thing another six weeks to eight weeks and eventually get back to the Super Bowl, we might remember Gostkowski’s kick as the lightning rod. Brady completed 26 of 42 passes for 334 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a 92.8 rating. This season, he already has 639 yards to his name along with seven touchdowns. This is about the Giants, Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin and their continuous crusade to destroy everything the Patriots try to do. The Giants, who have a bye coming up, lead the NFC East by a half game over Philadelphia and Washington.

“Just looking at it, it’s kind of the way the rule is making the football move, especially in the end zone”, Manning said, “You’ve got to have it the whole time, and so I wasn’t surprised after seeing the replay”. “We prepared well, worked hard all week, played hard, and had the 10-point lead”.

“They played great”, Brady said of a Giants team that sacked him three times. NY coach Tom Coughlin knew how to expose the Pats defense, and he didn’t waste any time.

Up next, the Patriots play a Monday night game against Buffalo on their home turf. The win did not come without its costly losses, however.

Edelman’s injury is not dissimilar to the Jones fracture that Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant suffered in Week 1 against the NY Giants; Bryant missed six weeks (five games).

The Patriots hope to have Edelman back by the playoffs, but until then, they have a tall task in front of them.

That’s the fallout of having two key weapons in wide receiver Julian Edelman and running back Dion Lewis subtracted from the equation. That could very well open the door to a game plan that features aggressive blitzing this time around. New England’s pass rush wasn’t consistent, but did make a few plays.