Takeaways From the Patriots Win Over the Giants

Invincible because since January, they haven’t lost.

“But it’s fun being on a good team. It’s kind of like being on a baseball team where everybody’s got a hit, and you can’t wait to get up there and get a hit, too”.

Josh Brown kicked a 29-yard field goal with 1:47 left for that tenuous 26-24 lead. They called a pass play that was initially called a touchdown but overturned on review.

Winning on Sunday won’t vacuum a pair of extra silver trophies to Gillette Stadium, but it’s important for Belichick to reverse the perception that he and Tom Brady can’t beat Coughlin and Eli Manning.

When these teams met in Seattle last season, Arizona was 9-1 and held a three-game lead in the N.F.C. West on the second-place Seahawks. Can the Giants pull off the upset, which would be their fourth straight victory (including two Super Bowl wins) over New England.

“Just finish the game”, an exasperated Coughlin said, recognizing four of his team’s defeats this year came because the Giants failed in the final moments. They get the job done, they win championships. I don’t look at it in terms of degrees. “You know, I probably just had to get a feel for him”. It’s not that far away from being a win. “Just finish the thing off”.

Both Beckham and New England’s Rob Gronkowski had the longest TD catches of their careers: Beckham for 87 yards and Gronkowski for 76. The Pats drove to the Giants’ 36, which set up the 54-yard field-goal try.

Palmer helped the Cardinals (7-2) build leads of 19-0 and 22-7 at halftime, only to watch Seattle (4-5) rally and take a 29-25 lead early in the fourth quarter on Bobby Wagner’s 22-yard fumble return that left CenturyLink Field shaking. Of course, they still had Brady, who threw for 334 yards, and Gostkowski. The Giants, who have a bye coming up, lead the NFC East by a half game over Philadelphia and Washington.

Larry Fitzgerald had 10 catches for 130 yards, his most receptions since Week 14 of 2013, and Michael Floyd had two big touchdown receptions in the first half.

The Giants trailed 24-23 when Beckham had the ball stripped out of his hands by Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler.

Use this as your second-half open thread. On the series, the Patriots went 3-for-3 on third downs, and it ended with a 1-yard pass play to veteran tight end Scott Chandler.

Roethlisberger began the game on the bench to rest his sprained left foot but entered in the first quarter after Landry Jones went down with a left ankle injury. After two incompletions, the Patriots faced fourth-and-10 from the 20 and Brady hit Danny Amendola for 12 yards and a first down.

DENVER – Kansas City prevented Peyton Manning from getting the one record he really wanted, trouncing Denver on the strength of five interceptions and five field goals.

NOTES: The Patriots are the fifth team and first since the 1983-98 49ers (16) with at least 15 consecutive winning seasons….