What to Watch For When the Patriots Face the Giants
Sunday, November 15, 2015
"They're a good team. I mean, they've always played us pretty tough, so we're expecting their best. They've got some really good players. They're obviously really well-coached, so they're just a tough team. We've always played them, I mean, we've always had very, very close games against them even when we've won. We just haven't won as many of them as I would've liked to have won," said Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in his weekly press conference.
Despite being only one game over the .500 mark, the Giants are currently sitting in first place in the NFC East.
This is Not 2007... or 2010
Playing the New York Giants brings back a lot of memories/nightmares for Patriots fans after what happened in 2007 and then again in 2010. However, it should be noted that this version of the Giants is not the even close to those Super Bowl teams.
"I'd much rather have won them than lost them, but they won't have any bearing on this week or what the matchups are. It's a totally different team and game and situation and so forth, but they just have a great organization," said Brady.
Defensively
This Giants team does not have much of a pass rush, only registering nine sacks on the season so far and their passing defense is ranked at the bottom of the league, second to last to be exact.
New York has gotten some reinforcements in the form of Jason Pierre-Paul but he is playing with one and a half hands. Patriots coach Bill Belichick still spoke highly of him.
"I think he played 50-some plays last week against Tampa, so his conditioning looks fine. I'm sure he'll be in there most of the time like he was last week, so he'll be there. He's long, he's athletic, he's got good feet, good quickness, good edge speed, so he's definitely a force. We're going to have to do a good job on him."
Offensively
Eli Manning is still there of course, but many of the weapons around him are out including tight end Larry Donnell and Victor Cruz. New York's run game has not been effective at all as they are only averaging 3.9 yards per carry and only have three rushing touchdowns on the season.
New York's offense ranks 14th best in the league in passing and 24th in the league in rushing.
For more on the game, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
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