Something tells me Bill Belichick and Tom Brady might mention the fact that Eli Manning and the Giants ruined the Patriots’ perfect season in Super Bowl XLII before their post-Deflategate Undefeated Tour comes to MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The Panthers and Bengals won’t go 16-0. The Patriots will.
The Patriots will because of Brady, first and foremost.
Running back Dion Lewis goes down with a knee injury, so LeGarrette Blount rushes for 129 yards behind a makeshift offensive line.
Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount gets upended during a 100-plus-yard day.APRob Gronkowski is contained, so Brandon LaFell (102 yards) becomes Brady’s favorite target.
Julian Edelman catches a touchdown pass, and bemoans a red-zone fumble instead.
The two obvious roadblocks on the schedule: at Denver (Week 12) and at the Jets (Week 16).
But nothing will deflate Brady now.
“You definitely have to play a perfect game against them, especially at [Gillette],” Redskins left tackle Trent Williams said after the Patriots cruised to 8-0 with a 27-10 win.
