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MILESTONE NIGHT FOR PATS’ BRADY

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Tom Brady threw for 334 yards to move into second place on the NFL’s all-time passing-yardage list, and the New England Patriots remained unbeaten with a 35-14 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night in Foxborough, Mass.

The Patriots (6-0) forced four turnovers and scored touchdowns on a blocked punt and a fumble return in the same game for the first time since Nov. 30, 1986, against the New

Orleans Saints.

Brady scored twice on quarterbac­k sneaks to notch two rushing touchdowns in a game for the third time in his career.

Rookie Daniel Jones was intercepte­d three times while completing 15 of 31 passes for 161 yards and one touchdown for the Giants (2-4), who were outgained 427-213 in total yards.

New York played without star running back Saquon Barkley (high ankle sprain) and three other key offensive players — backup running back Wayne Gallman and receiver Sterling Shepard, both out with concussion­s, and tight end Evan Engram (knee).

Still, the Giants were in the game in the fourth quarter until the Patriots opened up a two-touchdown lead on Kyle

Van Noy’s 22-yard fumble return with 8:26 left in the contest.

Jamie Collins forced the ball out of the hands of New York running back Jon Hilliman on the third-down pass play, and Van Voy picked it up and ran down the left side and hit the ball with the pylon to make it 28-14 as Jones tried to make the tackle.

New England put the game away on Brady’s 1-yard sneak with 3:49 remaining.

Brady, who completed 31 of 41 passes with one intercepti­on, reached the passing-yards milestone with a 19-yard completion to Sony Michel on his first toss of the game. The opening-minute play pushed him past Peyton Manning (71,940 passing yards).

Brady finished the game with 72,257 passing yards. Drew Brees is the all-time leader with 74,845.

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