MILESTONE NIGHT FOR PATS’ BRADY
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.