Patriots pull away late to stay perfect at 60
Tom Brady had two touchdown runs and moved ahead of Peyton Manning for second place on the NFL’s alltime passing yards list as the host New England Patriots pulled away for a 3514 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night.
The reigning Super Bowl champion Patriots also returned a blocked punt for a touchdown and forced four turnovers, including a fumble return for a score, to move to 60 for the first time since time since 2015.
Brady finished 31 of 41 for 334 yards and an interception. Julian Edelman had his second straight 100yard receiving game, catching nine passes for 113 yards. Giants rookie Daniel Jones had three interceptions on the night, finishing 15 of 31 for 161 yards.
New England has now won 19 straight games against a first or secondyear quarterback, the longest streak in NFL history.
Despite struggling to move the ball for most of the game, New York (24) had the ball trailing 2114 with 8:43 left in the fourth quarter.
Jones completed a pass to running back Jon HIlliman, who was hit in the backfield by Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins, forcing a fumble. Kyle Van Noy recovered, sprinted 22 yards and stretched the ball to the pylon for the touchdown.
It was part of an errorfilled game by both offenses, who entered the night dealing with key injuries
The Giants were missing three of their top playmakers. Running back Saquon Barkley sat a third straight game because of a sprained right ankle, tight end and leading receiver Evan Engram was inactive with a knee injury and receiver Sterling Shepard was in the concussion protocol. Barkley’s backup Wayne Gallman also sat with a concussion.