{"numbering":"asc","slides":[{"index":1,"title":"A LITTLE LOOSE WITH IT","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/cp-patriots-devin-lucien-083118.jpg","caption":"

Wide receiver Devin Lucien, who had a solid start to the preseason, failed to haul in a third-down dart thrown by Danny Etling at the end of the Patriots first drive.

"},{"index":3,"title":"HEY IT’S THAT GUY!","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/lauletta.jpg","caption":"

Kyle Lauletta, a quarterback out of Richmond that we all figured would be high on the Patriots wish list during April’s draft, started the game for the Giants. He completed his first attempt, a well-thrown ball under duress. We were all wrong.

"},{"index":5,"title":"BUTLER AT YOUR SERVICE","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/usatsi_11157086_0.jpg","caption":"

Defensive tackle Adam Butler continued a pretty solid camp by plowing through a would-be double-team and forcing an incompletion by Lauletta on the Giants second drive.

"},{"index":7,"title":"HEADS UP","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/lewis.jpg","caption":"

The Giants had a pair of lowering the head personal penalties on the Patriots first scoring drive. The first one, on the sideline, was a layup. The second, a 1-on-1 tackle made by Mark Herzlich, was not as clear-cut but even though his head was somewhat to the side, the crown was down.

"},{"index":9,"title":"J.C. STILL ROLLING","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/jackson.jpg","caption":"

Corner J.C. Jackson furthered his outstanding case for making the 53 with a pick near the end of the first.

"},{"index":11,"title":"SQUIRREL!","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/etling_2.jpg","caption":"

Danny Etling had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide after a broken play left him with the ball and nobody to hand it to during the first half. So he fell. Got up. Ran in a small arc. And got through the play without getting demolished.

"},{"index":13,"title":"K.J. MAYE HERE!","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/maye.jpg","caption":"

Danny Etling ran a little bootleg and found wide receiver K.J. Maye for a big gain early in the second half to set up a Ralph Webb touchdown fling from
Etling. Decent bounce back from Etling, who was laboring at the end of the first half.

"},{"index":15,"title":"OOPS, MISSED HIM","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/ap_18243007517789_0.jpg","caption":"

A 41-yard catch-and-run touchdown should have been a 31-yard catch-and-run gain were it not for some woeful tackling by J.C. Jackson and A.J. Moore.

"},{"index":17,"title":"PAUL BEARER","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/turner.jpg","caption":"

Danny Etling doesn’t dial it up often but he did early in the second quarter and dropped a perfect deep ball into the arms of Paul Turner. Who dropped it.

"},{"index":19,"title":"TOUGH TIMING","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/ap_18208775358259.jpg","caption":"

Ulrick John was forced from the game with a foot injury in the first half which was a bad deal for a player who is on the bubble for a roster spot

"},{"index":21,"title":"PAUL!","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/usatsi_10116089_0.jpg","caption":"

Paul Turner had a drop on a slant late in the third quarter that cost the Patriots a third-down conversion.

"},{"index":23,"title":"RUN, DANNY. RUN!","image":"https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/archive/assets_media_gallery/boston/2018/08/31/etling_1.jpg","caption":"

Danny Etling woke everyone up with an electrifying 86-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

"}]}

Best and Worst: Patriots 17, Giants 12