The New York Giants face the daunting task of playing the undefeated New England Patriots on the road Thursday night with most of their best offensive players unable to play because of injuries.
If that scenario wasn't bad enough for New York, it also must deal with difficult weather conditions expected to include plenty of rain and winds blowing from 15 to 25 mph at Gillette Stadium.
The Giants will be without starting running back Saquon Barkley, backup running back Wayne Gallman, No. 2 wide receiver Sterling Shepard and starting tight end Evan Engram due to injuries. Rookie quarterback Daniel Jones will need to give the best performance of his young career to keep this game competitive without many of his top offensive weapons. Oddsmakers have pegged the Patriots as 17-point betting favorites for this game.
Will the Giants spoil another unbeaten run by the Patriots, or will New England keep cruising and earn an 18th consecutive victory at home? Keep it right here for all of the latest highlights, score updates, injuries and quick analysis from Patriots vs. Giants.
FINAL: Patriots 35, Giants 14
Fourth quarter, 3:49, Patriots 35-14: Tom Brady is able to score on a quarterback sneak once again, his second of the game.
Brady Sneak: Part II@TomBrady's second rushing TD of the night! #GoPats
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
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The goal-line score was set up by this huge 36-yard connection with Julian Edelman.
Yeah, @Edelman11 can go deep.
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
Julian lays out for the 36-yard pass from @TomBrady. #GoPats
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Fourth quarter, 8:32, 28-14 Patriots: Kyle Van Noy scoops up a Jon Hilliman fumble and returns it for a Patriots touchdown. The referees originally ruled Van Noy out at the 2-yard-line but it was overturned on replay.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
Fourth quarter, 8:49, 21-14 Patriots: More bad injury news for the Patriots, as linebacker Dont'a Hightower and fullback Jakob Johnson are both questionable to return with injuries.
#Patriots injury updates: Dont'a Hightower (shoulder) & Jakob Johnson (shoulder) are questionable to return.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
Fourth quarter, 13:32, 21-14 Patriots: The Patriots defense may be down another defensive back, as J.C. Jackson is questionable to return. The team is already without Patrick Chung and Devin McCourty missed a drive at the start of the second half before returning to the game.
#Patriots injury update: J.C. Jackson (knee) is questionable to return.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
Third quarter, 2:47, 21-14 Patriots: Patriots kicker Mike Nugent misses a 40-yard field goal (hit the left upright) and it's still a one-score game.
Third quarter, 4:09, 21-14 Patriots: Patriots safety Patrick Chung (chest injury) will not return tonight.
#Patriots injury update: Patrick Chung (chest) will not return.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
Third quarter, 12:00, 21-14 Patriots: Stephon Gilmore has picked off Giants quarterback Daniel Jones for the Patriots' third interception of the night.
Stephon Gilmore picked him off 👐 pic.twitter.com/DHpJlB2xP6
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) October 11, 2019
And here's an injury update on Josh Gordon.
#Patriots injury update: Josh Gordon (knee) is questionable to return.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
Halftime, 21-14 Patriots
Second quarter, 0:36, 21-14 Patriots: The Patriots are back out in front. After a James White rushing touchdown was overturned, Tom Brady scored on a very short QB sneak. The Patriots will now take a 7-point lead into the half.
.@TomBrady sneaks for the @Patriots TD!
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
New England leads 21-14 before half. #GoPats
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Second quarter, 4:38, 14-14 Tie: The Giants have added a defensive touchdown of their own. Lorenzo Carter strips Tom Brady on a sack and Markus Golden picks up the ball and returns it 42 yards for a touchdown. Josh Gordon came up limping after attempting to tackle Gordon, adding injury to insult for the Patriots on the play.
Back-to-back Golden TDs for the @Giants!@MarkusGolden scoops and scores to tie the game at 14.
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
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Second quarter, 6:05, 14-7 Patriots: The Giants are on the board. Daniel Jones fires a deep pass to Golden Tate, who shrugged off a tackle by Duron Harmon and backpedaled into the end zone. It was a 64-yard touchdown, and also the first passing touchdown the Patriots defense has allowed all season.
Golden Tate with the swaggiest way you can cross the goal linepic.twitter.com/Cf0oSnEftW
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) October 11, 2019
From @ESPNStatsInfo: The Patriots defense was vying to become just the 4th team in the Super Bowl era with no TD passes allowed in their first 6 games of a season, but that 65-yard TD pass to Golden Tate takes away the possibility.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) October 11, 2019
Second quarter, 7:11, 14-0 Patriots: New England took advantage of the good field position from the interception and Brandon Bolden ended the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
Second quarter, 9:20, 14-0 Patriots: Daniel Jones is picked off again, this time by Patriots safety Duron Harmon.
The dime didn't make it into the cash register pic.twitter.com/AtwGspWRXm
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) October 11, 2019
Second quarter, 12:20, 7-0 Patriots: Two injury updates for the Patriots.
#Patriots injury updates: Patrick Chung (chest) & Matt LaCosse (knee) are questionable to return.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
First quarter, 1:10, 7-0 Patriots: The Patriots are on the board with their second special teams touchdown of the season. Rookie Chase Winovich recovered the ball and ran it into the end zone for his first career score.
🚨 Punt Block Party!
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
The @Patriots turn blocked punt into a TD for the second time this season. #GoPats @wino
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First quarter, 6:47, 0-0: Another interception for the Patriots, this time by John Simon. It's New England's league-leading 12th interception of the season.
Patriots showed a blitz there with six at the line. Two dropped into coverage, including John Simon. Jones gets rid of the football quickly, perhaps anticipating pressure, Gilmore tipped it and Simon picked it off.
— Phil Perry (@PhilAPerry) October 11, 2019
John Simon picks Jones off the Gilmore deflection!
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However, on the very next play, Tom Brady threw his third interception of the year. He tried to connect with Julian Edelman on a deep pass and Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins picked it off. You rarely see Brady and Edelman have a miscommunication as bad as that one.
And on the next play...
— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2019
Janoris Jenkins intercepts Tom Brady!
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First quarter, 9:43, 0-0: Here's a look at the Patriots' failed fourth down conversion.
Two plays to get a yard and the #Patriots come up short. On 4th down, Shaq gets driven back. Cannon can't pick off the LB. Johnson doesn't block anyone. Lacosse gets driven back (and came up limping) pic.twitter.com/fykhUNV2WC
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) October 11, 2019
First quarter, 11:15, 0-0: The Patriots marched right down the field, but instead of kicking a 36-yard field goal on 4th-and-1, New England went for it and running back Sony Michel was stuffed. The Giants take over on their own 18-yard line.
Patriots try to pick up where they left off in Week 5. Ran like crazy in the second half in Washington. Did the same twice on their opening drive tonight. Then stuffed on their next three runs.
— Phil Perry (@PhilAPerry) October 11, 2019
Tom Brady also made history on the Pats' opening drive:
With his first pass tonight, @patriots quarterback @TomBrady surpassed Peyton Manning (71,940) for the second-most passing yards in @NFL history. #NFL100 #NYGvsNE #TNF
— NFL345 (@NFL345) October 11, 2019
First quarter, 15:00, 0-0: The Giants won the toss and deferred to the second half. The Patriots will receive the ball first.
8:07 p.m.: Devin McCourty's pre-game speech is a must-listen as always.
Be our best today.@McCourtyTwins | #GoPats pic.twitter.com/COJe3q2kbg
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 11, 2019
8:02 p.m.: Bill Belichick gives his take on the windy conditions at Gillette Stadium.
Bill Belichick, on @985TheSportsHub pre-game show, on the wind: "I think it's definitely going to be a factor in the game. It will affect the kicking game first. We'll see how much it affects the passing game ..."
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) October 10, 2019
8 p.m.: The Patriots will be wearing their special "color rush" jerseys tonight.
What a color rush!!! Thursday night @TomBrady is enthusiastic 🗣️ #Patriots pic.twitter.com/9btX2Zvvka
— Patriots on NBCSB (@NBCSPatriots) October 10, 2019
7:45 p.m.: Here a good pregame chat between NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry and former Patriots linebacker (and current NFL Network analyst) Willie McGinest.
@PhilAPerry chats with @WillieMcGinest about impressive Patriots defense this season. "They're on track to be one of the best defenses in NFL history." 🏈🔥 pic.twitter.com/uTLRBGqI50
— Patriots on NBCSB (@NBCSPatriots) October 10, 2019
7:25 p.m.: Interesting comments here from Patriots owner Robert Kraft on a potential return of retired tight end Rob Gronkowski.
#Patriots owner Robert Kraft on @nflnetwork just now: “We all love Gronk and I think the bottom line is, he hasn't put his retirement papers in. We can always pray and hope …. That's a good academic argument that there is hope for us still with Gronk."
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 10, 2019
7 p.m.: Inactives for both teams:
PATRIOTS
QB Cody Kessler
RB Rex Burkhead
RB Damien Harris
WR Phillip Dorsett
CB Joejuan Williams
DT Byron Cowart
OT Korey Cunningham
GIANTS
RB Saquon Barkley
RB Wayne Gallman
WR Sterling Shepard
TE Evan Engram
OT Eric Smith
G Chad Slade
LB Tae Davis
6:30 p.m. ET: Let's start the blog with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's arrival and head coach Bill Belichick checking out the field conditions a few hours before kickoff.
The 🐐 is in the building! pic.twitter.com/VhrDZCsid8
— Patriots on NBCSB (@NBCSPatriots) October 10, 2019
Don't usually see Bill Belichick checking out the field at home pregame. Today's forecast may have brought him out 👀 ⛈️ 🌀 #Patriots pic.twitter.com/0IKqBYiTrR
— The Camera Guys (@NBCSCameraGuys) October 10, 2019
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