The Patriots have been a dynasty under Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, but their kryptonite has been the New York Giants.
The G-Men have stolen two Super Bowls and an undefeated season away from New England with quarterback Eli Manning under center. The two teams face each other this week, so the previous matchups were brought up by reporters.
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He was somewhat humble in his response.
I asked Eli Manning if he was aware #Giants only team Patriots have not beaten in NFL since SB42: "Caught 'em on the right nights, I guess."
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) November 11, 2015"We played some close games," Manning said, via NESN. "Our defense has played outstanding against them in the games, so we had opportunities to get the ball back with just enough time to go get a score, and we’ve been able to make some plays in that situation. They’ve all been tight games, could have gone either way, and we just found a way to pull them out."
The last time the Patriots beat the Giants was Dec. 29, 2007, when they won 38-35 to finish the regular season 16-0. Since then, the Giants have had great games that included legendary catches by David Tyree and Mario Manningham.
On the other side of things, Brady talked a bit about the close games against New York earlier this week.
"We’ve already had a hard time beating these guys for one reason or another," Brady said on WEEI. "So hopefully we can get over our struggles and finally go out and play well and beat them."
