The New England Patriots played their longtime rival; the New York (New Jersey) Jets today for Week 7 of the NFL regular season. It was a close game and frustrating for Patriot fans, but the Pats pulled off another victory to become (6 - 0) for the season. Brady deserves most the credit after carrying his team on his back the entire first half of the game. He was actually the leader in rushing yards and also scored the ONLY touchdown in the first half by running the ball in for a Touchdown himself. Brady's receivers kept letting him down, with a dozen dropped passes and missed 1st down opportunities throughout the first half of the game. Including Julian Edelman, who is still having trouble hanging onto passes after he injured his finger in last weeks game against The Colts.
In the second half, the Patriots seemed to rally and take the lead. Brady threw for 355 yards and 2 touchdowns to Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski, who seemed to be the only reliable receivers for the Patriots in this game. Amendola is responsible for one amazing touchdown catch and 86 yards. Gronkowski also scored a wide open TD pass and a career high, 105 yards. It was a close game, neither team was able to get anything going on the running game, and both teams were plagued with injuries to their starters.
The Jets running back, Chris Ivory was playing on a clearly injured left leg, rendering him ineffective for the game, and the absence of Patriot's Don Lewis (due to injury) was very noticeable in this game. Not to mention, Nate Solder is out for the season with a major injury. Brandon Lafell subbed in, to make his debut for the Patriots and did a horrible job - he can't catch the ball! I hope he is cut from the offense before they play on Thursday, October 29th (only a 4 day rest) against the Miami Dolphins, who are also doing well this season. The Patriots won this game by one touchdown, FINAL score was 30 - 23 and The patriots remain undefeated this season!
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