Morning sports update: Bill Belichick joked about Tom Brady not reaching 1,000 rushing yards
"No, didn't get that?"
The Patriots defeated the Packers on Sunday, 31-17. Tied in the fourth quarter, New England found a way to pull away and move to 7-2 on the season.
The Celtics face the Nuggets in Denver tonight, while the Bruins host the Stars at TD Garden.
Bill Belichick joked about Tom Brady not reaching 1,000 career rushing yards: In the middle of a postgame soundbite in which Bill Belichick praised Tom Brady for career his accomplishments, the coach made light of a simmering statistical chase.
Brady, who entered the game at 997 career rushing yards, failed to cross the threshold in Sunday night’s win over the Packers.
“Did he pass the rushing record this week?” Belichick asked. With a wry smile, he lamented one of Brady’s few failures that night.
“No, didn’t get that? OK, but yeah, that’s alright. That’s not that important of a record. We could’ve used the yards,” Belichick joked. “We could’ve used the extra yards tonight. But yeah, that’s a great achievement for him.”
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Tom Brady won the showdown with Aaron Rodgers
: After all of the pregame hype over arguably the best quarterback matchup of the season, the end result was a familiar one for New England fans. As The Boston Globe’s Tara Sullivan noted, Brady had an emphatic answer: Not in my house. [Boston Globe]
LeGarrette Blount weighed in during the Brady-Rodgers matchup:
🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️ Brady the greatest ever 🐐🐐🐐
— LeGarrette Blount (@LG_Blount) November 5, 2018
The Patriots’ offense rolled along nicely without Rob Gronkowski:
From @ESPNStatsInfo: In the 2 games without Rob Gronkowski this season, the Patriots won both and scored a total of 69 points.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) November 5, 2018
During the Saints-Rams game Sunday, New Orleans receiver Michael Thomas paid homage to Joe Horn’s famous 2003 touchdown celebration, pulling out a flip phone:
Former Saints WR Joe Horn got emotional when he saw Michael Thomas pull out the flip phone. pic.twitter.com/7JORDCnVR5
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 5, 2018
Daily highlight: Packers defenders Blake Martinez and Kyler Fackrell had no chance against enormous Patriots left tackle Trent Brown, who blocked both as he cleared a lane for Patriots receiver-turned-running back Cordarrelle Patterson:
.@ceeflashpee84 could not be stopped on that drive.
Patterson is in for the @Patriots TD! #GoPats
📺: #GBvsNE on NBC https://t.co/2CIXbc0m2q
— NFL (@NFL) November 5, 2018
And, not surprisingly, the usage of the double pass warrants a place here:
https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1059296763381608449
