ODELL'S NO CATCH: One of the biggest plays of the game came when Beckham's 5-yard touchdown reception was overturned after video review.
"We can't expect every week to just come out and have things go our way and roll out," Patriots receiver Matthew Slater said. "I think this is a character-building win for us against a very, very good football team. And I think that we learned a lot about the character and the make-up of this football team and it's going to take us a long way."
Turns out, Tom Brady and company can win when they're not that crisp, too.
BIG FOOTS: Gostkowski has led the NFL in scoring the last three seasons and went into this weekend on top again. The Patriots knew his range at MetLife Stadium, where there was virtually no wind, would be from beyond 50 yards.
"You're one kick away from being Public Enemy No. 1," he said. "You're always one kick away from trending on Twitter as the No. 1 loser in America."
"If you don't win, they're all miserable," Coughlin said. "I don't look at it in degrees,China NFL Jerseys, I just look at it in terms of the frustration that goes along with it because of what could've been. It's not that far away from being a win. Just finish the thing off. There were no timeouts. They were operating with no timeouts and only went to the sideline maybe once."
Beckham admitted he didn't fully know the rule about completing the reception.
His Giants counterpart, Josh Brown, also is on quite a tear. He's made a franchise-record 27 straight dating back to last season, including 23 in 2015. His four field goals Sunday came from 37, 38, 53 and 29 yards.
The Giants trailed 24-23 when Beckham had the ball stripped out of his hands by Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler,NFL Jerseys China. The Giants wound up with Brown's fourth field goal — leaving the Patriots plenty of room and 1:47 on the clock to march downfield for the victory.
"We had a chance to win, you've just got to come up with it," Giants cornerback Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie said. "That being said, you take that into the (bye) knowing that you went toe to toe with the defending champs and you can play with anybody."
NOTES: New England is home next weekend to face the Bills. ... The Patriots are the fifth team and first since the 1983-98 49ers (16) with at least 15 consecutive winning seasons. ... Beckham's TD was the longest against any Bill Belichick-coached team in 360 games,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys. ,Wholesale MLB Jerseys... The Patriots have scored in an NFL record 35 consecutive quarters
The Patriots (9-0) did that Sunday, driving 44 yards without any timeouts to set up a game-winning 54-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski with 1 second remaining in a 27-26 win over the New York Giants.
The win left the Patriots with a four-game lead over the Bills and Jets in the AFC East. The Giants, who have a bye coming up, lead the NFC East by a half game over Philadelphia and Washington.
MANNING: GOOD AND BAD: Eli Manning completed 24 of 44 for 361 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions.
They were the longest catches for both Beckham and Rob Gronkowski.
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This one might have been the toughest because the Giants had a couple of chances to put the game away after blowing a 10-point second-half lead.
The defending Super Bowl champions can blow teams out with their well-oiled offense, beat them with a surprisingly good defense or make plays on special teams.
Butler was confident the TD would be reversed.
Odell Beckham Jr. allowed Malcolm Butler to knock a touchdown pass out of his hands with 2:06, thinking he had completed a catch that would have given New York a 29-24 lead.
"I mean I caught it. I trust in my hands," he said. "I go up and catch it. You come down with two feet and you can't try to do anything too early. You've got to complete the whole process. It didn't go the way we wanted it to."
INJURIES: Patriots receiver Julian Edelman left the game in the second quarter with a foot injury,NFL Jerseys China. The Giants lost center Weston Richburg with an ankle injury in the second half. He said it was not broken. Backup linebacker Mark Herzlich also left with a calf injury.
Brady hooked up with tight end Rob Gronkowski on a 76-yard catch and run in the fourth quarter. New York safeties Brandon Meriweather and Craig Dahl collided on the play.
Rookie cornerback Landon Collins dropped an intercep