Patriots vs. Giants: New York's Pass Rush Presents a Huge Threat for Tom Brady

When it comes to putting pressure on the quarterback, the New York Giants are the NFL's finest. 

Through the first eight weeks of the season, the Giants have recorded a league high 26 sacks in just seven games—an incredible 3.71 sacks per-game. 

When it comes to beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, there isn't any blueprint to it, as there's no blueprint to beat any team. It's quite simple actually: If you put pressure on the quarterback and knock him in the mouth a few times, you will greater your chances of winning that game. 

In seven games this season, Brady has been brought down a total of 14 teams, which is tied for the eighth best in the NFL. No. 12 has been sacked three or more times in three games this season with the offensive line having allowed four sacks in the team's 30-21 victory over the New York Jets. 

It's rather obvious that when Brady, or any QB for that matter, is knocked around a few times, they won't perform to their high standards. In those three games when he was sacked three times, Brady threw three interceptions and completed 68.8 percent of his passes while recording a 94.1 quarterback rating, which is 10.3 points less than this season's average. 

When Brady spoke with the media earlier this week, he certainly acknowledged the threat that New York's pass rush presents: 

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“They get pressure probably better than anybody in the league. They lead the league in sacks. Damn near everybody on that D-line can rush the quarterback. So we’ve got to be able to be balanced, we’ve got to execute, certainly, better than we did last week.”

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If New England wants to escape Week 9 with a victory over the Giants, then their offensive line is going to have to do a quality job at containing Osi Umenyiora, Jason Pierre-Paul and the rest of New York's ferocious defensive front seven. 

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