FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have the best record in the NFL, haven’t lost in two months and have only a matchup with one of the league’s worst teams standing between a 10th consecutive win and their bye week.
But that doesn’t mean the Patriots (10-2) are taking anything for granted heading into Monday night’s game with the New York Giants (2-10).
Part of the reason is that New England will enter the game with two starters missing on an offensive line that has been of the league’s durable this season. Rookie left tackle Will Campbell left last week’s win over Cincinnati with a knee injury that has since landed him on injured reserve. Left guard Jared Wilson will also be out this week with an ankle injury.
The group of Campbell, Wilson, center Garrett Bradbury, right guard Mike Onwenu and right tackle Morgan Moses have started 11 of the first 12 games this season. The lone deviation from that quintet had been in Week 4 when Ben Brown started in place of Wilson, who was inactive with ankle and knee injuries.