The New England Patriots entered their Week 13 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings looking to keep pace with the Kansas City Chiefs for the top seed in the AFC Playoffs and continue their December dominance into another season.
The Patriots came in at 8-3, while the Vikings, who continue to battle for an NFC Wild Card spot, were 6-4-1.
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Ben “Winter” Coates in the house. Before Gronk, there was Ben. pic.twitter.com/8s9twrCFz3
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) December 2, 2018
Willie McGinest and Ben Coates hanging out and catching up on the side lines… #Wbz #Patriots pic.twitter.com/EDfGpHxRfP
— Levan Reid (@LevanReid) December 2, 2018
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In the first quarter, the Patriots struck first from an unlikely source, fullback James Develin carrying the ball in from the one for a 7-0 lead.
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Fantasy Vulture Alert:
Coming into the season, Patriots FB James Develin had 1 touchdown in his 5-year career.
With his 1-yard score on the Patriots opening drive, Develin now has 2 TD in his last 3 games.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 2, 2018
Another week, another new Tom Brady milestone, and this one was a long time coming.
A Brady five yard gain to put the quarterback over 1,000 rushing yards for his career.
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TB1K pic.twitter.com/kxnYmVEL78
— Oliver Thomas (@OliverBThomas) December 2, 2018
HE DID IT. #TB1K pic.twitter.com/OCIdhXf9gR
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 2, 2018
It took Tom Brady only 18 seasons and 12 games to reach 1,000 rushing yards.
The Checkdown presents “A Football Life: Run Tommy, Run” featuring NFL Legends. #TB1K https://t.co/EWlkWZkc1F
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) December 2, 2018
In his 19th season, Tom Brady has finally reached 1,000 career rushing yards!
So we feel like it's time to finally bestow this title:
Tom Brady, Master of the QB Sneak. pic.twitter.com/iWCJSG46BY
— NFL Legacy (@NFLLegacy) December 2, 2018
4,582 = number of additional games Tom Brady would need to pass Emmitt Smith as the #NFL's all-time leading rusher, at his current pace.
— Mike Sando (@SandoNFL) December 2, 2018
On Tom Brady/1,000 rushing yards, @ESPNStatsInfo has tracked "kneels" since 2006. And since 2006, Brady has lost 160 yards due to kneels.
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) December 2, 2018
The score remained 7-0 Patriots after a quarter as kicker Stephen Gostkowski added to the lead with a 20 yard field goal to extend it to 10-0 midway through the second.
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Despite the Patriots having full control of the game and time of possession, the offense struggled to pull away and the Vikings got back in the game with an Adam Thielen touchdown reception. 10-7 Patriots at halftime.
The score was made possible by a gutsy third down challenge call by Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer.
Zimmer's challenge worked out for him. Patriots stopped on third down, and the Vikings will have the ball with 2 minutes remaining in the half.
— The Patriots Wire (@Patriots_Wire) December 2, 2018
In the third quarter, former Viking Cordarrelle Patterson tormented his former team with a big gain.
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Unfortunately the Patriots offense continued to scuffle as the Vikings would tie the game at 10 with a Dan Bailey 39 yard Field Goal.
Needing to grab back momentum, Josh “Flash” Gordon came up big.
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Brady unties the game.
…and ties Brett Favre (508) for the third-most regular season TD passes and Peyton Manning (579) for the most touchdowns overall (including postseason). #MINvsNE | #GoPats pic.twitter.com/nHPQ7hWURN
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 2, 2018
TB12's True View on the touchdown pass to @JOSH_GORDONXII pic.twitter.com/P15v5mgvdY
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 3, 2018
Such a huge fan of the Josh Gordon comeback campaign.
— Tedy Bruschi (@TedyBruschi) December 2, 2018
17-10 Patriots after three quarters.
Leading by seven into the fourth, the Patriots defense continued to dominate the Kirk Cousins offense.
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With 11 minutes to go in the game, the Patriots offense padded their lead when James Develin again scored to push the separation to 24-10.
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Tom Brady has passed for 311 yards. The 86th 300 yd game of his career. That is 3rd all time in the NFL. #WBZ
— Steve Burton (@SteveBurtonWBZ) December 2, 2018
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Of all of Belichick’s oddities and habits, nothing beats him keeping his challenge flag in his sock.
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) December 2, 2018
From the lip-reading department:
Adam Thielen (yelling in referee's direction, close to Bill Belichick, after Belichick threw challenge flag but had extra time ase Patrick Chung was injured): "That's bull—"
Bill Belichick (looking in Thielen's direction): "Shut the f— up."
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) December 2, 2018
Bill Belichick and Adam Thielen get into a shouting match during #MINvsNE pic.twitter.com/jL70vF175D
— Kevin Boilard (@KevinBoilard) December 2, 2018
Under five to play, the Patriots defense forced two big turnovers to end the Vikings night and a 24-10 victory.
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Duron Harmon's interception is his 11th in the fourth quarter since 2013 (includes playoffs), which ties Richard Sherman for most in NFL during that span.
— Ryan Hannable (@RyanHannable) December 3, 2018
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aaaaahahaha Tom Brady took two steps forward before kneeling to ensure he wouldn't lose his 1,000 career rushing yards pic.twitter.com/8BHKTVS50t
— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) December 3, 2018
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By beating the Vikings, the Patriots extended their own NFL record for most consecutive winning seasons to 18 straight (2001-2018), the team also moved to 9-3 through 12 games, for the 13th time under Bill Belichick and the eighth-straight year that the team has started the season with a 9-3 or better record.
Seven of those 13 times, the team has advanced to the Super Bowl.
The Patriots will travel south to take on the 6-6 Miami Dolphins at 1:00 next Sunday.
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The #Patriots defense hasn't allowed a 300-yard passer in five games. They haven't allowed a 100-yard rusher in NINE games.
Not many terrible defenses doing that…
— Alex Barth (@RealAlexBarth) December 3, 2018
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Bill Belichick giving Vikings QB Kirk Cousins respect after the Patriots 24-10 win.#GoPats pic.twitter.com/VUSBJmTzJI
— The Camera Guys (@NBCSCameraGuys) December 3, 2018
Brady, Develin, Gordon & White lead the way on offense.#MINvsNE | #GoPats pic.twitter.com/Mfcq3NZwQK
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 3, 2018
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