Tom Brady Says He’s Ready For Week 9 Rematch Against New York Giants

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says the upcoming Superbowl XLVI matchup against the New York Giants will be a “great rematch” between the teams following the Giants 24-20 win over the Patriots during week 9 plat at Gillette Stadium. The “great rematch” is also a repeat of Super Bowl XLII in which the giants upset the Patriots to destroy their perfect 19-0 season.

Speaking to Boston sports radio station WEEI on Monday Tom Brady says of that Super Bowl match:

“I still can’t watch highlights from that game,” and “I think that’s just the way it is. You get to the end and we had a great opportunity there and really squandered it because we didn’t play our very best.”

One thing is certain, Tom Brady will need to get his game under control for the Super Bowl matchup, in Sunday versus the Ravnes he brought his worst passer rating of the season (57.5). After that game Brady said he expected Superbowl Sunday to be “the best game I’ve ever played.”

Brady goes on to tell WEEI:

“Just as the Denver game [the week before] had no impact on yesterday’s game, this game [against the Ravens] will have no impact on the game two weeks from now. I’m going to work as hard as I can these next two weeks to be prepared and to hopefully go out there and play my best game, hopefully the best game I’ve ever played. That’s what I expect to do. I know that’s what my teammates expect of me.”

Brady didn’t have the best game during week 9 play when he lost a fumble and threw two interceptions, providing three of his team’s four turnovers on the day.

Speaking about his teams three turnovers against the Ravens this past Sunday Brady noted:

“We’ve really escaped the last few weeks turning the ball over,” and “It’s one stat, losing the turnover battle pretty much correlates to losing.”

After losing in New York the Patriots went on to win the next 10 days. Since that time Brady has been learning from his mistakes and said of that game footage:

“We’ll certainly look at that game, several times,” and “You see matchups, you see how your guys match up against their guys, route-running and blocking and so forth. It will have absolutely zero impact on the game, but at the same time hopefully we can learn some lessons from that game. …”

With a rivalry that has continued to develop over the last several years Superbowl XLVI is already tuning up to be a big meeting between two teams with a lot to prove.

Who will you be cheering for Tom Brady and the Patriots or Eli Manning and the Giants?