Looking simply at the scoreboard, their preseason finale was one to forget for the New England Patriots. Resting a majority of their starters and seeing uneven-at-best contributions from their replacements, they got steamrolled by the New York Giants 42-10.

For Jeremiah Webb, however, the final result did little to dampen the excitement. Webb, after all, was one of the Patriots’ few standout performers on Thursday night in East Rutherford.

Besides catching three passes for 31 yards and a touchdown, he also ran back a pair of punts for a combined 34 yards. As a result of his success versus the Giants, and the previous two exhibition contests, the undrafted rookie wide receiver has ended the preseason with 196 all-purpose yards on 10 touches — beating fellow rookies TreVeyon Henderson and

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