With their bye week awaiting and a national audience watching, the New England Patriots set the tone from the get-go against the visiting New York Giants. One play in particular showed that the team meant business.

On the Giants’ second possession, rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart escaped the pocket in an attempt to make a positive play on 2nd-and-13. Christian Elliss had other plans, though: the linebacker came across the field full-speed and quite physically sent Dart flying out of bounds.

Afterwards, Elliss said he tried to send a simple message.

“Make sure to slide.”

“During the play, I saw him scramble,” he said during his postgame press conference after the Patriots’ 33-15 victory. “Started chasing him down, he started tip-toeing on the sideline. I thought he was just going to go o

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