The only thing worse than a player that has your number is player that has your number and remains humble about it.

That’s the Patriots’ reality when it comes to Eli Manning.

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Since Super Bowl XLII, the Giants and Patriots have crossed paths twice -- Week 9 of the 2011 regular season and Super Bowl XLVI. Manning manufactured game-winning, fourth-quarter TD drives on both occasions, adding salt to New England’s 18-1 wound.

You just wouldn’t be able to tell if you asked him.

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It’s that loveable, “aww-shucks” attitude that has vexed the Patriots faithful for seven years.

For Tom Brady, it’s the one stain remaining on his legacy.

“We’ve already had a hard time beating these guys for one reason or another,” Brady said on his radio show on WEEI in Boston on Monday, per New York Daily News. “So hopefully we can get over our struggles and finally go out and play well and beat them.”

For his sakes, the Patriots better. The last thing Brady needs is to cross paths with his kryptonite for a third time in January.

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