The NFL's 2025 schedule is officially out, and the New York Giants are heading to Foxborough in Week 13. On Monday Night Football. In December. Against Drake Maye and the New England Patriots. And you already know what that's going to be like.
If Patriots fans think Drake Maye is the next Tom Brady, well... buckle up. Because this isn’t just another game for Big Blue—it’s a golden opportunity to keep the most one-sided rivalry in modern Giants history alive and well. The G-Men beat Tom Brady twice on the sport’s biggest stage, and now they’ll have the chance to rattle New England’s “next Brady” under the primetime lights on Monday night.
History seems to have a way of repeating itself when the Giants have a pass rush worth fearing.
The Giants have the pass rush to ruin Drake Maye’s Night
Here’s the thing about Maye: the talent is there. But so are the issues when pressure hits. Go back to his tape from last season and it’s all there—hesitation, forced throws, and panic in collapsing pockets. Now imagine that against Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Dexter Lawrence, and rookie terror Abdul Carter coming at him like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.
This Giants front is exactly the type of group that’s caused nightmares for New England quarterbacks before. It’s not a stretch—it’s literally happened twice in the Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XLII, it was Michael Strahan and Justin Tuck. In Super Bowl XLVI, it was Jason Pierre-Paul and Osi Umenyiora. In 2025? It might just be Carter and Thibodeaux giving Maye his own Giants moment in front of a national audience.
This won’t be just any December game. It’s Monday Night Football in Foxborough, and if you think the ghosts of 18-1 aren’t hovering around the stadium that night, think again. The G-Men know how to beat the Patriots when it counts—it's kind of their thing. And nothing would count more—in this phase of the rebuild—than making Maye look human while national analysts start asking, “Hey... are the Giants back?”
It’s the perfect measuring stick game. Not just for the Giants’ pass rush, but for the team’s identity. They were built this offseason to hunt quarterbacks. This is their chance to prove it works. Maye might be the future in New England—but so were a handful of other QBs since Brady left. If the Giants get after him early and often, that future might look real shaky in primetime.
The Giants may not be Super Bowl-bound in 2025. But this game? This is personal. This is their Super Bowl. And if history’s taught us anything, it’s that Big Blue doesn’t need to be flawless to beat the Pats—they just need to be disruptive. Let the tradition continue.