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FOXBOROUGH White James White Jerseys , Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady had no reason to believe Ben Roethlisberger’s injury last week would keep him out of Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots. And it won’t.The Pittsburgh quarterback injured his ribs in the loss at Oakland, left the game but returned in the fourth quarter and threw his second touchdown pass of the game. He drove his team to a tying field goal try that failed when kicker Chris Boswell slipped — and the Steelers lost their third straight.“He’s as tough as they come,” Brady said Friday ahead of their matchup at Heinz Field. “I remember there was one game he didn’t start because of his foot and then the guy got hurt. Ben came in, as a backup, and he threw for 300 or something like that. Some ridiculous stat.“He’s just tough, been a great quarterback in the league for a long time, knows the game. He’s just a great competitor and he’s always got those guys going.”Asked what he’s observed from watching Roethlisberger through the years, Brady said, “He’s got such a unique style. He’s just an incredible player. Prolific passer, great accurate passer, they just had incredible passing offenses.“His style is very different. He’s just big, stands in the pocket, has great presence. He’s not really a runner James White Jerseys 2019 , but he extends a lot plays and makes huge plays for their team. It’s hard to stop. Any time you play a guy like that, it’s up to us to really execute our offense and score as many points as we can.”Brady has had the upper hand in his career against the Steelers, going 8-2 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs. But the two losses have both come at Heinz, where Pittsburgh is always tough. The Patriots, with a 3-4 road record, are coming off the shocking last-second loss at Miami.“Going on the road is always challenging in the NFL,” Brady said. “You’re playing good teams and there’s a lot of tough road environments. It’s always sellouts and if we don’t play well, it really gets the crowd into it. It’s a great environment too when you can go to a stadium and play well and kind of keep the crowd quiet. It’s a great feeling.“It’s a hard thing to do there. A lot of these games come down to the wire and we’re expecting a 60-minute game.”Brady is 6-2 at Heinz but has won his last two times there, with scores of 27-16 and 27-24. He’s won his last five against the Steelers, counting postseason.Another week means more potential milestones for Brady and his team. Brady enters the game needing 141 yards passing to become the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for 70,000 regular-season yards. He is 300 yards shy of his 10th 3,000-yard season.The Patriots seek to clinch their 10th straight AFC East title (18th in 25 years of Robert Kraft ownership). They need a win and a Miami loss to clinch.However, Kansas City’s last-second loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night opened the door for the Patriots to have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the conference.“I think we just worry about White Dont’a Hightower Jersey , honestly, what we can control and that’s just us playing,” noted Brady, who said he went to sleep before Thursday’s game. “Coach (Bill Belichick) has always said, ‘It’s not where we play, it’s how we play.’ We’ve got to just take care of business on our end.“So, this is a big one, this is a tough one and we’re going to have to play really well.” Read more: Experts grade the Patriots’ day three draft picks, and other league reactions"With the 2019 NFL draft in the rear-view mirror, the so-called experts start handing out their grades. Among them is veteran ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr, who published his thoughts on the 32 teams’ haul earlier today. Apparently, Kiper liked what he saw from the New England Patriots as he gave the team and its ten draft selections an A- grade. Only one team — the Indianapolis Colts — is graded better.Why the praise? Kiper noted in his draft grades rationale that he liked the combination of New England filling its needs on both sides of the ball, and adding talent from the top to the bottom of the draft. “There are a lot of needs filled here Dont’a Hightower Jersey 2019 , and if [N’Keal ]Harry, [Joejuan] Williams and [Chase] Winovich can get on the field early, I feel good about this being one of the draft’s best classes from top to bottom,” wrote Kiper.Specific to the selections made by the Patriots, the draft guru had to say the following:1-32 WR N’Keal Harry: “Harry has the best hands in this class. He will be a weapon in the red zone.”2-45 CB Joejuan Williams: “Williams is a rare 6-foot-4 cornerback and had first-round tape in 2018; he dropped because he ran a curiously slow 4.64-second 40 at the combine. I thought he needed to land in the right scheme, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see Belichick match him up on tight ends early in his career.”3-77 DE Chase Winovich: “Winovich is a versatile edge player and a great fit for Belichick’s multischeme defense.”3-87 RB Damien Harris: “Harris is underrated as a runner, though he might not play many snaps with Sony Michel and Rex Burkhead ahead of him on the depth chart.”3-101 OT Yodny Cajuste: “Cajuste is raw — he played just one year of high school football — but has some upside as a potential down-the-road starter at offensive tackle.”4-118 OG Hjalte Froholdt: “They also handed O-line coach Dante Scarnecchia a guard prospect with upside in Round 4 in Hjalte Froholdt. The track record with that strategy is excellent.”4-133 QB Jarrett Stidham: “Stidham can make Round 1 throws and Round 7 interceptions. This is an excellent upside developmental play behind Tom Brady.”5-159 DE Byron Cowart: “Cowart was a five-star recruit at Auburn before transferring to Maryland. He has some tools.”5-163 P Jake Bailey: “Belichick also got Jake Bailey, my top-ranked punter.”Despite excluding seventh-round selection Ken Webster, the athletic cornerback out of Mississippi, from his list for some reason, Kiper sums up New England’s draft pretty well: the club addressed its most pressing need — outside receiver help — in the form of N’Keal Harry in round one and invested in versatility and upside with its other selections. All in all, it is therefore unsurprising to see an A- grade handed out.What do you think about it?